18 dead in storms near Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro: firefighters
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- Landslides and flooding triggered by heavy rainfall killed at least 18 people Tuesday in…
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South America
At least 20 dead, 30 injured in Peru bus crash
LIMA, PERU, At least 20 people, including a four-year-old girl, died and another 30 were injured when a bus crashed…
3 years ago
Refugee camp in Bogota park evokes pain of conflict
by Hervé BAR, with Diego LEGRAND Agence France-Presse BOGOTA, Colombia (AFP) - Far from their ancestral homes, more than 1,000…
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Record heat, forest fires in Colombia’s Amazon in January
January of this year was the hottest month in the Colombian Amazon in a decade, leading to an increase in…
3 years ago
22 dead, dozens injured as flooding hits Ecuador capital
by Santiago PIEDRA SILVA QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- The heaviest flooding to hit Ecuador in two decades has killed at…
3 years ago
Flooding kills at least 11 people in Ecuador capital
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) - At least 11 people were killed and 32 injured on Monday after the heaviest flooding to…
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Warring guerrillas bring misery to Colombian region
by Hervé BAR Agence France-Presse SARAVENA, Colombia (AFP) - Fear reigns in northeastern Colombia on the border with Venezuela where…
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Rescuers dig desperately in mud for Brazil flood survivors
by Florence GOISNARD FRANCO DA ROCHA, Brazil (AFP) -- Knee-deep in the mud left by a horrific landslide in southeastern…
3 years ago
Torrential rains leave at least 18 dead in Brazil
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) -- Torrential rains in Brazil's Sao Paulo state between Friday and Sunday left at least 18…
3 years ago
At least two killed in Haiti quake, 200 houses destroyed
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) -- At least two people were killed in a 5.3-magnitude earthquake that shook southwestern Haiti early Monday,…
3 years ago
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