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In the Amazon, women lead efforts to grow acai berry production
SAO PAULO - In the tiny community of Ilha da Jussara, at the northern tip of the Brazilian Amazon, growing acai berries - a superfood...
Jan 172 min read
Analysis-Lula's embrace of new Brazil central banker has markets wary
BRASILIA - After months of rancor, ties between President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Brazil's central bank look poised for an era of...
Jan 174 min read
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
Puerto Rico's power grid collapses; could take two days to restore service
SAN JUAN - Puerto Ricans were without electricity on New Year's Eve after a grid failure left nearly all of the island without power,...
Jan 23 min read
Messi's real estate trust debuts in Spain with 223 million euro market cap
MADRID - A real estate investment trust owned by Argentine soccer star Lionel Messi made its Spanish market debut at 57.4 euros per...
Jan 22 min read
Peru declares environmental emergency after oil spill
LIMA - Peru's government on Thursday declared an environmental emergency in a northern coastal area, where state oil firm Petroperu last...
Dec 28, 20241 min read
Brazil says workers at China's BYD site are victims of human trafficking
RIO DE JANEIRO/SHANGHAI - Chinese workers at a construction site in Brazil for a factory owned by China's electric vehicle producer BYD...
Dec 28, 20243 min read
Explainer-What is the Panama Canal and why has Trump threatened to take it over?
Latin American leaders on Monday rallied to Panama's defense after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatened to reimpose U.S. control...
Dec 24, 20243 min read
Brazil heron takes flight after plastic cup removed from throat
RIO DE JANEIRO- A heron took flight in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, stretching its wings and soaring over a river after veterinarians saved...
Dec 17, 20242 min read
Brazil's Lula leaves hospital, speaks publicly for first time since surgeries
RIO DE JANEIRO - Doctors discharged Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from a Sao Paulo hospital on Sunday, after a pair of...
Dec 17, 20242 min read
Venezuela has freed 533 election protest detainees, attorney general says
CARACAS - Venezuela's attorney general said in a statement on Monday that 533 people arrested for taking part in protests over a...
Dec 17, 20241 min read
2024 in photos: the world under water
A drone view shows flooded houses in Venek, Hungary, September 17, 2024. Fedja Grulovic In 2024, it often felt like it was flooding...
Dec 17, 20242 min read
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