Stabbing attack at Brazil daycare kills three children, two staff
SAUDADES, Brazil (AFP) -- An 18-year-old attacker armed with a samurai-style sword burst into a daycare center in Brazil Tuesday…
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South America
At least 17 dead, 800 injured in days-long Colombia protests
BOGOTA, Colombia (AFP) -- At least 17 people died and more than 800 were wounded in clashes that broke out…
4 years ago
Brazil struggles to deliver Covid vaccine second doses
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- Shortages of Covid-19 vaccines have forced several large Brazilian cities to suspend administering second…
4 years ago
Venezuela triples wages but still not enough to buy food
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) -- Venezuela nearly tripled its minimum wage Saturday but inflation is so outrageous that that amount…
4 years ago
Thousands in Brazil rally for Bolsonaro, ignoring virus
BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- Several thousand Brazilians marched Saturday in support of far-right president Jair Bolsonaro, ignoring a surging…
4 years ago
Russia-Brazil spat erupts over Sputnik vaccine snub
by Valeria PACHECO / with Andrea PALASCIANO in Moscow BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazil's health regulator said Thursday its decision…
4 years ago
Brazil’s Covid death toll surpasses 400,000
BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazil's death toll in the coronavirus pandemic surpassed 400,000 Thursday, as the country struggled to secure…
4 years ago
More than 500 Venezuelan healthcare workers have died during pandemic: NGO
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) -- More than 500 health workers have died in Venezuela since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic,…
4 years ago
Brazilian regulator denies permission to import Russian Covid vaccine
BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazil's health regulator on Monday denied a request from several states to import Russia's Sputnik V…
4 years ago
Venezuela fears malaria more than Covid
by Margioni BERMÚDEZ BARCELONA, Venezuela (AFP) -- Luz Martinez has caught malaria three times, the last of which was when…
4 years ago
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