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Brazil enters new era with far-right president-elect
World

Brazil enters new era with far-right president-elect

  Brazil entered a new era Monday after electing its next president, Jair Bolsonaro, a far-right congressman who vowed a…
Government cuts blamed for Brazil National Museum inferno
Culture

Government cuts blamed for Brazil National Museum inferno

  Brazilian officials on Monday blamed years of government cutbacks for an inferno that gutted the treasured National Museum, described…
Raging fire tears through prized Rio museum
World

Raging fire tears through prized Rio museum

  A massive fire on Sunday ripped through Rio de Janeiro’s treasured National Museum, one of Brazil’s oldest, in what…
Venezuelan migrants’ dreams of new life dashed by Ecuador passport rule
World

Venezuelan migrants’ dreams of new life dashed by Ecuador passport rule

  Tears welled up in Gabriel Malavolta’s eyes on Saturday as he realized his dream of a new life in…
Venezuela’s Maduro says would take FBI help over ‘murder plot’
World

Venezuela’s Maduro says would take FBI help over ‘murder plot’

  President Nicolas Maduro has said he would allow FBI agents come to Venezuela to help investigate a recent alleged…
Brazil closes, then reopens border to Venezuelan migrants
World

Brazil closes, then reopens border to Venezuelan migrants

  Brazil briefly closed then reopened its northern border to Venezuelans on Monday as it struggled to contain mass migration…
Venezuela arrests ‘terrorists’ over Maduro attack as opposition fears reprisals
World

Venezuela arrests ‘terrorists’ over Maduro attack as opposition fears reprisals

  Six “terrorists and hired killers” have been arrested in Venezuela accused of trying to assassinate President Nicolas Maduro in…
Venezuela’s Maduro says drone blast was bid to kill him, blames Colombia
World

Venezuela’s Maduro says drone blast was bid to kill him, blames Colombia

  At least one explosion rocked a military event where Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was giving a speech on Saturday…
Amazon’s indigenous people ‘never so threatened’: pope
World

Amazon’s indigenous people ‘never so threatened’: pope

Pope Francis sounded a stark warning about the future of the Amazon and its peoples during a visit to the…
US to reopen probe into Hezbollah ‘narcoterrorism’
Middle East

US to reopen probe into Hezbollah ‘narcoterrorism’

The US Justice Department announced on Thursday plans to create a special task force to crack down on what it…
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