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1 month ago | yahoo.com | Gerardo Lemos |Ana Melgar |Mauricio Torres |en Español

A massive blackout hit Chile on Tuesday, affecting 14 of the country’s 16 regions, including the capital Santiago and its surrounding area, the National Disaster Prevention and Response Service (Senapred) said. The outage has led to the suspension of parts of Santiago’s transport network, a soccer match was delayed, and much of the country’s internet is down. President Gabriel Boric has declared a state of emergency in the affected regions to prevent crimes.

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Yong Xiong |en Español

For days, they say they were locked inside a hotel in Panama, surrounded by tight security with limited contact with the outside world. Nearly 300 migrants from Asia, all deported by the US, were held there by Panamanian authorities who agreed to take them in and eventually repatriate them. It’s part of the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign, which it has pressured Latin American nations to help with.

Jan 6, 2025 | yahoo.com | CNN's Michael Rios |Marlon Sorto |Jose Alvarez |José Álvarez |Gerardo Lemos |en Español

Venezuela’s exiled opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia has urged the Venezuelan military to recognize him as their commander-in-chief and “put an end to the leadership” of President Nicolás Maduro, whose government is resisting calls to give up power.

Nov 22, 2024 | yahoo.com | Abel Alvarado |Osmary Hernández |Mauricio Torres |en Español

Venezuelan authorities are investigating opposition leader Maria Corina Machado for alleged treason after she expressed support for a US bipartisan bill that seeks to block Washington from doing business with any entity that has commercial ties with the government of Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro.

Nov 13, 2024 | yahoo.com | Allison Chinchar |Caitlin Danaher |Mia Alberti |Pau Mosquera |en Español

Severe thunderstorms and torrential rain have once again battered coastal Spain, causing thousands of people to be evacuated just two weeks after the country experienced deadly flooding in Valencia and other nearby communities. Almost 3,000 people and a thousand homes have been evacuated in the Malaga area, Antonio Sanz, the director of the Emergency Plan for the Risk of Flooding in Andalucia, said Wednesday.