26 dead as fishing boat sinks off Honduras: official
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AFP) -- At least 26 people died Wednesday when their fishing boat sank off the Caribbean coast of…
5 years ago
South America
South Americans marvel at total solar eclipse
by Paulina ABRAMOVICH LA HIGUERA, Chile (AFP) -- A rare total solar eclipse plunged a vast swath of Latin America's…
5 years ago
Venezuela bus accident kills 18
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) -- At least 18 people were killed Sunday in a bus accident in a rural area of…
5 years ago
Ten killed in Paraguay prison riot: interior ministry
ASUNCION, Paraguay(AFP) -- A riot at a prison in Paraguay left 10 inmates dead and 10 wounded, the interior ministry…
5 years ago
Prosecutor accuses Argentine bishop close to pope of abuse
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A bishop close to Pope Francis has been formally accused of sexually abusing seminarians,…
5 years ago
Brazil bus accident kills 17
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) -- A bus carrying 40 people crashed into several cars killing at least 17 people…
5 years ago
Canada suspends operations at embassy in Venezuela
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) -- Canada announced Sunday it was temporarily shutting its embassy in Venezuela, blaming President Nicolas Maduro…
5 years ago
Brazil faces recession risk after economy shrinks in first quarter
by Allison JACKSON RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazil's economy shrank in the first quarter of the year, official…
5 years ago
Clashes in four Brazil prisons leave 40 dead
by Allison JACKSON / Eugenia LOGIURATTO RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- At least 40 inmates were killed in four…
6 years ago
Paraguay floodwaters force thousands to evacuate homes
by Hugo OLAZAR NANAWA, Paraguay (AFP) -- Like 70,000 people living close to the broken banks of the Paraguay River,…
6 years ago
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