South America

5.6M Quake causes damage in Colombia

BOGOTÁ, Jan 19, 2024 (AFP) - A moderately strong earthquake struck the center-west of Colombia on Friday, causing material damage…

Prosecutor probing gang-related Ecuador TV studio attack is killed

QUITO, Jan 17, 2024 (AFP) - The prosecutor investigating a dramatic armed assault by gangsters last week on an Ecuadoran…

Ecuador president says ‘in state of war’ against cartels

By Santiago PIEDRA SILVA QUITO, Jan 10, 2024 (AFP) - Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa said Wednesday the country was in…

Argentina court suspends Milei labor reforms

BUENOS AIRES, Jan 4, 2024 (AFP) - Argentine judges on Wednesday suspended labor law changes that form part of a…

Colombian ex-soldier pleads guilty in Haiti president assassination plot

MIAMI, Dec 22, 2023 (AFP) - A former Colombian soldier pleaded guilty Friday in a US federal court to conspiracy…

Argentina’s new leader unleashes ‘shock therapy’, orders major deregulation of economy

BUENOS AIRES, Dec 21, 2023 (AFP) - -Argentina's new leader Javier Milei on Wednesday unveiled a series of measures to…

US and Venezuela swap prisoners, ‘Fat Leonard’ as tensions ease

By Danny Kemp with Javier Tovar in Caracas WASHINGTON, Dec 20, 2023 (AFP) - The United States released an ally…

Venezuela and Guyana pledge non-violence over oil-rich Essequibo territorial dispute

CARACAS, Dec 15, 2023 (AFP) - The presidents of Venezuela and Guyana pledged after direct talks on Thursday not to…

Oil at the root of Guyana-Venezuela border row

By Barbara AGELVIS CARACAS (AFP) - The discovery of vast oil deposits is blamed for reigniting a decades-old territorial dispute…

Far from Venezuela-Guyana oil flap, Mango Landing just wants peace

By Patrick FORT MANGO LANDING, Guyana, Dec 14, 2023 (AFP) - Robinson Flores, a Venezuelan who has been living in…

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