Gunmen kill head of Ecuador prison where deadly riots broke out
by Santiago PIEDRA SILVA Agence France-Presse QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- The warden of an Ecuadoran prison where deadly riots broke…
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South America
Peru slaughters more than 37,000 poultry after bird flu outbreak
LIMA, Peru (AFP) -- Peruvian authorities have culled at least 37,000 birds on a chicken farm due to bird flu,…
2 years ago
Venezuela’s Maduro calls for ‘complete lifting’ of oil sanctions
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday said the easing of an oil embargo on his country by…
2 years ago
Argentina records first mpox death
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) - Argentina registered its first death from mpox, the disease formerly known as monkeypox, when a patient…
2 years ago
Colombia sending troops to southern border to fight drug gangs
BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AFP) -- Colombia is to deploy 400 soldiers to fight drug traffickers operating across its rural southern borders,…
2 years ago
Eight killed in Colombia plane crash
BOGOTA, Colombia (AFP) - A small plane carrying eight people crashed into a residential area of Colombia's second-largest city Medellin on…
2 years ago
Rainforest giants Brazil, Indonesia, DR Congo sign deforestation pact
Nusa Dua, Indonesia | AFP | The world's biggest rainforest nations Brazil, Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of Congo…
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Brazil’s Lula headed to UN climate talks with vow to save Amazon
by Louis GENOT Agence France-Presse RIO DE JANEIRO Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazilian president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da…
2 years ago
‘Nicaragua will end up alone’ as migrants flee
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AFP) -- Jose Galeano is on the verge of embarking on the most important and frightening journey of…
2 years ago
Five dead in Venezuelan military plane crash: ministry
Caracas, Venezuela | AFP | Five members of the Venezuelan military died Sunday when their plane crashed during a training…
2 years ago
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