Ousted Caracas mayor flees house arrest, heads to Madrid
BOGOTA, Colombia (AFP) -- Fugitive Caracas mayor Antonio Ledezma, a key opponent of President Nicolas Maduro, traveled to Madrid on Friday after…
6 years ago
South America
Venezuela suffers another blow as PDVSA declared in default
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- Crisis-plagued Venezuela suffered another blow Thursday as a committee of creditors ruled that state oil…
6 years ago
Strong quake rocks Costa Rica; no immediate reports of damage
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica "(AFP) -- A strong earthquake, measuring 6.5 according to a US seismological agency, rocked Costa Rica late…
6 years ago
Maduro says Venezuela will ‘never’ default on its massive debt
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro insisted on Sunday that his cash-strapped country would "never" default, as he…
6 years ago
Thousands protest austerity measures in Brazil
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) -- Several thousand Brazilians demonstrated on Friday as part of a day of national mobilization against government austerity…
6 years ago
Nine of 194 countries keeping pledge to eradicate hepatitis: summit
by Paula RAMON Agence France-Presse SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) - Only nine of 194 countries which pledged last year to eradicate…
6 years ago
Macri calls on business, unions to back reform plans
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) - Argentina's President Mauricio Macri called on business and union leaders to put aside their differences and back…
6 years ago
Fighting to farming: New life for Colombia’s ex-rebels
by Raul Arboleda © Agence France-Presse La Montañita, Colombia (AFP) -- Felix Salcedo lost an arm fighting during Colombia's half-century civil war…
7 years ago
Former Kirchner minister arrested for corruption in Argentina
by Sonia Avalos Buenos Aires, Argentina (AFP) -- A former key minister in Argentina's husband-and-wife Kirchner governments was arrested for corruption involving hundreds…
7 years ago
Brazil president avoids corruption trial
by Damian Wroclavsky Agence France-Presse BRASÍLIA, Brazil (AFP) - Brazil's Congress rejected corruption charges against President Michel Temer on Wednesday, meaning he…
7 years ago
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