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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 ...
Canadian lynched in Peru as locals accuse him of murder
Officials in Peru are investigating the lynching of a Canadian man in the remote Amazon region of Peru. Police found ...
Ten killed in Nicaragua protests over pensions reform
Ten people have been killed in Nicaragua in three days of clashes between police and opponents of changes to the ...
Cuba nominates Castro replacement Miguel Díaz-Canel
Cuba’s lawmakers say Miguel Díaz-Canel is the sole candidate to succeed Raúl Castro, bringing the family’s decades-long rule to an ...
Colombian FARC leader arrested on drug trafficking charge
One of the top leaders of Colombia’s former rebel group, the Farc, has been arrested in Bogota following a request ...
Brazil’s Lula must start prison term
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will be imprisoned while he appeals his corruption conviction, the country’s Supreme ...
