Scientists find 74 million year old mammal fossil in Chile
Scientists have discovered the fossil of a tiny mouse-sized mammal that lived in the time of the dinosaurs in Chilean Patagonia.
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Colombian ex-president Uribe gets 12yrs鈥� house arrest
A Colombian judge on Friday sentenced still-powerful former president Alvaro Uribe to 12 years of house arrest, capping a long and contentious career that defined Colombian politics for a generation.
Brazilians burn Trump effigies as tariffs spark anger
Brazilians set fire to effigies of Donald Trump in protests across several cities Friday, denouncing the US president鈥檚 politically motivated trade tariffs.
Gas workers uncover 1,000-year-old mummy in Peru
A crew of workers accidentally discovered a mummy more than 1,000 years old while installing gas pipes in Peru鈥檚 capital Lima, their employer and archaeologists said Thursday.
El Salvador parliament adopts reform to allow president to run indefinitely
El Salvador鈥檚 lawmakers on Thursday adopted a constitutional reform to abolish presidential term limits and allow current leader Nayib Bukele 鈥� who enjoys overwhelming majority support in parliament 鈥� to run indefinitely.
Ecuador deports 600 Colombian inmates as Bogota cries foul
Colombian authorities said Saturday that Ecuador had deported about 600 Colombian prisoners via a land border crossing, after Bogota protested the action came without prior agreement...
Venezuela says migrants were tortured in Salvadoran prison
Venezuela announced a probe Monday into torture claims by 252 migrants the United States had sent to a notorious Salvadoran prison where they said they were beaten, sexually abused and fed rotten food...
Police raid Bolsonaro鈥檚 home over coup plot allegations
Brazilian police raided Jair Bolsonaro鈥檚 home Friday, as a judge imposed further restrictions on the far-right former leader while he stands trial on coup charges that have vexed US president and ally Donald Trump...
Brazil ex-president Bolsonaro must wear monitoring device: SC
Brazil鈥檚 former president Jair Bolsonaro must wear an electronic monitoring device as he awaits a verdict in his trial on charges of plotting a coup, a Supreme Court judge ruled Friday.
US sanctions Cuban president
The United States announced its first sanctions on Friday against Cuban president Miguel Diaz-Canel for his role 鈥榠n the Cuban regime鈥檚 brutality toward the Cuban people.鈥�...
Venezuelans deported from US demand return of their children
Hundreds of people protested in Caracas Thursday demanding the return of at least 30 children who remain in the United States after being separated from their Venezuelan parents during deportation.