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March 4, 2021 at 11:11 am

UN finds soaring poverty in virus-hit Latin America region

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — More than 20 million people were pushed into poverty during pandemic-plagued 2020 across Latin America and the Caribbean, the U.N. economic...

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December 22, 2020 at 3:16 pm

Pandemic reaches Antarctica, last untouched continent

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — The pandemic has finally reached every continent on Earth. Chilean authorities announced that at least 58 people that were at two...

The moon covers the sun during a total solar eclipse in Piedra del Aguila, Argentina, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. The total solar eclipse was visible from the northern Patagonia region of Argentina and from Araucania in Chile, and as a partial eclipse from the lower two-thirds of South America. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) XNP110 XNP110

December 14, 2020 at 12:04 pm

Daytime darkness: Total solar eclipse wows in Latin America VIEW

Thousands of people gathered in the Chilean region of La Araucanía on Monday to witness a solar eclipse, rejoicing in the rare experience even though...

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...

October 25, 2020 at 8:42 pm

2/3rds of Chilean voters back rewriting their constitution VIEW

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Amid a year of contagion and turmoil, Chileans turned out Sunday to vote overwhelmingly in favor of having a constitutional convention...

September 24, 2020 at 11:30 pm

Canceled flights strand 25 Easter Islanders for 6 months

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — For people around the world, the coronavirus has caused distressing separations and delayed homecomings. But the situation for a group...

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September 10, 2020 at 5:04 am

In Chile, life goes on for loved ones after COVID-19 VIEW

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Red-eyed from crying, José Collantes Navarro couldn’t contain himself and crumpled against the wall as he watched his partner being buried...

June 19, 2020 at 9:03 pm

Chileans mass produce caskets to deal with COVID onslaught VIEW

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Nicolás Bergerie's family has been making coffins for four generations, with barely any alteration. But when he saw the coronavirus ravaging...

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May 26, 2020 at 12:55 pm

Chile’s hospital ICUs near full capacity as pandemic rages VIEW

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Intensive care units in Chile's hospitals are nearly at capacity amid a flood of coronavirus patients, authorities said Tuesday, and doctors...

In this photo released by the El Salvador Presidency Press Office, inmates are lined up during a security operation under the watch of police at the Izalco prison in San Salvador, El Salvador, Saturday, April 25, 2020. Authorities crammed the prisoners, albeit wearing masks, tightly together in prison yards while searching their cells. President Nayib Bukele ordered the crackdown after more than 20 people were murdered in the country Friday and intelligence suggested the orders came from imprisoned gang leaders. (El Salvador President Press Office via AP) XRM143 XRM143

April 27, 2020 at 9:01 am

Virus spreads fear through Latin America’s unruly prisons VIEW

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — The spreading specter of the new coronavirus is shaking Latin America’s notoriously overcrowded, unruly prisons, threatening to turn them into infernos....

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