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Rescuers struggled through mud and pounding rain Friday to clear mountain roads and retrieve more than 160 dead from dozens of landslides that buried villages and cut off towns in the rain-soaked northern Philippines.
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The government of Argentina’s capital will not appeal a court decision this week that legalizes same-sex marriage, Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri said Friday.
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The opening minutes of the soccer game brought a quick goal, and Rubén Bres and the 15 guests who had joined him around his battered TV erupted in cheers. But they...
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As the Argentinean Congress prepares to debate two bills that would legalize same-sex unions, the Institute for Marriage and Family of the Catholic University of...
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Argentina plans to launch a new debt swap, which it hopes will end a long-running saga that started from a massive default eight years ago.
Latin America’s...
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The former military ruler of Uruguay, Gregorio Alvarez, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for murder and human rights violations.
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Eight people died early Monday in Buenos Aires, Argentina, when a city bus and a police ambulance collided, the government news agency reported.
The dead included...
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Former Navy Lt. Julio Alberto Poch, who has been held in Spain without bail since his arrest in Valencia in late September, will have a hearing before a high court in...
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A labor battle at a Kraft Foods Inc. factory is causing disruption on the streets here and raising concerns about further union unrest at a time of economic...
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Juan Martin del Potro has ended Roger Federer’s run of dominance at the US Open, stunning the top-ranked Swiss in five sets to win his first grand slam...
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President Cristina Fernandez on Friday proposed decriminalizing libel and slander as a way of “guaranteeing even more” freedom of expression in...
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A violent storm that spawned a tornado and mudslides killed at least 15 people across northern Argentina and southern Brazil, authorities said Tuesday. Dozens were...
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Brazil and neighbors finally issued this past Friday, a statement warning “foreign military forces” against threatening the sovereignty and integrity of any...
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Argentina and Mexico have taken significant steps towards decriminalising drugs amid a growing Latin American backlash against the US-sponsored “war on...
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It might have seemed like nothing more than a contract renewal to U.S. negotiators — a 10-year lease on space at seven Colombian bases that would improve the fight...
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The supreme court in Argentina has ruled that it is unconstitutional to punish people for using marijuana for personal consumption.
The decision follows a case of five...
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Predictably, themes with an undertone of political protest like Pink Floyd’s rail against thought control, “Another Brick in the Wall”, fell foul of...
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A single mega-colony of ants has colonised much of the world, scientists have discovered.
Argentine ants living in vast numbers across Europe, the US and Japan belong...
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As Argentina struggled Wednesday to control a fast-spreading outbreak of swine flu, some health officials criticized the government’s decision to go ahead with...
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Hurt by a faltering economy and her own confrontational style, Mrs. Kirchner saw her faction of the dominant Peronist party lose control of both houses of Congress....
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A vessel which sank carrying $18m (£11m) in gold and silver ingots has been found in the Magellan Straits off the coast of Argentina.
The cargo belonged to Argentine...
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A violent storm that spawned a tornado and mudslides killed at least 15 people across northern Argentina and southern Brazil, authorities said Tuesday. Dozens were...
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