South America

Venezuela vows to eradicate plots after Maduro ‘assassination’ bid

    by Alexander Martinez Agence France-Presse CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) -- Venezuelan authorities vowed Monday to "root out" plots against President…

California’s raging wildfires cause another death

CLEARLAKE, Oakland (AFP) -- California's deadly Carr wildfire -- now the state's sixth most destructive -- has claimed another life…

‘Erratic’ winds, dry conditions fuel deadly California fires

by Gianrigo Marletta Agence France-Presse REDDING, United States (AFP) - Around 12,000 firefighters battled Sunday to contain wildfires in California…

Paraguayan minister, deputy die in plane crash: rescuers

ASUNCION, Paraguay (AFP) -- Paraguay's agriculture minister and a deputy minister were among four people killed in an airplane crash…

Honduras identifies 313 children separated from families in US

  TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AFP) -- A total of 313 Honduran children separated from their parents as a result of the…

Probe launched of judge who ordered Lula freed

  RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- Prosecutors in Brazil ordered an investigation Wednesday of the appellate judge who caused a…

Ecuador court upholds $9.5 billion damages ruling against Chevron

QUITO, Ecuador (AFP)--Ecuador's highest court upheld in a ruling released Tuesday a $9.5 billion damages award against oil giant Chevron…

33 clientes sin suministro eléctrico en Chile por el sistema frontal

Krest-Anne Cortes Eagle News Service SANTIAGO, Chile -- El sistema frontal que la zona central del país enfrentó durante la…

Lula to cease World Cup TV comments over election rules

BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP)--Jailed former Brazil president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has decided to cease commenting on the World Cup…

Nine ex-military convicted for 1973 murder of Chile folk singer Jara

SANTIAGO, Chile (AFP) - A Chilean judge has convicted nine retired soldiers in the 1973 murder of one of Chile's…

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