Nine of 194 countries keeping pledge to eradicate hepatitis: summit
by Paula RAMON Agence France-Presse SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) - Only nine of 194 countries which pledged last year to eradicate…
7 years ago
South America
Macri calls on business, unions to back reform plans
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) - Argentina's President Mauricio Macri called on business and union leaders to put aside their differences and back…
7 years ago
Fighting to farming: New life for Colombia’s ex-rebels
by Raul Arboleda © Agence France-Presse La Montañita, Colombia (AFP) -- Felix Salcedo lost an arm fighting during Colombia's half-century civil war…
7 years ago
Former Kirchner minister arrested for corruption in Argentina
by Sonia Avalos Buenos Aires, Argentina (AFP) -- A former key minister in Argentina's husband-and-wife Kirchner governments was arrested for corruption involving hundreds…
7 years ago
Brazil president avoids corruption trial
by Damian Wroclavsky Agence France-Presse BRASÍLIA, Brazil (AFP) - Brazil's Congress rejected corruption charges against President Michel Temer on Wednesday, meaning he…
7 years ago
Brazil president hospitalized as Congress debates corruption trial
by Damian Wroclavsky Agence France-Presse BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazilian President Michel Temer was hospitalized Wednesday with urological problems in the midst of…
7 years ago
Brazil Congress to vote on president’s corruption case
by Damian Wroclavsky © Agence France-Presse BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazil's lower house of Congress is due to vote Wednesday on whether President…
7 years ago
UN: international body should weigh in before any Fujimori pardon
LIMA, Peru (AFP) -- The UN's top human rights official on Tuesday suggested Peru should seek international medical opinion before any pardon…
7 years ago
Venezuelan governors bow to assembly they call illegitimate
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) -- Four newly-elected opposition governors reluctantly pledged allegiance Monday to Venezuela's Constituent Assembly, which until now they had dismissed as…
7 years ago
Argentina’s Macri wins crucial mid-term poll
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) -- Argentina's President Mauricio Macri's center-right coalition swept crucial midterm elections Sunday and emerged with a strengthened hand to…
7 years ago
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