South America

UPDATED: Death toll from Peru bus accident rises to 48: police

LIMA, Peru (AFP) -- A bus plunged over a seaside cliff in Peru on Tuesday, killing at least 48 people after…

Winds seen as factor in Costa Rica plane crash that killed 12

PUNTA ISLITA, Costa Rica (AFP) -- Strong winds were seen as a factor in the crash of a small plane…

Victims of Peru’s Fujimori rail against ex-president’s pardon

by Francisco Jara Agence France-PresseLIMA, Peru - Families of victims of former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori prepared Wednesday to intensify protests against a…

‘Forgive me,’ ex-Peru leader Fujimori says after pardon protests

by Carlos Mandujano and Francisco Jara Agence France Presse LIMA, Peru (AFP) -- Peru's ailing former leader Alberto Fujimori on…

Thousands protest pardon of Peru’s ailing ex-president Fujimori

by Luis Jaime Cisneros Agence France Presse LIMA, Peru (AFP) -- Thousands of Peruvians marched in Lima on Monday to…

Peru’s pardoned ex-president Fujimori still in hospital

by Luis Jaime Cisneros Agence France Presse LIMA, Peru (AFP) -- Peru's former president Alberto Fujimori remained in intensive care…

Peru’s ailing ex-president Fujimori pardoned

  LIMA, Peru (AFP) -- Peru's jailed ex-president Alberto Fujimori, who was serving a 25-year sentence for corruption and rights…

Mexico bus crash kills 11 tourists including foreigners

MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) -- A bus carrying tourists from a US cruise ship to an archaeological site on Mexico's Caribbean coast…

11 dead, 15 missing in Chile mudslide

SANTIAGO, Chile (AFP) -- A mudslide that buried much of a village in southern Chile has killed 11 people while…

Billionaire Pinera to return as Chile’s president: results

by Paulina ABRAMOVICH Agence France Presse SANTIAGO, Chile (AFP) -- Billionaire Sebastian Pinera will return to power as Chile's president…

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