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A derailed subway train is held aloft Tuesday, May 4, 2021, by cranes after the track collapsed in Mexico City late Monday evening. A metro overpass collapsed late Monday in Mexico City, sending the cars of a train packed with passengers plunging to the ground and killing at least 23 people, including children, the city’s mayor said. (Alejandro Cegarra/The New York Times) XNYT14 XNYT14

May 4, 2021 at 9:05 pm

Families mourn victims of Mexico City subway collapse VIEW

A preliminary review suggested a failure in the horizontal support beams caused the subway accident, Mexico City authorities said. Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum urged the public...

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Mexico City’s subway cars lay at an angle after a section of Line 12 of the subway collapsed in Mexico City, Tuesday, May 4, 2021. The section passing over a road in southern Mexico City collapsed Monday night, dropping a subway train, trapping cars, and causing at least 50 injuries and several dead, authorities said. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte) XFLL113 XFLL113

May 3, 2021 at 10:13 pm

Overpass collapse on Mexico City metro kills at least 24 VIEW

An elevated section of the Mexico City metro collapsed, sending a subway car plunging toward a busy boulevard late Monday, killing more than 20 people...

A Mexican long-tongued bat is examined by Mexico’s National Autonomous University, UNAM, Ecology Institute biologist Rodrigo Medellin after it was briefly captured and released for a study at the university’s botanical gardens in Mexico City, Tuesday, March 16, 2021. Once the tiny bat is freed from the net, one researcher rubs the bat’s wings, back, nose and head with a small cube of gelatin, to pick up and preserve possible samples of pollen, to see what plants the bat has been visiting. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte) MXMU207 MXMU207

March 31, 2021 at 7:39 am

In quieter Mexico City, rare bats make an appearance

The protected Mexican long-tongued bat was first sighted this year in a zoo at the Chapultepec park in Mexico City’s center. Under pandemic rules, the...

March 8, 2021 at 7:57 am

Mexican president defends record on women’s issues VIEW

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador tried to focus attention Monday on the high number of women in his cabinet, and...

December 4, 2020 at 9:57 am

Venezuela’s Maduro seeks to tighten his grip via election VIEW

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — With the political opponents of President Nicolás Maduro boycotting Sunday's election for the National Assembly, his socialist party is expected to...

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November 27, 2020 at 3:05 pm

Venezuela’s baseball season kicks off but virus takes a toll

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s storied baseball season kicked off Friday — and an economic crisis and global pandemic will make it one for the...

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October 29, 2020 at 7:39 am

Ad exec feeds downtrodden Venezuelans from his bicycle seat VIEW

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Andrés Burgos’ world was becoming increasingly solitary. The office of his advertising firm was practically empty, thanks to Venezuela’s crushing economic...

October 28, 2020 at 12:56 pm

Venezuelan president: Key oil refinery attacked; 2 detained

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said Wednesday that a large oil refinery suffered a “terrorist attack” as his government struggles to provide...

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September 30, 2020 at 1:58 pm

Venezuela receives gasoline from Iran amid surge in protests

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The second of three ships loaded with gasoline from Iran approached fuel-starved Venezuela on Wednesday amid simmering social unrest over a...

September 24, 2020 at 6:44 am

Pageant powerhouse Venezuela to hold virtual beauty contest VIEW

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — For the first time in decades of Miss Venezuela competitions, the pageant powerhouse's so-called “most beautiful night” will not be live...

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