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23 December 2012 Last updated at 07:45 ET

Chavez allies 'rule out election'Hugo Chavez on the campaign trail in Barquisimeto on 2 October 2012

Venezuela will not call new elections if the recovering President Hugo Chavez is unable to attend his swearing-in ceremony in January, the Congress leader says.

A policeman disperses looters after an attack to a supermarket in San Fernando, Buenos Aires province on December 21Looting spreads across Argentina

Two people are killed in Argentina as a wave of looting spreads to several cities, including the outskirts of the capital, Buenos Aires.

Copahue volcano eruptionChile and Argentina volcano alert

Villages around the Argentina-Chile border are put on alert as the Copahue volcano begins spewing smoke and gas.

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Reporting Brazil by going beyond the headlines

Features & Analysis

  • Guns for sale in the USArms trade

    Are US laws to blame for guns reaching Mexican drug gangs?

  • A civil policeman armed with a hockey stick detains two looters at a gas station in San Fernando, Buenos Aires province on December 21Argentina erupts

    Images of looting and clashes from across the country

  • Dora Marta LandiPaper mountain

    The regime that left a detailed record of its crimes

  • Man in gasmask holding "End of the world 2012" signMayan non-event

    How will believers cope with world not ending today?

  • Chichen Itza - file photoDoomsday date

    Maya calendar marketed for 'end of world' tourism

  • A shaman in Peru performed a ceremony intended to prevent the world coming to an end at sunrise in LimaIn pictures

    Events across the world mark end of the Maya Long Count Calendar

  • Image from the film showing someone holding a black ballFatal lottery

    Long lost Bolivian film shows story of convicted man chosen to die

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