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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
BEIJING – Latin America ranks second in Chinese investment abroad, only after Asia, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce said, adding that China has become Latin America’s second largest trading partner. “In recent years, the economic […]
LIMA – Brazil’s Odebrecht has agreed to sell its hydroelectric plant in Peru to a Chinese state group, in an operation that includes at least US$618 for civil damages for corruption cases in the country, […]
MEXICO CITY – Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador fulfilled a campaign promise on his inauguration day by opening most of the vast and secretive presidential complex of Los Pinos to the public as a […]
BUENOS AIRES – Leaders of Mexico, Canada and the United States signed a renewed trade pact in North America on Friday after a tough diplomatic and technical struggle to guarantee the survival of one of […]
BUENOS AIRES – United States President Donald Trump jets into Argentina on Thursday for a G20 summit, keen to do battle with China on trade and sharpening his rhetoric against Russia over Ukraine. The weekend […]
BRASILIA – Brazil has withdrawn its offer to host a large U.N. conference on climate change next year, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday, leading environmental groups to question the government’s commitment to reducing carbon […]
MONTEVIDEO – ICC Labs Inc., a subsidiary of Canada’s Aurora Cannabis Inc., opened Wednesday in Montevideo and became the subcontinent’s first producer of cannabis-derived pharmaceuticals with a capacity “to supply almost the entire South American […]
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