Pressure grows on Nicaragua’s Ortega as protest toll hits 27
by Marco SIBAJA Agence France Presse MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AFP) -- Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega was under pressure from widespread street…
6 years ago
South America
Conservative wins Paraguay presidential poll: official
ASUNCION, Paraguay (AFP) -- Mario Abdo Benitez, who represents Paraguay's long-dominant Colorado conservatives, won Sunday's presidential poll, landing the top…
6 years ago
Nicaragua scraps reform behind deadly protests that killed 24
by Blanca Morel and Julia Rios Agence France Presse MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AFP) -- Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega on Sunday agreed…
6 years ago
Cubans have high hopes for their little-known new leader
by Rigoberto DIAZ Agence France Presse HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) -- Despite being in the upper echelons of Cuba's government for…
6 years ago
End of era in Cuba as Castro hands torch to Diaz-Canel
by Alexandre Grosbois Agence France Presse HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) -- Cuba is poised for the end of an era on…
6 years ago
Brazil homeless group occupies apartment in Lula corruption case
GUARUJA, Brazil (AFP) -- A group of homelessness activists briefly occupied Monday the seaside apartment at the heart of the…
6 years ago
Journalists killing shows Ecuador, Colombia must act on ‘narco border’
by Hector Velasco with Jordi Miró in Quito © Agence France-Presse BOGOTA, Colombia (AFP) -- The kidnapping and killing of…
6 years ago
Pope Francis admits ‘grave errors’ in Chile sex abuse scandal
VATICAN CITY, Holy See (AFP) -- Pope Francis admitted Wednesday he had made "grave mistakes in the assessment and…
6 years ago
Colombia’s FARC furious over ex-rebel’s arrest on drugs charges
BOGOTA, Colombia (AFP) -- The arrest of a former FARC negotiator on US drug charges has brought Colombia's landmark…
6 years ago
Imprisoned Lula is still ‘our candidate,’ his party says
CURITIBA, Brazil (AFP) -- Former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, imprisoned since the weekend on a corruption conviction, will…
6 years ago
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