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Peruvians head to polls with masks, pens and little excitement

LIMA, April 11 (Reuters) - Peruvians were preparing to head to the polls on Sunday in a presidential election marked by uncertainty due to widespread public apathy following decades of…

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Ecuador to choose between socialism and free markets in presidential runoff

Ecuadoreans on Sunday will choose between a conservative banker and a left-wing economist in a presidential runoff that follows months of debate over whether the country’s economic malaise can be…

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Peru braces for ‘most fragmented election in history’

Peru will vote for a new president on Sunday in a wide-open election framed by a deadly surge in coronavirus cases, and under the long shadow of a constitutional crisis…

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Amazon deforestation rose 17% in ‘dire’ 2020, data shows

Deforestation in the Amazon, the world’s largest rainforest, rose by 17% last year, with wildfires, beef production and logging causing forested areas roughly the size of El Salvador to disappear,…

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Mexico, Brazil will not limit AstraZeneca vaccine

Mexican and Brazilian health regulators said on Wednesday they would not limit the use of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 shot after Britain's vaccine advisory committee recommended not using it for people under…

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‘A biological Fukushima’: Brazil COVID-19 deaths on track to pass worst of U.S. wave

Brazil’s brutal surge in COVID-19 deaths will soon surpass the worst of a record January wave in the United States, scientists forecast, with fatalities climbing for the first time above…

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Brazil hopes veterinary facilities can help increase COVID-19 vaccine output

Brazil hopes to use veterinary facilities to increase COVID-19 vaccine output, authorities said on Saturday, as the country accounts for the world’s worst daily death tolls and its vaccination efforts…

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Argentine President Alberto Fernandez says tests positive for coronavirus

Argentine President Alberto Fernandez has tested positive for the new coronavirus, is waiting for the result to be confirmed and is in good spirits despite having a light fever, the…

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Cooking oil or crude? Italian restaurant owner was mistaken target of U.S. sanctions

One of the final acts of the Trump administration was almost certainly one of the most confounding for Alessandro Bazzoni, a restaurant owner in Verona, Italy. As part of a…

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Photo Story – Procession of the ‘Nazareno de San Pablo’ in Caracas

Catholic faithful protected with masks attend the procession of the advocation of Jesus Christ 'The Nazarene of Saint Paul' in the context of the celebration of Holy Week, in Caracas,…

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Brazil detects new coronavirus variant

Brazil has detected a new COVID-19 variant in Sao Paulo state that is similar to the one first seen in South Africa, the head of the state's Butantan biomedical institute…

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Brazil to replace military chiefs after Bolsonaro sparks political crisis

Brazil will replace the three heads of its armed forces, the Defense Ministry said on Tuesday, as Latin America's biggest nation, already roiled by the pandemic, faced a growing crisis…

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Facebook freezes Venezuela president Maduro’s page over COVID-19 misinformation

Facebook has frozen Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's page for violating policies against spreading misinformation about COVID-19 by promoting a remedy he claims, without evidence, can cure the disease, a company…

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Photo Story – ‘Gigantes Sonhadores’ (Giant dreamers) at a school in Rio de Janeiro

Artists wear costumes during a presentation of the show 'Gigantes Sonhadores' (Giant dreamers) at a school in a favela of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 25 March 2021. The show featuring…

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Brazil hits record 100,000 coronavirus cases in a day

Brazil on Thursday registered a record 100,158 new coronavirus cases within 24 hours, the Health Ministry said, underlining the scale of a snowballing outbreak that is becoming a major political…

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Brazil sees record COVID-19 deaths as pot-bangers jeer Bolsonaro speech

Brazil suffered a record 3,251 COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday, as pot-banging protests erupted across the country during an address by President Jair Bolsonaro in which he defended his pandemic response…

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Bolsonaro swears in fourth Brazilian health minister as pandemic spirals

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday swore in his fourth health minister since the coronavirus pandemic began last year, as the country struggles with a record-breaking surge in deaths that…

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Twenty years on, EU turns cold on Mercosur trade deal

As the European Union looks forward to a fresh start with the United States under a new president, it is riddled with doubts over another transatlantic relationship. A trade pact…

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Chile sets daily record for coronavirus cases

Chile broke its single day record for new cases of the coronavirus on Saturday, health officials said, leaving hospitals on the verge of collapse even as the South American nation…

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Brazil sets record 90,000 COVID-19 cases

Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday said he was happy that supporters have been staging anti-social distancing protests, on the same day as the country registered more than 90,000…

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Peru election front-runner vows to spread mining wealth, cut natgas prices

Peru's populist presidential front-runner Yonhy Lescano plans to renegotiate a fairer distribution of mining wealth if elected to lead the world's No. 2 copper producer and also allow imports of…

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Maduro seeks to speed up digital payments as Venezuela runs out of cash

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is pressing banks to implement digital payment systems as hyperinflation prompts chronic shortages of cash in the bolivar currency, three people familiar with the talks told…

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Bolivia ex-President Anez behind bars, alleges persecution over coup claims

LA PAZ (Reuters) - Bolivia's former interim President Jeanine Anez landed behind bars on Saturday in the capital of the country she led just six months ago after the new…

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Police blitz targets parties driving Brazil’s deadly COVID-19 surge

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Police broke up an illegal party with nearly 600 people in a windowless Sao Paulo nightclub in the early hours of Saturday, highlighting defiance of social…

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Brazil’s Lula, Bolsonaro fire starting gun on 2022 presidential race

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and President Jair Bolsonaro both fired an early starting gun on a 2022 election set to be dominated by the raging pandemic,…

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Brazil posts new record of 1,972 COVID-19 deaths in a day

Brazil registered 1,972 new COVID-19 deaths in a single day on Tuesday, a record, according to the Health Ministry. The country had 70,764 new cases of coronavirus, reaching a total…

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Study suggests AstraZeneca vaccine is effective against Brazil COVID-19 variant

Preliminary studies suggest the AstraZeneca vaccine will protect against the P1 variant of the coronavirus, Mauricio Zuma, the head of production at Brazil's Fiocruz biomedical institute said on Monday, confirming a Reuters report…

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Brazil prosecutor general to appeal annulling of Lula convictions, spokesperson says

Brazil's prosecutor general's office will appeal a Supreme Court justice's decision cancelling the convictions of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a spokesperson for Prosecutor General Augusto Aras said on Monday.…

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Brazil judge annuls Lula’s convictions, opens door to 2022 run

BRASILIA, March 8 (Reuters) - A Brazilian Supreme Court judge on Monday annulled the criminal convictions against former leftist president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a move that could allow…

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Venezuela’s Maduro receives first dose of Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and first lady Cilia Flores have received their first dose of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, Venezuelan state television reported on Saturday. Images…

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EXCLUSIVE – Oxford study indicates AstraZeneca effective against Brazil variant, source says

RIO DE JANEIRO, March 5 (Reuters) - Preliminary data from a study conducted at the University of Oxford indicates that the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca PLC is effective against…

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Biden in no rush to lift Venezuela sanctions, seeks ‘serious steps’ by Maduro

WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden’s administration is in “no rush” to lift U.S. sanctions on Venezuela but would consider easing them if President Nicolas Maduro takes confidence-building…

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El Salvador’s Bukele poised for majority in mid-term votes

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - Salvadorans went to the polls on Sunday to vote in legislative and municipal elections that could give a broad victory to President Nayib Bukele’s party, consolidating…

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Brazil’s capital goes into lockdown to quell COVID-19 surge

The governor of Brazil’s capital city, Brasilia, decreed a 24-hour lockdown for all but essential services on Friday to curb a worsening COVID-19 outbreak that has filled its intensive care…

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Venezuela kicks out head of EU delegation after new sanctions

Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said that the head of the European Union’s delegation in Caracas had 72 hours to leave the country and declared her persona non grata after…

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Brazil investigates reports of health workers administering fake inoculations from empty syringes

Police in Rio de Janeiro launched an investigation on Wednesday into reports that doses of the coronavirus vaccine may have been diverted after images emerged of healthcare workers sticking needles…

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Ecuador to recount votes from presidential election

Ecuador’s election authority said it will conduct a recount in most of the country to ensure the transparency of Sunday’s presidential elections, after one of the candidates made accusations of…

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Rio Sambadrome lights up in tribute for victims of COVID-19

The Rio Carnival Sambadrome, empty and illuminated, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Sambadrome, which will remain empty and silent between this Friday and Ash Wednesday due to the cancellation…

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Cocaine: falling coffee prices force Peru’s farmers to cultivate coca

A slump in world coffee prices has pushed farmers in Peru’s central jungle to rip up their plants and replace them with coca leaf – the raw material used in…

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Arauz wins first round of Ecuador vote, runner-up too close to call

QUITO, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Ecuadorean economist Andres Arauz on Sunday won a first round victory in the country's presidential election, moving the Andean nation a step closer to socialism…

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Ecuadoreans vote for president as voters lean toward socialism

QUITO, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Ecuadoreans choose a new president on Sunday, with many voters weary of painful economic austerity measures and eager for a return to socialism, encouraging left-wing…

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Venezuela’s offshore funds could pay for vaccines but Maduro not cooperating, Guaido says

CARACAS, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido said on Wednesday that Venezuelan funds controlled by the U.S. Treasury Department could be used to pay for coronavirus vaccines…

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COVAX to send AstraZeneca shot to Latin America, some states to get Pfizer too

GENEVA, Feb 1 (Reuters) - The COVAX global vaccine sharing scheme expects to deliver 35.3 million doses of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine to 36 Caribbean and Latin American states from mid-February…

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Palmeiras seal last-gasp Copa Libertadores triumph

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 30 (Reuters) - A dramatic goal eight minutes into stoppage time won Palmeiras the Copa Libertadores on Saturday as a Breno Lopes header earned the Sao…

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Report: Bolsonaro carried out an ‘institutional strategy to spread the coronavirus’ – El Pais

El Pais - "The grimmest timeline in the history of public health in Brazil emerges from an investigation of directives issued by the government of President Jair Messias Bolsonaro relating…

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Earthquake shakes southern Colombia; no damage reported

BOGOTA (Reuters) - A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck southern Colombia on Saturday, the Colombian Geological Service said, but there were no immediate reports of any injuries or damage. The epicenter…

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Chile regrets panic triggered by mistaken tsunami warning after quake in Antarctica

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Authorities in Chile said on Saturday they regretted spreading panic with a mistaken tsunami warning calling for people to get out of coastal areas following an earthquake…

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U.S. blacklists oil traders, tankers for undermining Venezuela sanctions

The United States sanctioned a network of oil trading firms, individuals and vessels that have helped Venezuelan state-run oil company PDVSA sell crude mainly to Asia despite Washington’s sanctions on…

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Photo Story: Brazil exceeds 210,000 deaths from Covid-19

Dulcineia da Silva (L), 59, a nurse from the public health network and, Terezinha da Conceicao (R), 80, who lives in a shelter for a population in a situation of…

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Argentina quake of magnitude 6.8 shakes homes, buildings; no injuries reported

An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 struck west-central Argentina on Monday, followed by at least five aftershocks that shook buildings and sent products tumbling off supermarket shelves, but there were no…

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Bolsonaro allies set to win control of Brazil’s Congress

Despite a deep recession and the world's second-deadliest COVID-19 outbreak, candidates backed by Brazil's right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro are expected to win control of Congress next month, politicians and analysts…

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Brazil health regulator sends back Sputnik V vaccine emergency use request

BRASILIA, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Brazilian health regulator Anvisa said on Saturday it sent back documents submitted by pharmaceutical company Uniao Quimica seeking approval for emergency use of the Russian…

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Photo Story: Argentine beef consumption falls to its all-time low

Cows wait in a corral to be transferred to a refrigerator for their slaughter, at the Hacienda de Liniers Market, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 12 January 2021 (issued 15 January).…

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Photo Story: Sunset at Arpoador beach, Brazil

An aerial photo taken with a drone that shows dozens of people watching the sunset at Arpoador beach, near Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 14 January 2021. EPA-EFE/Antonio Lacerda

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UK bans arrivals from South America over Brazil virus variant

LONDON, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Britain will ban arrivals from Brazil, other South American states and Portugal due to concerns over a new coronavirus variant, transport minister Grant Shapps said…

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Quake of magnitude 6 strikes Salta Province, Argentina

An earthquake of magnitude 6 struck Salta Province, Argentina, early on Sunday, GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 222 km (138…

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Brazil passes 200,000 COVID-19 deaths as cases hit daily record

Brazil's COVID-19 death toll passed 200,000 on Thursday, the health ministry said, as daily new cases accelerated to a record of 87,843 after year-end holidays in the country with the…

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