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Nov 2011: The top commander of FARC, Alfonso Cano, is killed by the Colombian army 2011: Brazil overtakes Britain as the world's sixth largest economy after the USA, China, Japan, Germany and France 2011: 19,000 murders are committed in Venezuela in 2011, the highest murder rate in South America and four times that of Mexico 2011: Carlos Slim, the world's richest man, controls 80% of Mexico's land phone lines, 75% of its broadband lines and 70% of mobile phone lines 2011: Panama's growth averages 9% a year between 2006 and 2011, the fastest in the Americas 2011: Brazil's economy grows by just 2.7% in 2011, down from 7.5% in 2010 May 2012: Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano's Zetas drug cartel kills 49 people in Cadereyta, Mexico Jun 2012: Paraguay's senate removes president Fernando Lugo from office after a confrontation between police and protesters leaves 17 dead, and appoints vice-president Federico Franco Jun 2012: Enrique Pena Nieto of the PRI wins elections in Mexico, inheriting a country where 60 thousand people died of drug-related violence in the six years of Calderon's rule Oct 2012: Mexico kills Heriberto Lazcano, head of Los Zetas drug cartel, who is succeeded by Miguel Trevino 2012: 1890 Brazilians are killed by the police, 351 in Sao Paulo alone 2012: Latin America suffers 134,519 homicides in 2012, about 31% of the world's total Jan 2013: About 230 people die in a fire in a night club of Santa Maria, in southern Brazil Dec 2013: Mexico is the world's fourth exporter of cars after Germany, South Korea and Japan Feb 2014: Mexico arrests the world's most wanted drug lord, Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman May 2014: A new species of titanosaur is unearthed in Argentina, the largest animal ever May 2014: The first case of chikungunya, a disease originating in Africa, is documented in Venezuela Sep 2014: After clashing with protesting students in Iguala, the mayor Jose Luis Abarca orders the police to deliver 43 students to the drug gang Guerreros Unidos to be killed Dec 2014: Brazil arrests serial killer Sailson Jose das Gracas, accused of 42 murders May 2015: 42,000 people are shot dead in Brazil, a 35-year record, and most of the victims are blacks under the age of 30 Aug 2015: Brazil, now the seventh-largest economy in the world, enters a recession Nov 2015: Brazil arrests billionaire banker Andre Esteves and senator Delcidio do Amaral for corruption. 2015: Colombia discovers the wreck of the "San Jose", sunk by the British in 1708 with its cargo of gold, silver and jewels 2015: 99% of crimes committed in Mexico are never punished.
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