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December 30, 2021 at 11:11 pm

A tense exchange highlights unsettled part of Tutu’s legacy VIEW

An anguished encounter between two titans of South Africa's anti-apartheid struggle during the country's Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings still rankles some Black South Africans.

Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Pretoria, South Africa, March 21, 2003. When Tutu died Sunday, Dec. 26, 2021 at age 90, he was remembered as a Nobel laureate, a spiritual compass, a champion of the anti-apartheid struggle who turned to other global causes after Nelson Mandela, another moral heavyweight, became South Africa’s first Black president. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File) JOH502 JOH502

December 28, 2021 at 12:09 am

Tutu: a man of empathy, moral ardor, and some silly jokes VIEW

Desmond Tutu was, for many around the world, an icon in the struggle for human equality. But it is the funny, kind, gracious and warm...

Images of Tupac Amaru and wife Micaela Bastidas are displayed at the Place of Memory, Tolerance and Social Inclusion museum in Lima, Peru, Saturday, May 16, 2021. Tupac Amaru was a muleteer and trader who claimed descent from Inca royals, led an Andean revolt against Spanish colonial rule and was executed on May 18, 1781. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia) LIM101 LIM101

May 18, 2021 at 9:17 am

Long after grisly end, Túpac Amaru still fascinates in Peru

NEW YORK (AP) — Roads and schools in Peru carry the name of Túpac Amaru. A framed depiction of him — stern gaze, flowing hair,...

May 5, 2021 at 2:40 am

200 years: Remote St. Helena island marks Napoleon’s death

Getting to the remote South Atlantic island where Napoleon died 200 years ago got even harder during the coronavirus pandemic. So while commemorations of the...

May 2, 2021 at 6:40 am

Latin America looks to space, despite limitations on ground

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mars missions, astronauts coming and going at the International Space Station, China’s increasingly ambitious space program. Space-related news is flowing, and...

April 16, 2021 at 9:01 pm

Once again, volcanic Caribbean island looks to recovery VIEW

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A group of nervous fish sellers got very close to La Soufrière, the volcano on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent,...

March 17, 2021 at 7:48 am

The end approaches for Chile’s military-era constitution

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The cool kids. The usual suspects. The ones everyone knows about. That’s how a law professor wryly describes the constitutions of...

December 31, 2020 at 7:31 am

Global pandemic meets 500th anniversary of 1st global voyage

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Disease, mutinies and uncharted waters nearly sabotaged the global circumnavigation of the expedition led by Portuguese mariner Ferdinand Magellan. Five centuries...

October 27, 2020 at 2:20 pm

Eager for change, Chile faces long road to new constitution

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — The fireworks and street celebrations are over in Chile, and now many months of hard work and uncertainty loom for a...

September 25, 2020 at 9:00 pm

He’s not running, but Morales looms large in Bolivia vote VIEW

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Even in exile, Evo Morales looms over Bolivia’s election next month. National rifts that contributed to chaos in Bolivia in...