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More questions than answers from Harry and Meghan’s Colombian visit
Colombia is not a country in which the former working royals are well-known and their four-day quasi-royal tour had no clear thread, no obvious aim.
- by Victoria Ward
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Domestic violence
‘Grievous bodily harm’: Argentina’s ex-president accused of beating first lady
The accusations came to light when investigators found photos of former first lady with a black eye and a bruised arm on the phone of the ex-president’s former secretary.
- by Jack Nicas and Daniel Politi
Passenger plane crashes in fiery wreck in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state
A plane with 61 people aboard headed for Sao Paulo’s international airport has crashed in the city of Vinhedo.
- by Gabriel Araujo
Colombia moves to ban souvenirs of drug lord Pablo Escobar
Shop owners oppose plans to outlaw the sale of merchandise depicting the dead cartel kingpin, but others believe the country should shed its image of being home to mafia bosses.
- by Manuel Rueda
Sharks test positive to high levels of cocaine off the coast of Brazil
Marine biologists tested 13 Brazilian sharpnose sharks from coastal waters near Rio de Janeiro and found high levels of cocaine in their systems.
- by Nick Squires
Colombia is facing a new problem: too much cocaine
Unsold blocks of coca paste are piling up across Colombia and it’s the families that pick the raw coca leaves that are suffering most.
- by Genevieve Glatsky
Brazil’s ex-president indicted over undeclared diamonds from Saudi Arabia
The jewellery would have been exempt from tax had it been a gift from Saudi Arabia to Brazil, but not Jair Bolsonaro’s to keep for himself.
- by Gabriela Sa Pessoa and Mauricio Savarese
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Political unrest
Bolivian military flees government palace after coup fails, general in custody
Bolivia’s president confronted the commander leading the rebellion in the palace hallway, telling him: “I am your captain, and I order you to withdraw your soldiers”.
- by Daniel Ramos