Ecuador authorities arrest three after gang shooting: president
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- Ecuadoran authorities arrested three people in connection to a gang-related shooting that left nine dead in…
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South America
11 Latin American nations announce inflation battle plan
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) -- The leaders of 11 Latin American nations, including its two biggest economies, Brazil and Mexico,…
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Attacker kills four children with hatchet at Brazil preschool
by Anderson COELHO Agence France-Presse BLUMENAU, Brazil (AFP) -- A 25-year-old man burst into a preschool in southern Brazil and…
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Volcano that wiped out Colombian town active again
Bogotá, Colombia | AFP | Seismic activity has increased at Colombia's Nevado del Ruiz volcano, which killed 25,000 people in…
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Race against time to save dozens missing after Ecuador mudslide
ALAUSÍ, Ecuador (AFP) -- Rescuers raced against time in southern Ecuador Tuesday to find survivors of a weekend landslide that…
2 years ago
Seven dead, more than 60 missing in Ecuador landslide
ALAUSI, Ecuador (AFP) -- Rescuers searched Monday for more than 60 people reported missing after a landslide triggered by months…
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Brazil police raid leaves 13 dead in favela near Rio: media
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- A police raid on a favela near Rio de Janeiro Thursday left at least…
2 years ago
Brazil’s Lula irks foreign oil companies with new tax
by Marcelo SILVA DE SOUSA Agence France-Presse BRASÍLIA, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has not…
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End of truce: Colombia kills two cartel members, captures one
MONTERÍA, Colombia (AFP) -- The Colombian army said Tuesday it had killed two members of the infamous Gulf Clan drug…
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Three Ecuador TV stations receive letter bombs, one explodes
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- Letter bombs addressed to journalists were sent to three TV stations in violence-plagued Ecuador Monday, one…
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