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El Salvador extends state of emergency
El Salvador’s congress voted Sunday to grant a request by President Nayib Bukele to extend an anti-gang emergency decree for...
Argentinian Falklands veterans mark ‘day of sadness’ over torture they endured
Many Argentinians will this Saturday celebrate the 40th anniversary of the day their country’s troops landed on the Falklands, the South...
20 killed, 74 sickened by adulterated cocaine in Argentina
Apparently adulterated cocaine killed 20 people and seriously sickened 74 others in Buenos Aires, health officials said early Thursday as...
US court rules asylum seekers must stay in Mexico
The US Supreme Court has ordered President Joe Biden to reinstate a policy of making asylum seekers stay in Mexico...
Venezuela searches for landslide survivors as more rains fall
Rescue workers are searching for more than a dozen people who are missing after landslides tore through towns in Venezuela's...
Hurricane Grace: Mexican man buries wife and five children killed in mudslide
The funeral has been held of a family of six who died when a landslide engulfed their home in the...
Fire at Mexican offshore oil platform kills five
At least five people have been killed and six injured in a fire at an offshore oil platform owned by...
Argentina abortion: Senate approves legalisation in historic decision
Argentina's Congress has legalised abortions up to the 14th week of pregnancy, a ground-breaking move for a region that has...
Deepening divisions: Venezuela’s haves and have nots
The Hotel Humboldt sits atop El Ávila, a national park overlooking Venezuela's capital, Caracas. At more than 2,000m (6,500ft) above...
Brazil bank heist: Armed men take hostages in attack on Cametá
A gang of armed men has stormed a city in northern Brazil, attacking a bank and taking hostages. The overnight attack...