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Colombian presidential candidate Miguel Uribe shot, suspect arrested
Posted inBreaking News Crime News International News

Colombian presidential candidate Miguel Uribe shot, suspect arrested

BOGOTA (Reuters) — Colombian Senator Miguel Uribe was shot in Bogota on Saturday, according to the government and his party, and local media reported that he was in a local…
Posted by John McCarthy June 7, 2025
American tourist dies in shamanic ritual in Peru after drinking hallucinogenic herbal tea during ‘spiritual tourism session’ in remote Amazon
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American tourist dies in shamanic ritual in Peru after drinking hallucinogenic herbal tea during ‘spiritual tourism session’ in remote Amazon

An American tourist has died after taking a hallucinogenic herbal tea at a spiritual retreat in the Peruvian Amazon. Aaron Wayne Castranova, 41, died on Monday in Loreto, a region…
Posted by John McCarthy June 6, 2025
Ancient DNA reveals a new group of people who lived near land bridge between the Americas
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News International News

Ancient DNA reveals a new group of people who lived near land bridge between the Americas

NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have identified a new pod of ancient hunter-gatherers who lived near the land bridge between North America and South America about 6,000 years ago. Researchers…
Posted by John McCarthy June 2, 2025
A wealthy businessman challenging Guyana’s president in an upcoming election faces new allegations
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A wealthy businessman challenging Guyana’s president in an upcoming election faces new allegations

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — A wealthy businessman in Guyana who was sanctioned last year by the U.S. and who plans to challenge the South American country’s president in upcoming elections is facing…
Posted by John McCarthy May 31, 2025
A new coalition challenges Suriname’s president after a close election
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A new coalition challenges Suriname’s president after a close election

PARAMARIBO, Suriname (AP) — Suriname could soon have its first female president after a party led by a medical doctor formed a coalition aimed at ousting the South American country’s current leader…
Posted by John McCarthy May 29, 2025
At-risk baby fox — an ‘opportunistic’ eater — wanders into home in Peru
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At-risk baby fox — an ‘opportunistic’ eater — wanders into home in Peru

LIMA — A baby fox of an at-risk species wandered into a home in northwestern Peru, prompting rescue efforts and a medical examination. Photos show the small and “opportunistic” animal.…
Posted by John McCarthy May 23, 2025
France’s plan to build a maximum security prison wing in French Guiana angers local officials
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France’s plan to build a maximum security prison wing in French Guiana angers local officials

CAYENNE (AP) — France plans to build a maximum-security prison wing for drug traffickers and Islamic militants near a former penal colony in French Guiana, sparking an outcry among residents and…
Posted by John McCarthy May 19, 2025
José Mujica, Uruguay’s humble president who changed his country and charmed the world, dies at 89
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José Mujica, Uruguay’s humble president who changed his country and charmed the world, dies at 89

MONTEVIDEO (AP) — Former Uruguayan President José Mujica, a onetime Marxist guerilla and flower farmer whose radical brand of democracy, plain-spoken philosophy and simple lifestyle fascinated people around the world, has…
Posted by John McCarthy May 13, 2025
ICE deported his brother to El Salvador, so he hid in Texas, then fled back to Venezuela
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ICE deported his brother to El Salvador, so he hid in Texas, then fled back to Venezuela

Jonferson Valera Yamarte, a young Venezuelan immigrant who had made his way to the U.S. last year, hid after he witnessed in March how federal agents arrested his brother and…
Posted by John McCarthy May 11, 2025
Tiny Amerindian village in Guyana fights gold mine in key court battle over indigenous land rights
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Tiny Amerindian village in Guyana fights gold mine in key court battle over indigenous land rights

CHINESE LANDING, Guyana (AP) — One of Guyana’s smallest Amerindian villages is waging a monumental battle that could decide the amount of control that thousands of indigenous people have over…
Posted by John McCarthy May 11, 2025

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