South America

Venezuela’s financial accountability authority probes Guaido

CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) -- Venezuela's office of financial accountability said on Monday it has opened an investigation into opposition leader…

Toll in Brazil dam disaster rises to 157 dead, 182 missing

SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) -- The toll from a dam collapse at a mine in southeast Brazil's Minas Gerais state…

Venezuela’s military blocks humanitarian aid shipment

by Maria Isabel SANCHEZ Agence France Presse CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) -- Venezuelan military officers blocked a bridge on the border…

Venezuela’s Maduro rejects European ultimatum to call vote

by Maria Isabel SANCHEZ Agence France Presse MADRID, Spain (AFP) -- Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro flatly rejected Sunday a call by…

Venezuela’s Guaido pressures Maduro over humanitarian aid

by Maria Isabel SANCHEZ Agence France Presse CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) -- The clock ticked down Sunday on a deadline for…

28 Haitians dead after ship sinks off Bahamas: officials

MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- At least 28 Haitians have drowned off the coast of Abaco in the Bahamas, officials said…

Toll in Brazil dam disaster rises to 121 dead, 226 missing

  BRUMADINHO, Brazil (AFP) -- The toll from a dam collapse last week at a mine in southeast Brazil has…

LOOK: Images of a frozen Niagara Falls at sunrise

NIAGARA FALLS, Canada (AFP) -- Images of parts of Niagara Falls solidified into frozen stillness at sunrise, as an Arctic…

US urges Venezuela’s Maduro to accept amnesty

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The United States on Thursday urged Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro to accept an amnesty offer from…

Venezuela opposition cling to social media lifeline

CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) -- Deprived almost entirely of coverage on mainstream media, Venezuela's self-proclaimed president Juan Guaido has been deftly…

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