Push for Venezuela to allow observers
Craig TaylorLawmakers from the US and Latin America urge Venezuela to allow OAS observers to monitor upcoming legislative elections. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
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Colombia’s Farc ‘ends gun purchases’
Colombia’s largest armed rebel group, the Farc, stopped buying guns and ammunition at the end of September, its leader says. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Venezuela in US spy plane allegation
Venezuelan Defence Minister Gen Vladimir Padrino says a plane which apparently violated Venezuelan airspace belonged to the US Coast Guard. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Search for Brazil dams burst missing
Rescue teams in Brazil are searching for 28 people feared dead after two dams burst, flooding nearby homes. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Brazil dam burst engulfs homes
More than a dozen people are feared dead after a dam holding back waste water from an iron ore mine in Brazil burst, flooding nearby homes. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Colombia lifts same-sex adoption limits
Colombia’s constitutional court lifts restrictions on same-sex couples adopting children. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean