Morning briefs

* Infighting and division are bogging down deliberations by Bolivia’s Constitutional Assembly. (Image via Prensa Latina).

* Preliminary deals have been reached by striking miners at Chile’s Escondida mine as well as at Peru’s largest gold mine. However, Volkswagen factory workers in Sao Paulo decided to strike over massive layoffs at the plant.

* The Colombian Catholic Church excommunicated the doctors involved in Colombia’s first legal abortion last week.

* The U.N. published a report to help Latin American farmers combat avian flu.

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