South America

Drug experts weigh in on marijuana legalisation in Mexico

(REUTERS) -- Drug experts gathered in Mexico City on Tuesday (July 05) for talks on the regulation of marijuana in…

Drought kills Paraguay’s thirsty alligators

GENERAL DIAZ, Paraguay (AFP) -- A drought in northern Paraguay has driven thousands of thirsty alligators to crowd around lakes…

S.Korean selfie tourist dies in Peru waterfall: police

PERULIMA, Peru (AFP) -- Peruvian police pulled a South Korean tourist dead from under a waterfall in the Amazon jungle,…

Cold kills homeless in Sao Paulo, Brazil’s richest city

by Rosa SULLEIRO SAO PAOLO, Brazil (AFP) -- Even under three blankets, Marcio Carvalho can't stop shaking as he seeks…

Massive food imports arrive in Venezuela from Trinidad and Tobago

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago (AFP) -- Trinidad and Tobago sent approximately 68 tonnes of food and commodities to…

Brazil budget crisis slows supercomputer from studying Zika

Scientists will have to do without an ally in the race to combat the Zika virus. A supercomputer named Santos…

Ban Ki-moon and Venezuela’s Maduro arrive for Colombia-FARC agreement

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro arrived in Havana late Wednesday (June 22) night ahead of…

‘Crazy’ ex-minister’s bags of cash scandalize Argentina

by Paula Bustamante BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) -- It's been a heck of a week for Jose Lopez, an Argentine…

Kids, teachers ditch school as crisis engulfs Venezuela

(Reuters) Mariangel Caceres' teachers, whose salaries do not buy enough food to live on, stopped showing up for classes early…

Israel wins UN committee chair

United Nations, United States---Israel on Monday was elected to chair a United Nations committee for the first time in the…

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