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Ousted Petrobras chief hits back at Bolsonaro 2021-02-25 10:29:35Outgoing chief says potential intervention in fuel prices would be disastrous for oil group

Petrobras/Bolsonaro: bossa boots 2021-02-25 09:24:38The Brazilian president is reverting to the interventionism of leftist predecessors

Mexico’s Tulum is a buyer’s market 2021-02-25 08:20:21The Riviera Maya is popular with visitors from North America, but the rapid development of new condos is helping property buyers negotiate discounts

Genre round-up — the best new crime thrillers 2021-02-24 00:30:56Sergio Olguín’s latest gripping tale, tenacious heroines, plus murders in Africa

Mexico’s comptroller backtracks on audit of scrapped airport 2021-02-23 23:06:44Unusual U-turn on finding came after criticism from president López Obrador

Ecuador inches closer to an indigenous president 2021-02-23 12:06:14Yaku Pérez may have narrowly missed his chance this election, but gains by his party are a game-changer

Mexico’s sexual misconduct scandals engulf president’s party 2021-02-23 10:34:13Accusations against veteran politician Félix Salgado Macedonio cause widespread outrage

Bolsonaro’s ousting of Petrobras chief unnerves Brazil 2021-02-23 09:24:14Investors worry that the president is abandoning his commitment to free-market reforms

Oil group Petrobras plunged into turmoil after CEO’s 2021-02-23 00:00:18Investors fear the return of political meddling at Brazil’s largest company

Chile powers ahead in Covid-19 vaccination race 2021-02-23 00:00:18Inoculation campaign is the most successful in South America so far

Brazilian markets rattled by Bolsonaro’s removal of Petrobras 2021-02-22 17:13:58Oil producer’s shares fall and currency slides over fears of more state intervention

Alberto Fernández, Latin America’s unlikely leader 2021-02-22 00:00:29Undeterred by dire economy, Argentina’s president seeks bigger regional role

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UK calls for UN Security Council meeting on 2021-03-02 17:51:59Britain has requested a new United Nations Security Council meeting on coup-hit Myanmar for Friday, diplomatic sources told AFP on Tuesday, as securit

Covid-19: Biden says US will have enough supply 2021-03-02 16:55:23President Joe Biden said Tuesday the United States would have sufficient vaccine supply by the end of May to inoculate the entire US adult population.

Jamaica's Bunny Wailer, reggae luminary and last Wailers 2021-03-02 13:12:39Bunny Wailer, a reggae luminary who was the last surviving member of the legendary group The Wailers, died on Tuesday in his native Jamaica, according

Covid-19 variants could fuel fourth surge in United 2021-03-01 22:43:17The United States reported a 3% decline in new cases of COVID-19 last week, a much smaller drop than in the previous six weeks, and health officials w

Third woman accuses New York Governor Andrew Cuomo 2021-03-01 21:49:20A former aide accusing New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment condemned him Monday as a manipulative predator, as another woman said the gove

Two US men extradited to Japan for helping 2021-03-01 20:07:04A US father-son pair accused of helping former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn in his audacious escape from Japan arrived in Tokyo on Tuesday after losing th

Golden Globes: 'Nomadland,' satire 'Borat 2' and 'The 2021-02-28 20:33:57Drama "Nomadland" and satire "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm" won movie honors at the Golden Globes on Sunday in a mostly virtual bicoa

NY Governor Cuomo agrees to independent probe of 2021-02-28 20:02:40New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's office cleared the way on Sunday for an independent attorney with subpoena powers to investigate allegations ag

Thousands take to streets in Haiti to protest 2021-02-28 18:59:54Thousands of Haitians protested Sunday in Port-au-Prince and several provincial towns against a spike in kidnappings by gangs, as well as accusing the

Trump returns to political stage, hints at 2024 2021-02-28 18:09:41Donald Trump returned to the spotlight Sunday telling enthusiastic conservatives that he may run for president again in 2024, as he sought to reassert

El Salvador's Bukele poised for broad victory in 2021-02-28 08:50:58Salvadorans went to the polls on Sunday to vote in legislative and municipal elections that could give a broad victory to President Nayib Bu

Thousands of Argentinians take to streets to protest 2021-02-28 03:46:30Thousands of people demonstrated in cities across Argentina on Saturday to protest the “VIP vaccinations” scandal that forced the health m