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Over 300,000 migrants crossed Latin America's Darien Gap in 2024, down 42%
PANAMA CITY - Over 300,000 migrants crossed the Darien Gap into Panama in 2024, 42% fewer than the record number who made the perilous...
Jan 41 min read
Brazil watchdog moves to block access to Elon Musk's X after court order
SAO PAULO/BRASILIA - Brazil's telecommunications regulator said on Friday it was suspending access to Elon Musk's X social network in the...
Aug 31, 20243 min read
Rallies and arrests mark one month since disputed Venezuela election
MARACAIBO/VALENCIA/CARACAS, Venezuela - Supporters of Venezuela's political opposition and backers of the ruling party each held rallies...
Aug 29, 20243 min read
Wildfires rage in sugar cane fields in Brazil's southeast
SAO PAULO - Wildfires blazed through sugarcane fields in northern Sao Paulo state on Saturday, sending up clouds of smoke that covered...
Aug 25, 20242 min read
Wildfires affecting 30 cities in Brazil's Sao Paulo state, leave 2 dead
SAO PAULO - Brazil's Sao Paulo state said that wildfire outbreaks were affecting or closing in on 30 of its cities on Friday evening,...
Aug 25, 20241 min read
Judicial strikes grow in Mexico over reform pushing currency lower
MEXICO CITY - Judges and magistrates joined a strike on Wednesday as protests against a judicial reform pushed by outgoing President...
Aug 22, 20242 min read
Venezuelans march over contested election, number of detained rises
CARACAS, Venezuela - Thousands of Venezuelans marched across the South American country on Saturday over its contested election, as...
Aug 4, 20242 min read
Explainer-Will Venezuela's disputed election lead to new era of isolation?
HOUSTON - The United States is considering fresh sanctions on Venezuela following Sunday's disputed presidential election. Incumbent...
Aug 1, 20244 min read
Analysis-Whoever wins election, Venezuela faces natural gas problem
CARACAS/MARACAY - Griselda Ascanio keeps an improvised wood-burning stove ready in her backyard in Maracay, 120 kilometers (75 miles)...
Jul 25, 20244 min read
Explainer-What is the Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua?
The United States on Thursday placed sanctions on Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang with prison origins that law enforcement leaders...
Jul 12, 20244 min read
Uruguay chooses presidential contenders as left gains ground
MONTEVIDEO - Uruguayans on Sunday chose the presidential contenders who will contest October elections, as opinion polls show the...
Jul 1, 20242 min read
One gun, 34 dead: Inside Ecuador's war on black-market weapons
QUITO - The gun - a 9-milimeter pistol - blazed a violent trail even by the standards of one of Ecuador's most dangerous neighborhoods,...
Jun 29, 20245 min read
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