Three years ago this day, the coronavirus outbreak was declared a pandemic, a once-in-a-lifetime event that tested the limits of…
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The samba was playing. Revellers were dancing. And throughout the city of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, parties and pageantry…
Analysts, legal experts and human rights groups condemn the move, which they say violates international law.Nicaragua has stripped 94 political…
The United Nations human rights chief has urged the international community to consider deploying a specialised armed force to Haiti,…
Rescue efforts continue as precipitation soaks regions like Arequipa, a centre for recent antigovernment protests.A landslide in southern Peru has…
Democrats in the US House of Representatives issue a letter denouncing Peru’s deadly crackdown against protesters.A group of Democrats in…
Federal police in Brazil have announced that the nephew of former President Jair Bolsonaro is under investigation in connection with…
The dismissal of Julio Cesar de Arruda comes shortly after Lula removed dozens of soldiers from his security detail.Brazil’s President…
UN and Amnesty International call for investigation after at least 17 killed in anti-government unrest in southern Peru.Peru’s government has…
Ten prison guards and four inmates killed after gunmen attack prison in Ciudad Juarez, say officials.Gunmen have attacked a Mexican…