Brazilian athletes drop Olympic dreams to help flood victims
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PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil -Less than three months from the Olympic Games in Paris, Brazilian athletes from the devastated southern state of...
- May 11
- 2 min
Death toll from floods in Brazil hits 126 as rain returns
CANOAS, Brazil -Rains returned to Rio Grande do Sul on Friday as the death toll from historic floods in Brazil's southernmost state...
- May 10
- 3 min
Panama's president-elect vows to help fix canal water problems, build major train line
PANAMA CITY -Panama's president-elect, Jose Raul Mulino, said on Wednesday he will urge lawmakers to approve a law enabling the Panama...
- May 8
- 2 min
Peru port conflict escalates as Chinese firm insists on original terms
LIMA - The Chinese state-owned company at the center of a dispute over operations of a megaport it is building on Peru's Pacific coast...
- May 8
- 3 min
Brazil floods leave 150,000 homeless, scores dead or missing
ELDORADO DO SUL, Brazil -Rescuers rushed to evacuate people stranded by devastating floods across the southern Brazilian state of Rio...
- May 8
- 3 min
As climate shifts, a leafhopper bug plagues Argentina's corn fields
CORDOBA PROVINCE, Argentina - Global warming has brought Argentina's corn farmers a dangerous new enemy: a yellow insect just four...
- May 5
- 2 min
Panamanians vote in crowded field of presidential contenders
PANAMA CITY - Panamanians will head to the polls in Sunday's general election to elect one of eight contenders to be the nation's next...
- May 5
- 2 min
Heavy rains in southern Brazil kill nearly 60, over 70 still missing
SAO PAULO -Heavy rains in Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul this week killed at least 55 people, local authorities said on...
- May 4
- 1 min
Argentina's Milei says Spain's Sanchez brings 'death and poverty' after drug use jibe
MADRID - Madrid and Buenos Aires traded barbs on Saturday after Spanish Transport Minister Oscar Puente suggested Argentina's President...
- May 4
- 2 min
Rains in southern Brazil kill at least 39, some 70 still missing
Heavy rains battering Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul have killed 39 people, local authorities said on Friday, and the...
- May 4
- 2 min
Brazil rejects Vale, BHP settlement offer for Mariana disaster
RIO DE JANEIRO -Brazil and the state of Espirito Santo have rejected a proposal by miners Vale and BHP regarding reparations for the...
- May 2
- 4 min
Guerrilla pseudo-state complicates the search for peace in Colombia
YARI PLAINS, Colombia - A group of children holding red, yellow and blue balloons – the colors of Colombia's flag – run to the...
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