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Argentina budget cuts spark student protests
BUENOS AIRES - Hundreds of thousands of Argentine students protested in the streets on Wednesday against sharp spending cuts at public...
Oct 3, 20242 min read
Brazil's coast eroding faster than ever as Atlantic advances
ATAFONA, Brazil - Sonia Ferreira's two-story house with a pool and garden on the Brazilian coast was yet another casualty of the...
Oct 2, 20242 min read
In Argentina's poverty-hit barrios a food emergency takes hold
BUENOS AIRES/SALTA, Argentina - In Argentina's poor barrios a food emergency is taking hold as poverty rises, with malnutrition on the...
Oct 2, 20245 min read
Wildfire rages in Ecuador's drought-stricken capital
QUITO - A raging wildfire filled Ecuador's capital of Quito with smoke and threatened homes on Tuesday as authorities rushed to control...
Sep 26, 20241 min read
'Who pays?' asks Brazil Greenpeace protest on climate impact in the Amazon
MANACAPURU, Brazil - A team of Brazilian Greenpeace environmental activists on Friday placed a protect banner on a sandbank that has...
Sep 22, 20242 min read
Venezuela's exiled opposition head says he was warned Maduro forces coming for him
MADRID - Venezuela's former presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez said on Friday he sought diplomatic refuge after being told President...
Sep 21, 20243 min read
Dolphins dying again in Amazon lake made shallow by drought
TEFE, Brazil - The carcass of a baby dolphin lay on the sand bank left exposed by the receding waters in an Amazon lake that has been...
Sep 21, 20242 min read
UN advisory body makes seven recommendations for governing AI
STOCKHOLM - An artificial-intelligence advisory body at the United Nations on Thursday released its final report proposing seven...
Sep 20, 20242 min read
Explainer-What is the UNGA and what will world leaders talk about?
UNITED NATIONS - Every September world leaders travel to New York to address the start of the annual United Nations General Assembly...
Sep 20, 20244 min read
Worst drought on record lowers Amazon rivers to all-time lows
TEFE, Brazil - The worst drought on record has lowered the water level of the rivers in the Amazon basin to historic lows, in some cases...
Sep 19, 20242 min read
Candidate for Sao Paulo mayor clobbered with chair in chaotic debate
A televised debate among election rivals for mayor of Sao Paulo, Brazil's biggest city, descended into chaos when one struggling...
Sep 18, 20242 min read
Hundreds of thousands in Cuba without water
HAVANA - Water shortages in Cuba are increasingly flaring tempers, including in capital Havana, as problems mount for hundreds of...
Sep 14, 20242 min read
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