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August

This frame grab from video shows wreckage from a plane that crashed by a home in Vinhedo, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. (Felipe Magalhaes Filho via AP)

Brazilian airliner crashes, killing all 62 on board

Video shared on social media showed what appeared to be an ATR-made plane spinning out of control as it plunged to the ground.

  • Reuters

July

A protester runs past a police motorbike set on fire during demonstrations against the official election results declaring President Nicolas Maduro’s re-election.

Protests erupt in Venezuela as nations denounce election result

The US and countries around the world denounced the official results of Sunday’s vote, which did not appear to match statistical estimates based on partial counts.

  • Frances Robles, Jack Nicas and Alejandro Cegarra
President Nicolas Maduro addresses supporters gathered outside the Miraflores presidential palace after electoral authorities declared him the winner.

Maduro declared winner in Venezuela’s disputed presidential election

Nicolás Maduro will face the challenge of legitimising the vote to his people and the rest of the world, given his government’s history of repression and fraudulent elections.

  • Updated
  • Patricia Laya and Andreina Itriago Acosta