South America

Attacker stabs Brazil’s right-wing presidential frontrunner

https://youtu.be/CcpAS1L3WmY   RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazil's right-wing presidential front runner Jair Bolsonaro was stabbed and seriously injured while…

Ecuador hit by 6.2 magnitude quake: USGS

QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- A deep 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck Ecuador on Thursday night, USGS said. The quake hit at…

Mass grave site with 166 bodies found in Mexico

by Ignacio Carvajal Agence France Presse COATZACOALCOS, Mexico (AFP) -- Mexican authorities discovered at least 166 bodies at a mass…

Tropical Storm Gordon makes landfall on US Gulf Coast

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Tropical Storm Gordon was making landfall Tuesday night on the US Gulf Coast along the…

Brazil’s National Museum, Latin America’s largest

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazil's National Museum, ravaged Sunday by a massive fire, is Latin America's largest natural…

New cases of sex abuse of minors by Catholic priests in Chile discovered; cases triple to 119

  by Paulina Abramovich Agence France Presse SANTIAGO, Chile (AFP) -- Scores of new cases of priestly sexual abuse of…

Venezuelans in Peru take up Maduro’s offer to fly home

  by Carlos Mandujano Agence France-Presse LIMA, Peru (AFP) -- Nearly 100 migrants on Monday took up an offer by Venezuelan…

JUST IN: 7.1-magnitude quake hits Peru-Brazil border: USGS

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck along Peru's border with Brazil on Friday, the US Geological…

Argentine investigators search homes of ex-president Kirchner

  by Liliana Samuel Agence France-Presse BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) -- Police accompanied by sniffer dogs searched the homes of Argentina's…

Panic but no injuries as Venezuela hit by 7.3 magnitude earthquake

  by Maria Isabel SANCHEZ / Margioni BERMÚDEZ Agence France Presse CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) -- Venezuela was rocked by a…

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