Lula risks jail in coming weeks after Brazil court ruling
BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) - A top Brazilian court Tuesday rejected a bid by former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to stave off prison,…
7 years ago
South America
Sex abuse by priests at Chilean church school was an unending ‘perverse game’, says victim
by Giovanna Fleitas Agence France Presse VIÑA DEL MAR, Chile (AFP) -- Sexual abuse at the hands of priests…
7 years ago
400 kilos of cocaine found in Russian embassy in Argentina
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) -- Police have seized nearly 400 kilos of cocaine from the Russian embassy in Buenos Aires…
7 years ago
Forty-four dead after bus tumbles from Peru mountain road
LIMA, Peru (AFP) -- A double-decker bus veered off a mountain road and plunged into a ravine in southern Peru Wednesday, killing…
7 years ago
Maduro calls for snap legislative elections in Venezuela
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) -- President Nicolas Maduro called Wednesday for snap legislative elections in Venezuela, proposing to bring them forward by nearly…
7 years ago
Peru court orders Fujimori tried for 1992 mass killing: official
by Carlos Mandujano Agence France Presse LIMA, Peru (AFP) -- A Peruvian court ordered former president Alberto Fujimori on Monday…
7 years ago
5.9 intensity quake shakes Mexico anew, scares residents
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) -- A medium intensity earthquake struck southwestern Mexico early Monday morning, scaring residents already shaken…
7 years ago
Death toll rises to 14 in Mexico helicopter crash
SANTIAGO JAMILTEPEC, Mexico (AFP) -- The death toll from a helicopter crash that followed a strong earthquake in southern Mexico…
7 years ago
13 killed in minister’s quake zone helicopter crash
by Joshua Howat Berger Agence France Presse MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) -- A 7.2-magnitude earthquake that rattled Mexico…
7 years ago
Mexico minister survives helicopter crash that kills two on ground
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) -- A helicopter carrying the Mexican interior minister and a governor crashed near the epicenter…
7 years ago
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