Chile referendum: Consensus crumbles around new progressive constitution
“I saw a lot of young people, families. There was music and colorful flags; it had nothing to do with the political confrontation we see in the news everyday,” she…
Brazilian man survives 11 days floating alone in a freezer on the ocean
The man, Romualdo Macedo Rodrigues, is a fisherman. During a fishing trip in early August that was supposed to last three days, cracks in his boat started filling with water,…
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner: Suspect arrested after failed assassination attempt on Argentine vice president
Video of the incident shows the vice president smiling as she walks by a crowd of people. A man in the crowd then surges forward, pointing a gun at Fernández…
Suspect in Argentine VP assassination attempt arrested in 2021 for carrying weapon
Argentine authorities have identified Fernando Sabag Montiel as the suspect who approached Fernández de Kirchner with a loaded gun outside her home in Buenos Aires on Thursday in what appears…
Why thousands of migrants are waiting in Mexico — and thousands more arrive each week
“It’s very difficult,” Silva said with a broken voice. “To stand at the gate and see a mom with a child and say, ‘I’m sorry. I cannot help you.'” Silva…
Endangered Galapagos tortoises were hunted and eaten, fear Ecuadorean prosecutors
Hunting the tortoises is illegal under Ecuadorean law, and the Galapagos islands have been protected as a national park since the 1960s. However, tortoise meat is considered a delicacy by…
Analysis: Why Gorbachev is remembered as a giant in the West and a pariah at home
The last leader of the Soviet Union died on Tuesday at the age of 91, with Washington and the Kremlin on opposite sides of President Vladimir Putin’s hot war in…
Brazilian Amazon: ‘Man of the Hole,’ the last member of an indigenous tribe, has died
Known as the “Man of the Hole,” he had lived in complete isolation for the past 26 years on the Tanaru indigenous land, deep in the Brazilian Amazon in Rondonia…
UN says similar numbers of refugees are fleeing Venezuela as war torn Ukraine
The refugee crisis in Venezuela is striking because there is not a war in the country like Ukraine, where ongoing conflict has pushed people out of the country. “The United…
Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner: At least 14 police injured as supporters of Argentina’s vice president protest
Argentina’s official news agency Télam reported police used sticks and tear gas on protesters after a group of people knocked down fences that the city government had ordered to be…