South America

Rousseff rallies Brazil anti-impeachment crowd

by Natalia RAMOS SAO PAULO , Brazil (AFP) -- Brazil's embattled leftist President Dilma Rousseff vowed at a protest Sunday…

Crisis-hit Venezuela sets clocks ahead to save power

by Ernesto TOVAR CARACAS , Venezuela (AFP) -- With their country gripped by an economic crisis, Venezuelans lost half an…

Planeload of 33 rescued lions to fly from Peru to S. Africa

by Luis Jaime CISNEROS LIMA , Peru (AFP) -- A planeload of 33 lions rescued from abuse in Peruvian and…

Venezuela opposition claims million signatures against president

by Alexander MARTINEZ CARACAS , Venezuela (AFP) -- Venezuela's opposition tried to sack the food minister Thursday for shortages in…

Red tide affects thousands of molluscs along Chile’s coast

ISLA DE CHILOE, Chile (Reuters) -- Thousands of molluscs, such as clams and mussels, were found stranded on the island…

Brazil: Zika outbreaks tops 91,000 cases

BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) Wednesday 4/27/2016 - Brazil's outbreak of Zika -- which has been linked to the devastating microcephaly birth defect in newborns…

Venezuela enforces public sector leave on three weekdays

CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) -- Venezuela's government Tuesday announced enforced leave for public sector workers from Wednesday to Friday, meaning they…

Quake toll reaches more than 600 as aftershocks spook Ecuador

The death toll from Ecuador's devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake rose to 602 people on Friday, as dozens of aftershocks shook…

Quake survivors take shelter at camp in devastated Ecuador town

QUITO,Ecuador (AFP) -- Earthquake survivors take shelter at a camp in the devastated resort town of Pedernales in Ecuador after…

Anxious search for missing after deadly Mexico blast

by Ignacio Carvajal Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz State, Mexico (AFP) -- Anguished relatives nervously awaited news of their loved ones Thursday outside…

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