Tipperary mother Caroline Dwyer yesterday appealed for an international panel to be appointed to investigate the "execution" by police in Bolivia of her 24-year-old son, Michael Dwyer.

The mother of an Irish security worker shot dead by Bolivian special forces is attempting to personally pressure the country’s leaders to support an international inquiry into his killing.

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Top Irish and EU emissaries have met with Bolivian authorities and repeated calls for an independent inquiry into the killing of Irishman Michael Dwyer in the south American country in Apr 2009.

The family of an Irishman shot dead in Bolivia over an alleged assassination plot are considering making fresh complaints to United Nations’ investigators over the killing.

The family of Irishman Michael Dwyer, who was shot dead in Bolivia in 2009 over an alleged assassination plot, say fresh evidence strengthens their calls for an independent international investigation into the killing.

The family of an Irish man shot dead in Bolivia over an alleged assassination plot say fresh evidence strengthens their calls for an independent international investigation into the killing.

A plane carrying Bolivian president Evo Morales was rerouted to Austria after France and Portugal refused to let it cross their airspace because of suspicions that CIA whistleblower Edward Snowden was on board.

Some marked Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez’s death with tears; others with cheers.

Venezuela’s vice president flew to Cuba to visit the ailing Hugo Chavez and his family, while the leaders of Argentina and Peru also travelled to Havana saying they hoped to ask about the Venezuelan president’s condition.

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez is recovering satisfactorily after cancer surgery in Cuba and has spoken with relatives, his government has said.

The family of an Irishman shot dead by Bolivian security forces are meeting UN officials in Geneva today.

A trial sparked by the shooting of an Irishman branded an international terrorist by the Bolivian government is to start next month.

The family of an Irishman shot dead by security forces in Bolivia over an alleged presidential assassination plot is to step up its campaign for EU help in holding the foreign authorities to account.

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez and other leaders in the left-leaning ALBA bloc have backed Argentina in its long-running dispute with Britain over the Falkland Islands.

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Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez said that he was finishing his fourth round of chemotherapy in Cuba and expressed optimism that he will not require any further treatment.

THE family of an Irishman who may have been lured to his death in an anti-terrorist shoot-out in Bolivia hope to meet the Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin again this month as part of their campaign for an international enquiry into his death.

US President Barack Obama called Ecuadorean counterpart Rafael Correa to urge that tensions in that country be resolved through democratic means, the White House said.

Soldiers firing automatic weapons and concussion grenades rescued Ecuador’s president today from a hospital where he had been trapped by police rebelling over benefit cuts.

MEPs joined forces today to lobby for an independent investigation into the killing of Michael Dwyer shot through the heart by Bolivian police.

Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez gathered his closest Latin American allies to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the country’s independence movement and used the occasion to denounce US “meddling”.

A district court judge has convicted a newspaper editorial writer of insulting the head of the Ecuador government’s National Financial Corporation and sentenced him to three years in prison.

The Vatican newspaper and radio station has criticised James Cameron’s 3-D blockbuster 'Avatar' for flirting with the idea that worship of nature can replace religion – a notion the Pope warned against.

SECURITY worker Michael Dwyer, who was shot dead by police in Bolivia, went there with two colleagues to better his career prospects, his heartbroken mother told his inquest yesterday.

Security worker Michael Dwyer went to Bolivia with two colleagues to better his career prospects, his inquest heard today.

Muammar Gaddafi and Hugo Chavez urged nearly 30 leaders from throughout Africa and South America to form a strong intercontinental alliance to make the two regions a new global power.

The Dublin County Coroner is to hold a public inquest into the death of Tipperary man Michael Dwyer who was shot dead by Special Forces in Bolivia last April.

FOREIGN Minister Micheál Martin has ruled out Garda involvement in the inquiry into the death of Michael Dwyer in Bolivia as more evidence emerges of the young Irishman’s links to extreme right-wing paramilitaries.

SLAIN Michael Dwyer was dating a Brazilian girl in Bolivia who has been left traumatised by his death, it emerged yesterday.

A young Irishman shot dead by Bolivian police over an alleged plot to assassinate the country's president was a good-natured, loving son and brother, his Funeral Mass heard today.

AS Tipperary man Michael Dwyer is laid to rest tomorrow, questions still remain unanswered as to why he was shot dead by Bolivian security forces almost two weeks ago.

A post mortem examination will take place today on the body of Michael Dwyer, who was gunned down by Bolivian security services.

BOLIVIAN president Evo Morales has again claimed that Tipperary native Michael Dwyer and two other men killed by his security forces threw bombs and fired on the armed officers before they died.

BOLIVIAN authorities believe Irishman Michael Dwyer and two others gunned down by security forces following an alleged plot to kill the president last week were working for a rich local businessman who wants to divide the country.

The family of an Irish man killed in Bolivia have issued a statement saying they're shocked and devastated by the tragic death of a beloved son and brother.

An Irishman has apparently been killed during a shoot-out in Bolivia between police officers and a gang that was allegedly plotting to assassinate the country's president, Evo Morales.

Venezuela and Bolivia broke off diplomatic relations with Israel to protest its military offensive in Gaza.

Bolivian president Evo Morales has refused the US Drug Enforcement Administration permission to fly anti-drugs missions over the South American nation’s territory.

The US today accused three members of anti-American Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez's inner circle of aiding Colombian rebels by supplying arms and helping drug traffickers. Washington also expelled Mr Chavez's ambassador as a diplomatic clash intensified

Bolivian President Evo Morales has announced that a hotly disputed draft constitution will be put to voters in a referendum.

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega says Central American countries need to draw a plan to confront a regional food crisis as a group.

South American presidents reached an uneasy compromise to resolve a dangerous crisis triggered by Colombia’s military raid in Ecuador, stepping back from a week of insults, troop movements and talk of war.

Are refs to soft on the Kilkenny forwards and are their fans the most boring people you could meet? Some Angry Fans think so, anyway. There’s anger too at the GAA top brass for putting on an All Ireland hurling semi final before a quarter final and for charging an extra ? 10 for the privilege of watching it. Angry fans are still putting forward new names for presenters and pundits on the ‘Sunday Game’ while RTE’s Aertel service gets a lash for not keeping up with the game. For the Comment of the Week there’s a prize of a shirt from the exclusive AFR range of leisure wear!