Maduro dismisses legitimacy questions as second term looms
by Maria Isabel SANCHEZ / Alexander MARTINEZ Agence France Presse CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro will begin…
6 years ago
South America
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sworn in as youngest US Congresswoman
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the 29-year-old Democrat from New York, is sworn in as a member of…
6 years ago
New Brazil leader Bolsonaro targets crime, leftwing ‘ideology’
by Louis GENOT, with Marc BURLEIGH in Rio de Janeiro Agence France Presse BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazil's new far-right…
6 years ago
Second Guatemalan migrant child dies in US custody
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- An eight-year-old migrant from Guatemala died in government custody on Tuesday, US Customs and Border…
6 years ago
Facebook defends data sharing after new report on partner deals
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Facebook defended its data sharing practices Wednesday after a report revealing that certain partners of…
6 years ago
Brazil high court suspends order that could free Lula
BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- The chief judge of Brazil's supreme court suspended Wednesday an order by another justice on the…
6 years ago
Road accident deaths swell to 1.35 million each year: WHO
by Nina LARSON Agence France-Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- Road accidents kill someone every 24 seconds, with a total of…
6 years ago
Conditions met for Assange to leave Ecuador embassy in London: president
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- Ecuador's president said Thursday that conditions have been met for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to leave…
6 years ago
China’s Xi in Panama on mission to bolster clout in Latin America
PANAMA CITY, Panama (AFP) -- China's President Xi Jinping and his Panamanian counterpart Juan Carlos Varela signed a string of…
6 years ago
China agrees $9 billion currency swap with Argentina
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) -- China and Argentina signed a $9 billion currency swap deal to boost the crisis-stricken South…
6 years ago
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