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Maduro’s isolation ends with visit to Brazil despite $23m US reward for his arrest
The Venezuelan leader has been shunned by many countries since Donald Trump sanctioned Venezuela and promoted an alternative president.
- by Andrew Rosati and Simone Iglesias
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Colombia plane crash kills pilot, sets off search for four missing Indigenous kids
Government troops found the wreckage on Tuesday along with the bodies of the pilot, a guide and the children’s mother. But there was no sign of the youngsters.
- by Eduardo Hernandez
Bolsonaro grilled for three hours over fake vaccine certificate
The former Brazilian president swore he’d never take a COVID vaccine. His official records showed he had, helping him enter and stay in the US after leaving office.
- by Andrew Rosati
Bolsonaro’s home raided, phone seized in probe of vaccine records
Despite being a strident coronavirus sceptic who vowed never to get the vaccine, the former president was registered as vaccinated in public records.
- by Lisandra Paraguassu and Ricardo Brito
Amnesty International slammed for AI images of ‘human rights abuses’
The charity used AI-generated images to commemorate the two-year anniversary of protests in Colombia.
- by Gareth Corfield
It’s official: Pele is now a word for someone out of the ordinary
According to a new edition of the Michaelis dictionary, there’s a new synonym for “best”.
- by Mauricio Savarese
‘Totally pristine’: Scientists discover Galapagos coral reef that survived El Nino
Until now, scientists believed the only Galapagos reef to survive El Nino weather in 1982 and 1983 was Wellington reef, along the coast of Darwin Island.
- by Alexandra Valencia
‘Parroting propaganda’: US blasts Brazil for welcoming Putin envoy
Washington is very unhappy about new President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva’s diplomatic overtures towards China and Russia.
- by Carla Bridi and Aamer Madhani
Man kills several children with hatchet at daycare centre in Brazil
A man with a hatchet jumped over a wall and invaded a daycare centre in Brazil, killing four children and wounding at least five others, authorities said.