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Pope celebrates 1st public Mass in Brazil, urges faithful to resist “idols” of money, pleasure

YoopyaJuly 24, 2013August 1, 2024

by YoopyaJuly 24, 2013August 1, 202400

APARECIDA, Brazil (AP) — Pope Francis urged Catholics to resist the “ephemeral idols” of money, power and pleasure during a pilgrimage Wednesday to one of...

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Zetas leader captured in precision operation

YoopyaJuly 17, 2013August 1, 2024

by YoopyaJuly 17, 2013August 1, 202409

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s most brutal drug cartel leader built a business empire stretching from the Southwest United States to Central America, but Miguel...

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Capture of Zetas leader unlikely to quell violence

YoopyaJuly 16, 2013June 16, 2024

by YoopyaJuly 16, 2013June 16, 202403

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The capture of the notoriously brutal Zetas leader Miguel Angel Trevino Morales is a serious blow to Mexico’s most feared drug...

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South American leaders demand apology over plane row involving Bolivia’s Morales

YoopyaJuly 5, 2013June 19, 2023

by YoopyaJuly 5, 2013June 19, 202305

COCHABAMBA, Bolivia (AP) — South America’s leftist leaders rallied to support Bolivian President Evo Morales after his plane was rerouted amid suspicions that NSA leaker...

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Brazil leader breaks silence about protests

YoopyaJune 22, 2013August 4, 2024

by YoopyaJune 22, 2013August 4, 202400

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff spoke about her generation’s struggles in battling a dictatorship during a prime-time speech meant to connect with...

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Venezuela ends toilet paper shortage

YoopyaMay 22, 2013September 2, 2024

by YoopyaMay 22, 2013September 2, 202408

Venezuela’s National Assembly has backed plans to import 39 million rolls of toilet paper, in an effort to relieve a chronic shortage. Lawmakers voted to...

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Millionaire president-elect ‘to put Paraguay first’

YoopyaApril 23, 2013

by YoopyaApril 23, 201303

Paraguay’s President-elect Horacio Cartes, a wealthy businessman, has said he would “never put personal interests before the country’s”. Mr Cartes, one of Paraguay’s richest men,...

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Horacio Cartes wins Paraguay presidential election

YoopyaApril 22, 2013

by YoopyaApril 22, 201302

Wealthy businessman Horacio Cartes has been elected president of Paraguay. A political newcomer, Mr Cartes beat the Liberal Party’s Efrain Alegre by nine percentage points....

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Nicolas Maduro sworn in as new Venezuelan president

YoopyaApril 20, 2013

by YoopyaApril 20, 201300

Nicolas Maduro has been sworn in as Venezuelan president, succeeding the late Hugo Chavez who died of cancer in March after ruling for 14 years....

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Maduro gets South American backing in Venezuela votes dispute

YoopyaApril 19, 2013

by YoopyaApril 19, 201302

(Reuters) – Venezuelan President-elect Nicolas Maduro won a collective show of support from South American leaders early on Friday in Lima as his plans to...