Chemical container blaze restricts Brazil’s Santos port
Up to a dozen containers carrying chemicals caught fire at a terminal at Brazil's largest port of Santos on Thursday…
9 years ago
South America
Argentina wants debt deal as fiscal deficit balloons
Argentine Finance Minister Alfonso Prat-Gay said the South American country would hold tough debt negotiations with U.S. investment firms suing…
9 years ago
Brazilian protesters clash with police over increasing transport fares
Brazilian riot police on Tuesday (January 12) fired tear gas and stun grenades to disperse further protests over a rise…
9 years ago
Santos defends justice accord with FARC following criticism from rights group
Colombia's Juan Manuel Santos responded to critcism from the rights group, Human Rights Watch, in relation to a justice accord…
9 years ago
Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro slams removal of Hugo Chavez portraits from Congress
Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro slammed on Thursday (January 7) the recent removal of images of socialist leader and former president Hugo…
9 years ago
Heavy rains trigger mudslides in Bolivia, destroys road
Landslides and mudslides caused by heavy El Niño rains destroyed an important road near Cochabamba in central Bolivia on Monday…
9 years ago
San Marcos students clash in Lima over demand for rector’s departure
About one hundred students from the National University of San Marcos, Peru's oldest university in Lima, occupied one of the…
9 years ago
Argentina declares state of emergency as ongoing floods continue to devastate northeast
Families continued to abandon their homes on Monday (December 28) in the southern cone of South America, which is seeing…
9 years ago
Venezuelan National Guard helicopter crashes in Colombian border
A Venezuelan National Guard helicopter crashed on Monday (December 28) on the Colombian side of the border amid sporadic diplomatic…
9 years ago
Severe weather causes flooding across Southern United States
Severe weather caused flooding across the Southern United States on Monday (December 28), leading to a road collapse in South…
9 years ago
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