Brazil judge suspends easing of gun laws, citing election violence fears
RIO DE JANEIRO Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (AFP) -- A Brazilian Supreme Court judge on Monday temporarily suspended several provisions…
2 years ago
South America
President vows to work for change after Chileans reject new constitution
by Paulina ABRAMOVICH / Paula BUSTAMANTE Agence France-Presse SANTIAGO, Chile (AFP) -- President Gabriel Boric vowed to continue working to…
2 years ago
Chile expected to reject overhaul of dictatorship-era constitution
Santiago, Chile (AFP) by Paulina ABRAMOVICH / Paula BUSTAMANTE Chileans head to the polls on Sunday to choose whether to…
2 years ago
Man arrested for pointing gun at Argentine VP Kirchner: official
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) -- A man was arrested in Argentina on Thursday for pointing a gun at Vice President…
2 years ago
Three dead of mystery pneumonia in Argentina, six others ill
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) -- A third person has died this week in Argentina from a type of pneumonia of…
2 years ago
Ecuador investigates killing of four Galapagos giant tortoises
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- Prosecutors in Ecuador on Monday announced an investigation into the alleged hunting and killing of four…
2 years ago
Last member of Brazilian indigenous community found dead
BRASÍLIA, Brazil (AFP) -- The last of his people, a Brazilian indigenous man known only as "the man of the…
2 years ago
Skeleton of huge dinosaur unearthed in Portugal
Lisbon, Portugal (AFP) -- Palaeontologists in Portugal have unearthed the fossilised skeleton of what could be the largest dinosaur ever found…
2 years ago
Bolsonaro, Lula trade jabs in Brazil debate
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) -- Sparks flew Sunday as far-right President Jair Bolsonaro accused leftist rival Luiz Inacio Lula da…
2 years ago
3 dead, 12 injured after fall while climbing Ecuador volcano
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- Three mountaineers died and 12 were injured after they fell while climbing Ecuador's Carihuairazo volcano,…
2 years ago
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