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One of the world's most treasured archaeological sites - the Machu Picchu in Peru - has formally re-opened after it was closed for two months following heavy rains and landslides in January that destroyed access to the 15th century Inca site.
It the most visited site in Latin America and the source of 90 per cent of Perus tourism income.
Roger Wilkison reports on the joyful reopening of what has often been referred to as "The Lost City of the Incas."
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Video: Machu Picchu reopens in Peru
Video: Fighting Hunger in Brazil
Video (2min 37sec) About a billion people suffer from hunger everyday throughout the world, according to the UN, and millions of those people are in Brazil.
But with the help of the government's Zero Hunger programme in the country, the southeastern city of Belo Horizonte has come up with a series of innovative ways that ensure no one ever goes without food.
The food security policies have had real results - including a 60 per cent drop in infant mortality and a 75 per cent decrease in child malnutrition.
Video: Civilians Caught Up in Colombia war
Video (2min 30sec) Colombia's government forces have been embroiled in fighting with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the country's biggest rebel group, for four decades.
With national elections approaching, tensions between the military and Farc are mounting, leaving civilians caught in the crossfire.
While it may remain weakened elsewhere in Columbia, here the FARC remain strong.
This school is used to fire against the army... The guerrillas enter the school by cutting the fencing that protects it.
Video: Past is Present in Latin America
2 Videos: Over recent years there's been a tendency in the international media to attribute the arrival of left wing parties to power in Latin America to some sort of 'pink wave' or to an international movement based out of Venezuela.
Venezuela Bolivarian revolution may be a force of inspiration, but in Latin American countries like El Salvador, the victory of The Left is better understood as the culmination of decades of struggle against neo-liberal economics and government oppression."
At the Summit of the America's President Barack Obama said he is interested in "looking forward", but in Latin America many live the past every day - a report from El Salvador.
Video: President Obama = Better Latin America Relations?
Video (2min 46sec): Latin America hopes for better relations with US because of President Obama.
Trade pacts, embargos and economic assistance will all be on the agenda as the fifth summit of the Americas begins in Trinidad and Tobago on Friday.
Barack Obama, the US president is attending the three-day conference along with leaders from 33 Latin American countries.
And as Lucia Newman reports, Obama is taking a different tone from that of his White House predecessor, George W. Bush.
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