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September 17, 2025

Rocks on train tracks strand 900 Machu Picchu tourists amid protest

About 1,400 visitors were evacuated but hundreds were left stuck because of action linked to bus contract dispute, say Peru authoritiesAt least 900...

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September 16, 2025

UN tries to limit staff going to Cop30 in Brazil due to high price of hotels

Accommodation costs at climate summit in Belem are pricing out some developing countries and media outletsThe United Nations has urged its staff to...

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September 16, 2025

Trump announces deadly US strike on another alleged Venezuelan drug boat

President says three people killed in strike against vessel he said was transporting drugs ‘headed to the US’Donald Trump said o...

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September 14, 2025

Brazilian musician identified as victim of 1976 killing by Argentina military

The bossa nova pianist Francisco Tenório Cerqueira Júnior went out for cigarettes after a concert in Buenos Aires - a forensic team has finally...

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September 13, 2025

Mexican congressional staffer resigns after TV comments about Charlie Kirk

News network Milenio releases public apology after US deputy secretary of state threatens to revoke Mexican visasA congressional staffer from...

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September 12, 2025

Brazilians take to the streets to celebrate Bolsonaro conviction

Indigenous groups and other minorities praise verdict while US officials issue warnings of possible sanctions

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September 12, 2025

Venezuela says 11 killed in US boat strike were not gang members amid reports vessel was returning to shore

Interior minister says ‘murder has been committed’ while US Congress demands justification for attackNone of the 11 people killed in a US

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September 11, 2025

Brazil’s supreme court finds Bolsonaro guilty of plotting military coup

Former president faces decades-long jail sentence for seeking to forcibly cling to power after losing 2022 election

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September 11, 2025

What did Jair Bolsonaro’s trial reveal about an attempted coup in Brazil?

Far-right ex-president was found to have led a ‘criminal organisation’ to try to stay in power

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September 11, 2025

Canada: Carney unveils array of national projects to ‘turbocharge’ economy

List leaves out oil pipelines and focuses on LNG expansion, mines and nuclear power as it fends off US trade warCanada’s Liberal government has said...

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September 11, 2025

Politicians in at least 51 countries used anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric during elections, NGO finds

Rights group also finds rise in openly gay, bisexual and transgender people running for office in 36 countriesPoliticians in at least 51 countries...

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September 09, 2025

Peru accused of violating human rights after government rejects reserve for uncontacted people

Campaigners shocked after ministers voted against the 1.2m-hectare Yavari Mirim reserve after 20 years of debateCampaigners have accused the Peruvian...

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