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Top narco trafficker Marset handed to US after Bolivia arrest
AFP, Published on 14/03/2026
» SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia - Notorious Latin American narco trafficker Sebastian Marset, who eluded police for years, was handed over to US authorities after his arrest Friday in Bolivia.
15 dead as cash-packed plane crashes in Bolivia
AFP, Published on 28/02/2026
» LA PAZ - At least 15 people were killed on Friday when a Bolivian military cargo plane carrying banknotes crashed while landing near the capital city La Paz, authorities said, prompting police to repel bystanders who were grabbing cash.
Tough-talking right-winger elected Costa Rica president
AFP, Published on 02/02/2026
» SAN JOSÉ - Right-wing political scientist Laura Fernandez won Costa Rica's presidential election on Sunday by a landslide, after promising to crack down hard on rising violence linked to the cocaine trade.
Far-right candidate Kast wins Chile presidential election
AFP, Published on 15/12/2025
» SANTIAGO (CHILE) - Chilean voters elected the most right-wing president in 35 years of democracy on Sunday, with official results showing arch-conservative Jose Antonio Kast with a thumping victory and his rival quickly conceding defeat.
Trump threats reverberate as Hondurans vote for president
AFP, Published on 30/11/2025
» TEGUCIGALPA - Hondurans go to the polls on Sunday in a presidential election dominated by US President Donald Trump's threats to cut aid to the country if his right-wing champion loses.
Bolivia elects centre-right president, ending decades of socialism
AFP, Published on 20/10/2025
» LA PAZ - Bolivians on Sunday elected a pro-business centre-right senator as their new president, ending two decades of socialist rule that left the South American nation deep in economic crisis.
Amazon fires drive unprecedented global forest loss
Reuters, Published on 21/05/2025
» SAO PAULO — Massive fires fuelled by climate change led global forest loss to smash records in 2024, according to a report issued on Wednesday.
Pope Francis's delicate ties with politics in Argentina
AFP, Published on 21/04/2025
» BUENOS AIRES - Pope Francis navigated a complex relationship with politics in Argentina, a juggling act observers say explains why he never once returned to the country that informed his love for the downtrodden, for tango and for soccer.
Indigenous sages end world pilgrimage with prayers for nature
AFP, Published on 24/03/2025
» GRANEROS, Chile - The leaders of 22 Indigenous peoples from five continents held prayers for nature in Chile on Sunday at the end of a 46-day pilgrimage around the world.
Pope Francis's health worsens
Bloomberg News, Published on 19/02/2025
» VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis's health conditions are worsening as the pontiff remains in hospital indefinitely being treated for pneumonia in what the Vatican described as a "complex picture."