Latin America

A sign of China's rising influence in Latin America is the Cauchari solar project in Argentina, which is using technology and funding from China. Havovi Cooper and Cassandra Garrison report.

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Geek.com reports two gray whales were found stranded on beaches in the San Francisco Bay Area dead from blunt force trauma. Scientists said Friday that the deaths can be attributed to ship strikes...

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The Latin American country's problems are no longer just political as it falls into the worst economic slump in three decades.

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LIMA (Reuters) - Thousand of Peruvians said goodbye on Thursday in Lima to ex-president Alan Garcia — who killed himself this week - in the second of three days of national mourning declared by..

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Family, friends and supporters gathered on Thursday for a wake in honour of ex-president Alan Garcia, who shot himself in the head this week to avoid arrest. Rough cut (no reporter narration).

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​Alan García served two terms as president, from 1985-1990 and 2006-2011.

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Peru’s former president Alan Garcia died in a hospital in Lima on Wednesday, hours after authorities say he shot himself in the head to avoid arrest. Jillian Kitchener reports.

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According to Business Insider, Peru's former president shot himself in the neck as officers came to arrest him over bribery allegations on Wednesday morning. García is accused of receiving bribes from..

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General Motors has spent five years re-writing its playbook for making money in Latin America and the interior of China. Now, it's show time for the first results of a project code-named GEM, for..

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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra on Saturday (April 13) as part of a tour to shore up U.S. objectives in Venezuela

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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has defended sanctions on Venezuela and said the United States would not "quit the fight" in the socialist-run Latin American nation which is spiralling into..

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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused China of aiding Venezuela's economic collapse and slammed the arrival of Russian troops in Venezuela, calling actions by both countries "hypocritical." Rough..

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Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, was arrested by British police at the Ecuadorian embassy in London on Thursday morning. The London Metropolitan Police's arrest comes after Ecuador revoked his..

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The International Monetary Fund cut its global economic growth forecasts for 2019. As Fred Katayama reports, it blamed U.S.-China trade tensions and Britain's messy divorce from the E.U., among other..

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Business Insider reports supermarket workers in northern Germany this week found more than half a ton of cocaine hidden inside banana crates. Employees found the cocaine hidden among bananas at six..

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According to Reuters.com, "U.S. Vice President Mike Pence is set to speak in Houston on Friday carrying a tough message against Venezuela’s government to an expatriate community eager for more..

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As Trump tightens border control in bid to build wall, some plan to settle in Mexico instead of trying to reach the US.

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Venezuela's ongoing political crisis puts Russia's significant investment in the country at risk.

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U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday called on Russia to pull its troops from Venezuela and warned that "all options" were open to make that happen. Nathan Frandino has more.

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U.S. President Donald Trump held an unexpected meeting with Fabiana Rosales de Guaidó, wife of Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guido, at the White House on Wednesday, where he said Venezuela is..

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The UN describes Venezuela's refugee exodus as the worst crisis in Latin America. Al Jazeera met some who have fled.

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The couple are the first British royals to visit the the Communist-run nation. Rough cut (no reporter narration)

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Uber has vowed to turn over a new, more globally responsible leaf. However, Uber is still playing fast and loose in several countries in Latin America, including Chile, where ride-sharing services..

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