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Diego Maradona Works from Heaven, Argentina and Napoli are Champions Again
Buenos Aires, Naples, London (6/5 – 63)
One of the football’s greats, Diego Maradona, still works from…
Chilean Rights Groups Condemn ‘quick Trigger’ Law
Santiago, Chile – Just blocks from Santiago’s busy Avenida Matta, dozens of people gathered silently outside…
Chilean Congress Approves Bill Reducing Work Week to 40 Hours
Chilean legislators have overwhelmingly passed a bill reducing the country’s work week from 45 to 40 hours in a…
Inside El Salvador’s new ‘mega prison’ for gang members
The first 2,000 inmates of a new prison built in El Salvador to accommodate more than 40,000 suspected gang…
Landmark Pact to Protect Amazon Rainforest Shows Little Progress
When the presidents of South America’s Amazonian nations met in Colombia’s jungle town of Leticia two years…
Mexico Hot Air Balloon: Pilot Charged Over Deadly Crash
The pilot of a hot air balloon which burst into flames and crashed near the pyramids of Teotihuacán in Mexico on 1…
Chile’s Desert Dumping Ground for Fast Fashion Leftovers
A mountain of discarded clothing, including Christmas sweaters and ski boots, cuts a strange sight in Chile’s…
Brazil Inflation Slowed in March
SÃO PAULO--Brazil's inflation slowed in March from the previous month and from a year earlier after the cost of…
US-led plan to ‘end’ migration through Darien Gap spurs questions
Rights groups and other observers have raised questions over a United States-led plan to stem the “illicit…
Ugh: Brazilian Women Falsely Accused Of Smuggling Cocaine To Germany
Two Brazilian women have spent the past month in a German jail accused of trafficking 40 kilograms of cocaine.…