Cyclone leaves 11 dead, 20 missing in southern Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, June 18, 2023 (AFP) - At least 11 people were killed and 20 were missing after a…
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South America
Peru health minister resigns over dengue crisis
LIMA, June 16, 2023 (AFP) - Peru's health minister resigned Thursday following criticism over her handling of a dengue crisis…
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Iran and Venezuela have ‘common enemies,’ Raisi says in Caracas
CARACAS, June 13, 2023 (AFP) -- Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi began a rare diplomatic tour of Latin America on Monday…
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Courage, ‘intelligence’ got children through 40-day jungle odyssey
BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AFP) -- Ample courage and honed jungle smarts have been hailed as the main reasons four Indigenous children…
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Rescuers recount children’s first words after 40-day jungle nightmare
By Lina VANEGAS Agence France-Presse BOGOTÁ, June 12, 2023 (AFP) -- "I'm hungry" and "my mom is dead" were the…
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With bows and spears, Indigenous ‘warriors’ defend the Amazon
By Hervé BAR Agence France-Presse JAVARI, Brazil (AFP) -- In a remote pocket of the Brazilian Amazon under siege from…
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Priests in Bolivia ‘saints by day, demons by night’: alleged victim
By José Arturo Cárdenas Agence France-Presse LA PAZ, Bolivia (AFP) -- A Bolivian former seminarian who says he was…
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Brazil state approves ‘Vini Jr’s law’ against football racism
BRASÍLIA, June 7, 2023 (AFP) -- Legislators in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro approved a law on Tuesday…
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More than 500 people evacuated after Ecuador floods
ESMERALDAS, Ecuador, June 5, 2023 (AFP) -- More than 500 people were evacuated from their homes in northern Ecuador on…
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Gunmen kill five in Ecuador city hit by drug violence
QUITO (AFP) - Gunmen killed at least five people and wounded eight Sunday in a home in the Ecuadoran city…
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