Venezuela to ration electricity in power crisis
CARACAS,Venezuela (AFP) -- Recession-wracked Venezuela is to ration electricity in 10 of its most populous and industrialized states, including metropolitan…
8 years ago
South America
Coffins pile up in Ecuador stadium-turned-morgue
by Santiago Piedra Silva Pedernales, Ecuador (AFP) -- A hodgepodge of donated coffins in various shapes, sizes and colors is piled…
8 years ago
South American floods kill 12, force mass evacuations
BUENOS Aires, Argentina (AFP) -- Severe storms and flooding across South America's "southern cone" have killed at least 12 people and…
8 years ago
BREAKING NEWS: Magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes off Ecuador coast: USGS
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- A 6.1-magnitude earthquake has struck near the coast of Ecuador, just days after the South American…
8 years ago
U.S. and Cuban architects collaborate to save Old Havana
More than 150 American architects arrived in Havana this week as part of joint efforts with their Cuban counterparts to…
8 years ago
Anger erupts as 1,700 still missing in Ecuador quake
by Florence PANOUSSIAN PEDERNALES,Ecuador (AFP) --The death toll from Ecuador's earthquake was feared to rise sharply as authorities warned Tuesday…
8 years ago
Hopes dim for Ecuador quake survivors; death toll hits 443
(Reuters) PEDERNALES/CANOA, Ecuador Rescuers in Ecuador were losing hope of finding more survivors on Tuesday from an earthquake which killed…
8 years ago
Brazilians on edge as Congressional vote moves Rousseff closer to impeachment
Brazilians on Monday (April 18) said they were anxious to move beyond a deepening political crisis, the day after leftist…
8 years ago
Brazil’s Rousseff vows to fight on after impeachment defeat
(REUTERS) -- Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff vowed on Monday to fight impeachment tooth-and-nail in the Senate after a heavy defeat…
8 years ago
Ecuador earthquake death toll climbs to 413: authorities
https://youtu.be/68DYa_2sSzY QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- The death toll from the powerful earthquake that struck Ecuador over the weekend has risen…
8 years ago
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