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March 19, 2024

World: Latin America

  • Over 2,000 Central American migrants try to enter Mexico

    4 years, 2 months ago

    (AP) TECUN UMAN, Guatemala — More than 2,000 Central American migrants on Saturday surged onto a bridge spanning the Suchiate River between southern Mexico and Guatemala as Mexican National Guardsmen attempted to impede their journey north. Mexican authorities closed the bridge ...

  • Bolivia’s crisis turns dangerous as 8 killed in clash

    4 years, 4 months ago

    (AP) SACABA, Bolivia — Bolivia’s political crisis turned deadly again when security forces opened fire on supporters of Evo Morales. Officials said Saturday that at least eight people died and dozens were injured in an incident that threatens the interim government’s ...

  • 3 dead in police station bombing in Colombia

    6 years, 1 month ago

    (AP) BOGOTA, Colombia — Officials say at least three police officers were killed and another 14 injured when a homemade bomb exploded outside a police station in the Colombian city of Barranquilla. The head of Barranquilla's police says Saturday's attack may ...

  • Joy, angst over pope visit to Chile's restive Mapuche region

    6 years, 2 months ago

    (AP) TEMUCO, Chile — When Pope Francis visits the de facto capital of Chile's Mapuche people, he will be inserting himself into one of Latin America's longest-running conflicts involving indigenous populations, and one that periodically erupts in violence. Leaders of both ...

  • Brazil's Carnival begins with parades, parties but no mayor

    7 years ago

    (AP) RIO DE JANEIRO — Revelers across Brazil began Carnival celebrations on Friday, taking to the streets to dance, drink beer and spirits, and blow off steam at a time of economic angst and fury with politicians over a sprawling corruption ...

  • Cuba reports success in containing Zika

    7 years, 6 months ago

    (AP) Six months after President Raul Castro declared war on the Zika virus in Cuba, a militarized nationwide campaign of intensive mosquito spraying, monitoring and quarantine appears to be working. Cuba is among the few countries in the Western Hemisphere that ...

  • Colombian rebels plan final peace conference

    7 years, 6 months ago

    (AP) Top commanders from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia are preparing to gather one final time in mid-September to ratify a peace accord reached this week with government negotiators and map out the group's political strategy without weapons. "The historic ...

  • Utah man describes harsh Venezuela jail

    7 years, 6 months ago

    (AP) A Utah man being held in Venezuela on weapons charges says he's been harassed by police and forced to sleep in a hot cell barely big enough for a small bed. Laurie Holt told The Associated Press Tuesday that she ...

  • Colombia Cabinet publishes tax returns

    7 years, 7 months ago

    (AP) Colombians are getting their first look at the wealth of senior government officials after President Juan Manuel Santos published his entire Cabinet's tax returns as part of an anti-corruption push. Topping the list is leftist Labor Minister Clara Lopez with ...

  • Venezuela-Colombia border begins reopening

    7 years, 7 months ago

    (AP) Thousands of Venezuelans are crossing into Colombia to buy items they cannot purchase at home after the two countries agreed to allow the gradual, controlled reopening of the border. Five pedestrian border crossings opened early morning for the day Saturday ...

  • On 90th birthday, Fidel Castro criticizes Obama

    7 years, 7 months ago

    (AP) Fidel Castro thanked Cubans for their well-wishes on his 90th birthday and criticized President Barack Obama in a lengthy letter published in state media. He appeared but did not speak at a gala in his honor broadcast on state television ...

  • Thousands march in Peru against gender violence

    7 years, 7 months ago

    (AP) More than 50,000 people marched in Peru's capital and eight other cities on Saturday to protest violence against woman and what they say is the indifference of the judicial system. Officials said the size of the protest against gender violence ...

  • Brazilian plastic surgeon to the stars dies

    7 years, 7 months ago

    (AP) Dr. Ivo Pitanguy, one of the world's top plastic surgeons who helped make Brazil a popular destination for the rich and famous to get work done, died on Saturday. He was in his 90s. Pitanguy's death came one day after ...

  • Coast Guard: 97 recently returned to Cuba

    7 years, 7 months ago

    (AP) The U.S. Coast Guard says 97 Cuban migrants intercepted at sea have recently been returned to the island nation. The Coast Guard reported in a news release Saturday that the migrants were caught in the Florida Straits on seven separate ...

  • Rio welcomes world with sultry music, plea for conservation

    7 years, 7 months ago

    (AP) With fireworks forming the word "Rio" in the sky, hip-wiggling dancers and supermodel Gisele Bundchen shimmering to the tune of the "Girl from Ipanema," Rio de Janiero welcomed the world to the first Olympic Games in South America with a ...

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