Lured by surging prices, rising unemployment and lax enforcement, unlicensed miners are flocking to the rainforest.
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Seven Democrats said in a letter that political opponents of President Daniel Ortega had not been permitted to make asylum claims, undermining U.S. policy goals.
Presidential pardons and an invitation for international election observers are threatening opposition unity.
Brazil soccer head announces equal pay for men’s and women’s teams. There is “no more gender difference,” said Brazilian Football Confederation President Rogério Caboclo.
Tropical activity looks to continue at a breakneck pace as the typical peak of the season approaches.
The tropical Atlantic remains busy with two storms and two areas under investigation.
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Trump's tacit support for far-right vigilantes is yet another sign of the troubles facing U.S. democracy.
The move appeared aimed at deepening divisions within the opposition over whether to participate in the December vote.
Adventure Canada cruise line believes a responsible tour invites a connection between the visitors and the visited.
Two of the systems are likely to be named in the next 48 hours.
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Many foreign observers watching last week's Republican National Convention called out a distinctly Trumpian “hubris.”
Coronavirus cases in Baja California Sur tripled after Cabo San Lucas reopened.
The hotel has been closed since April. Its parent company says it is unclear if the hotel will reopen under the Trump name.
Prosecutors accuse Rio’s Wilson Witzel of being “top of the pyramid” of bribes and kickbacks.
Under a pandemic-era policy, the Trump administration is deporting migrants without letting them claim asylum.
The Kentucky man was cited and told to stay in his hotel room before leaving the country. Then police found his car near a national park.
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Talk of the threat posed by climate change will be wholly, if predictably, absent.
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His short speech to the Republican National Convention will reinforce the Trump administration’s unequivocal embrace of Israel as a partisan prop.
The 47-year-old lawyer and military veteran promised to “take back Canada” — though from whom or what was unclear.
The country’s poor are receiving emergency financial aid, and in return, they’re giving the president their support.
