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US teen influencer has been stranded in the Chilean Antarctic since landing without permission

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — What was intended as a fundraising mission for cancer research has become a nightmare for American teen influencer Ethan Guo, who has been stuck since June in a…

John McCarthy August 12, 2025

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For Haitian diaspora, gang violence back home is personal as hopes dim for eventual return

TIJUANA (AP) — When Vivianne Petit Frere fled her native Haiti for Brazil in 2019 and later walked through the Panamanian jungle and on to Mexico, where she opened a…

John McCarthy March 24, 2024

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Dominican Republic Reports First Case of COVID-19 Omicron Variant

SANTO DOMINGO — The Dominican Republic has identified its first case of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, the health ministry of the Caribbean country said on Saturday. In a statement…

Bro Bot December 26, 2021

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REPORT: Chile Declines To Sign UN Pact, Says Migration Is Not A Human Right

SANTIAGO -- Chile has become the latest country to pull out of a controversial United Nations migration pact, its interior ministry indicated, provoking fury among opposition parties who accused Sebastian…

John McCarthy December 25, 2018