South America

Ecuador seeks mediator to resolve Assange standoff: minister

by Jordi Miro Agence France Presse QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- Ecuador is seeking a mediator to resolve the standoff with…

Magnitude 7.6 earthquake strikes off Honduras coast: USGS

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- A powerful and shallow 7.6-magnitude earthquake hit the waters off the coast of Honduras late Tuesday,…

Peru bus crash death toll rises to 52

LIMA, Peru (AFP) -- Rescuers recovered two more bodies Thursday from the scene of the crash after a bus plunged…

Fifty bodies recovered from horrific Peru bus crash

LIMA, Peru (AFP) - Peruvian emergency workers on Wednesday said they had recovered 50 bodies -- six of them children -- from…

UPDATED: Death toll from Peru bus accident rises to 48: police

LIMA, Peru (AFP) -- A bus plunged over a seaside cliff in Peru on Tuesday, killing at least 48 people after…

Winds seen as factor in Costa Rica plane crash that killed 12

PUNTA ISLITA, Costa Rica (AFP) -- Strong winds were seen as a factor in the crash of a small plane…

Victims of Peru’s Fujimori rail against ex-president’s pardon

by Francisco Jara Agence France-PresseLIMA, Peru - Families of victims of former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori prepared Wednesday to intensify protests against a…

‘Forgive me,’ ex-Peru leader Fujimori says after pardon protests

by Carlos Mandujano and Francisco Jara Agence France Presse LIMA, Peru (AFP) -- Peru's ailing former leader Alberto Fujimori on…

Thousands protest pardon of Peru’s ailing ex-president Fujimori

by Luis Jaime Cisneros Agence France Presse LIMA, Peru (AFP) -- Thousands of Peruvians marched in Lima on Monday to…

Peru’s pardoned ex-president Fujimori still in hospital

by Luis Jaime Cisneros Agence France Presse LIMA, Peru (AFP) -- Peru's former president Alberto Fujimori remained in intensive care…

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