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Indigenous groups claim stake in sunken Spanish ship, cargo off Colombia
MADRID - Members of three South American indigenous communities have asked Spain and UNESCO to declare a Spanish galleon that sank 300...
May 11, 20242 min read
Brazilian athletes drop Olympic dreams to help flood victims
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil -Less than three months from the Olympic Games in Paris, Brazilian athletes from the devastated southern state of...
May 11, 20242 min read
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 11, 20242 min read
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 10, 20243 min read
Bidding opens for Messi napkin that defined soccer great's career
LONDON - Bidding began on Wednesday for a napkin on which soccer club Barcelona penned a promise to sign a 13-year-old Lionel Messi...
May 9, 20241 min read
Soccer-Brazil's bid to host the Women's World Cup tops European rival
Brazil's bid to host the 2027 Women's World Cup scored higher than its rival, a joint bid from Belgium, Netherlands and Germany, in a...
May 9, 20241 min read
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, 20242 min read
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, 20243 min read
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 8, 20243 min read
Panama's Mulino wins presidency with support from convicted former leader
PANAMA CITY -Panama's former security minister Jose Raul Mulino on Sunday stormed to victory in a presidential poll dominated by his old...
May 6, 20243 min read
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, 20242 min read
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 5, 20242 min read
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