SAO PAULO – A gunman later identified as 49-year-old Euler Fernando Grandolpho opened fire Tuesday against parishioners during midday mass at the Campinas Cathedral (95 km northwest of Sao Paulo), killing at least six of […]
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has removed two prominent cardinals from his inner circle months after they were hit by pedophile scandals, the Vatican announced on Wednesday. Chilean Cardinal Francisco Javier Errazuriz and Australian Cardinal […]
SYED SHARIF HUSSAIN BOKHARI The United Nations Charter declared: “We the peoples of the United Nations determined to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the […]
MOSCOW – Venezuelan ruler Nicolás Maduro has signed a series of bilateral agreements during his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow earlier this week. The cooperation accords are on mining, oil, telecommunications, weapons […]
SANYA, China – A 26-year old model from Mexico has been crowned as the 68th Miss World during the annual pageant’s culmination at the colorful event in China’s Sanya City Arena. Born on March 7, […]
SANTIAGO – As the project to rename Santiago’s international airport is back under the spotlight, feminist groups say that 1971 Literature Nobel Prize winner Pablo Neruda is “not worthy” of that honor. The original 2011 […]
SANTIAGO – Latin America’s biggest airline is facing an indefinite strike by 270 workers of the Union Interempresa National of Workers of Latam Airlines (SINLATAM) in its base country of Chile. The president of the […]
SAO PAULO – At least 12 people were killed on Friday, including six policemen, in a shootout between police and bank robbers in a small town in northeastern Brazilian state of Ceará, the state governor’s […]
LISBON – For the third consecutive year, Chile is recognized as the best adventure tourism destination in the world at the World Travel Awards that are considered the Oscars of the international tourism industry. The […]
SANTIAGO – A Chilean judge has convicted 53 former agents of the Directorate of National Intelligence (DINA), the secret police during the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship, for participating in the kidnapping and disappearance of seven communist […]
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