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Chile has announced amnesty for an estimated 20,000 mostly Peruvian and Bolivian illegal immigrants.

Hector "El Father" chills at the beach in a new video, "Pa La Tumba," featuring cameos by A.B. Quintanilla, Luny Tunes and baseball star José Reyes. (via Blog Reggaetón)

Thousands of college students in Venezuela have taken to the streets to protest changes to the nation's constitution which would allow its current president, Hugo Chávez, to stand for re-election as often as he likes, among other changes.

Brazil will spend $36 million to look for oil in the Amazon rainforest.

Greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise at "a much faster rate than before," according to the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology in California.

Spanish pop singer Alejandro Sanz will perform in a charity concert for hurricane victims in Nicaragua.