Powerful 7.4 earthquake rocks Ecuador: USGS
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) - A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake shook Ecuador Saturday, the US Geological Survey reported, as a tsumani warning…
8 years ago
South America
Colombia confirms two microcephaly cases linked to Zika virus
CALI, Colombia (Reuters) - Two cases of microcephaly linked to the Zika virus have been confirmed in Colombia, but there…
8 years ago
Drought-hit Venezuela awaits rain at pivotal Guri dam that provides most of the country’s electricity
GURI, Venezuela (Reuters) - Drought has turned parts of the area behind Venezuela's Guri dam, one of the world's biggest, into…
8 years ago
Thousands of dead sardines swamp southern Chile
QUEULE, Chile (Reuters) - Thousands of dead sardines were found floating on Monday (April 11) along the shores of Queule…
8 years ago
Brazil impeachment committee backs ousting President Dilma Rousseff
Brasilia, Brazil (AFP)----A congressional committee on Monday recommended impeachment of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, setting the stage for a…
8 years ago
Brazil justice orders impeachment process for VP, heightens crisis
(Reuters) -- A Supreme Court judge ordered Brazil's Congress on Tuesday to start impeachment proceedings against Vice President Michel Temer,…
8 years ago
Brazil’s Lula leads rally against impeachment of President Rousseff
SAO BERNARDO DO CAMPO, SAO PAULO STATE, Brazil (Reuters) - Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva led a…
8 years ago
Suspect dead, three injured in US bus station shooting
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- A suspected gunman has died after a shooting at a bus station in the US…
9 years ago
Mexican Senators hang anti-Trump banners as part of ongoing campaign
MEXICO CITY, Mexico - Mexican Senators hung an anti-Trump banner outside Mexico City's Senate on Tuesday (March 29) as part…
9 years ago
Trump refuses to back any Republican nominee but himself
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump on Tuesday refused to back any nominee but himself, another…
9 years ago
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