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South America
Japanese man dies in flight after eating 246 cocaine packets
A Japanese man who ingested 246 packets of cocaine died mid-flight on his way from Colombia to Japan.
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Climate policy
More than 200,000 hectares of Amazon forest have been destroyed in just nine months
A non-government group that monitors the Amazon rainforest says the pace of deforestation is increasing.
Prisons
Dozens of inmates killed in Brazil prison gang clashes
At least 42 prisoners in Brazil were found strangled to death on Monday in four jails in the Amazon jungle city of Manaus.
Technology & democracy
Amazon countries denounce decision on Amazon domain
Amazon Inc is close to having exclusive rights to the .amazon domain. Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia are not happy.
- by Mitra Taj
Illness
With Stage 4 cancer, she climbed to the roof of the Americas to teach a lesson
Isabella de la Houssaye and her husband, David Crane raised their five children on adventure. But there was one more mountain to climb.
- by Rebecca Byerly
Evo Morales
Bolivia's Morales defies term limits
Bolivian President Evo Morales has launched his campaign for a fourth term.
- by Daniel Ramos
Protest
'Idiots, imbeciles': Bolsonaro attacks striking students after education cuts
Brazil's National Student Union called for protests after the Education Ministry said it was freezing nearly a quarter of educational spending.
- by Anthony Boadle and Pablo Garcia
Venezuela crisis
Maduro supporters refuse to leave embassy despite power cut, warnings
The activists, who consider socialist Nicolas Maduro to be their legitimate president, have protested inside the embassy in Washington for more than a month.
- by Luis Alonso Lugo
Gun control
Brazil's right-wing government celebrates easing of gun laws
President Jair Bolsonaro has signed a decree to ease restrictions on gun imports and increase the amount of ammunition a person can buy.
- by Lisandra Paraguassu
Venezuela crisis
Guaido deputy towed away in car to detention by security agents
Vice-President of the opposition-controlled National Assembly said agents used a tow truck to drag his vehicle, with him inside, to one of their Caracas bases.
Venezuela crisis
Russia, Venezuela envoys meet after Trump reveals Putin's pledge
The timing of the Sergei Lavrov-Jorge Arreaza meeting is, if not surprising, at least conspicuous.
- by Emily Tamkin