South America

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…

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…

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…

Drone images show destruction of Ecuador quake; death toll of 272 “certain to rise”

  https://youtu.be/gcASpFCmA-4   The most powerful earthquake to hit Ecuador in decades has killed 272 people -- a toll that…

Ecuador quake toll at 272, ‘certain to rise’

by Santiago Piedra Silva with Florence Panoussian in Manta Portoviejo, Ecuador  (AFP) -- The biggest earthquake in Ecuador in decades…

Colombia sends search and rescue workers and aid for quake

BOGOTA, Colombia (Reuters) - Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos bid farewell on Sunday (April 17) to 65 search and rescue…

Victims of Ecuador’s earthquake beg vice-president for help

PORTOVIEJO, MANABI, Ecuador (Reuters) - As the death toll from Ecuador's biggest earthquake in decades soared to at least 246…

UPDATE: Ecuador quake toll rises to 233 dead: president

QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- At least 233 people have been killed in the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Ecuador's Pacific coast,…

Powerful Ecuador quake kills at least 77

by Paola Lopez QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- At least 77 people were killed when a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Ecuador, destroying…

UPDATE: Big Ecuador quake kills at least 41

by Paola Lopez QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- At least 41 people were killed when a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Ecuador, destroying…

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