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Argentina steps closer to legal abortions
Catholic Argentina’s lower house has backed a bill legalizing abortion in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy. After a divisive ...
Chile police raid Catholic Church offices
Police and prosecutors in Chile have raided offices and seized documents of the Roman Catholic Church amid a child sexual ...
Guatemala emergency agency under fire
Opposition politicians in Guatemala want the head of the emergency response agency (Conred) to be dismissed. They say Conred failed ...
Colombia presidential election heading to runoff with FARC deal critic on top
With over 99 percent of the votes counted, the presidential election in Colombia will be decided in a run-off. The ...
Venezuela confirms release of US prisoner
A US citizen imprisoned in Venezuela has been released after spending two years in jail on charges of concealing weapons, ...
First baby in 12 years born on remote Brazil island
A remote Brazilian island with a ban on childbirth is nonetheless celebrating the first baby born there in 12 years. ...
Maduro wins controversal Venezuela poll
Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro has won re-election to another six-year term, in a vote marred by an opposition boycott and ...
All Chile’s 34 bishops offer to resign
All of Chile’s 34 Roman Catholic bishops have offered Pope Francis their resignations in the wake of a child sex ...
Peru child sacrifice discovery may be largest in history
Archaeologists have uncovered what may be the largest single mass child sacrifice event in human history. More than 140 children ...
Nicaragua leader scraps pension reform after deadly riots
Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega has scrapped the changes to social security that have prompted violent protests across the country since ...
