Ecuador protest talks set for Sunday as capital locks down
by Katell ABIVEN / Hector Velasco QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- A first meeting between Ecuador's president and indigenous leaders will…
5 years ago
South America
Priest shortage in Amazon eroding Catholic influence, warns bishops in Brazil and Peru
by Allison Jackson, with Valeria Pacheco in Puerto Maldonado, Peru Agence France Presse ITAITUBA, Brazil (AFP) -- A shortage…
5 years ago
At least 17 killed as bus plunges off cliff in Peru
LIMA, Peru (AFP) -- At least 17 people were killed and some 30 injured when a passenger bus plunged off…
5 years ago
Peru in crisis as president dissolves Congress
by Francisco JARA LIMA, Peru (AFP) -- Peru's President Martin Vizcarra consolidated power Tuesday in a tense stand-off with the…
5 years ago
Strong 6.8 magnitude earthquake off Chile coast: USGS
SANTIAGO, United States (AFP) -- A 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck in the Pacific off the coast of Chile on Sunday,…
5 years ago
At least 11 dead in Rio hospital blaze
by Mauro PIMENTEL / Carlos FABAL Agence France Presse RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- At least 11 people,…
5 years ago
Peru court cuts jail time for opposition leader Keiko Fujimori
by Luis Jaime CISNEROS Agence France Presse LIMA, Peru (AFP) -- Peru's Supreme Court on Thursday halved the pre-trial…
5 years ago
Amazon’s ‘tallest tree’ safe from fires, say scientists
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) -- Intrepid Brazilian and British scientists say they have located the Amazon's tallest tree in northern…
5 years ago
Brazil president to skip Amazon summit, citing doctor’s orders
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro will skip a regional summit on fires that have devastated swaths…
5 years ago
Brazil’s Amazon basin fires keep surging
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) -- The number of fires in Brazil's Amazon basin is still on the rise, even though…
5 years ago
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