Brazil region swept by floods and record rains faces muddy desolation
SABARÁ, Brazil (AFP) - Valeria PACHECO Elaine Almeida looked at her aunt's ruined house in Sabará, a town in a southeastern…
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South America
Death toll in Peru tanker explosion rises to 15
LIMA, Peru (AFP) -- The death toll from the explosion of a gas tanker in Lima has risen to 15…
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Death toll from torrential Brazil storms rises to 37: officials
BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil (AFP) -- The death toll from days of intense storms and flooding in southeastern Brazil has risen…
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Flooding, landslides kill six in Brazil
RIO DE JAINEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- Flooding and landslides triggered by torrential rains have claimed six lives in southeast…
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Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon up 85 percent in 2019
BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) - Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in northern Brazil soared 85 percent in 2019, compared with the…
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Volcano erupts on ecologically sensitive Galapagos island
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- A volcano erupted on an uninhabited island in the Galapagos, Ecuadorian authorities said, spewing lava on…
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Guaido calls protest Thursday against Venezuela’s Maduro
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) -- Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido called on supporters to rally Thursday against the government of President…
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Five dead as vehicles crushed in wall collapse in Ecuador
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- A concrete wall collapsed and crushed several vehicles in southern Ecuador early Wednesday, killing at least…
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Dozens of families found homeless after forest fire in Chilean port
VALPARAISO, Chile (AFP) -- Dozens of families found themselves homeless on December 25 after a forest fire in the Chilean…
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Morales claims US orchestrated ‘coup’ to tap Bolivia’s lithium
by Liliana Samuel BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) -- Former Bolivia president Evo Morales told AFP on Tuesday that he…
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