Tag: South America
New Dutch exhibition takes unflinching look at slavery
AMSTERDAM — The delicacy of one of the first objects in new exhibition at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum belies its brutality. At the end of a...
Long after grisly end, Túpac Amaru still fascinates in Peru
MEXICO CITY — Roads and schools in Peru carry the name of Túpac Amaru. A framed depiction of him — stern gaze, flowing hair,...
Ex-rebel capitalizes on Colombia unrest by showing restraint
<p>MIAMI — As the streets of Colombia smolder amid the biggest antigovernment unrest in decades, a former rebel leader who would undo antinarcotics cooperation...
Chileans favored independents to draft a new constitution
<p>SANTIAGO, Chile — Chileans favored left-leaning independent candidates in electing an assembly that will draft a new constitution, replacing the one imposed in the...
Ex-rebel capitalizes on Colombia unrest by showing restraint
MIAMI — As the streets of Colombia smolder amid the biggest antigovernment unrest in decades, a former rebel leader who would undo antinarcotics cooperation...
Chileans favored independents to draft a new constitution
SANTIAGO, Chile — Chileans favored left-leaning independent candidates in electing an assembly that will draft a new constitution, replacing the one imposed in the...
Bruno Covas, mayor of Sao Paulo, dies of cancer at age 41
<p>BRASILIA, Brazil — Bruno Covas, the mayor of Sao Paulo, died of cancer on Sunday, according to the press office of Brazil’s biggest city....
Bruno Covas, mayor of Sao Paulo, dies of cancer at age 41
BRASILIA, Brazil — Bruno Covas, the mayor of Sao Paulo, died of cancer on Sunday, according to the press office of Brazil’s biggest city....
Chileans choose assembly to draft a new constitution
<p>SANTIAGO, Chile — The face of a new Chile begins taking shape this weekend as the South American country elects 155 people to draft...
Bleak futures fuel widespread protests by young Colombians
<p>BUCARAMANGA, Colombia — Thousands of young people and college students have been at the forefront of Colombia's antigovernment protests for more than two weeks,...