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Messi's 10th hat trick raises total to 112 international goals as Argentina wins World Cup qualifier
BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Lionel Messi scored his 10th international hat trick to raise his career total to 112 goals and also had a pair of assists to lead Argentina over Bolivia 6-0 in a World Cup qualifier on Tuesday. After missing a pair of October qualifiers while recovering from a...
AP PHOTOS: A look at life inside Paraguay's overcrowded prisons
ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — Paraguay a few months ago launched an operation to address some of the many problems plaguing its prison system, including internal gang control, but one problem in particular has proven difficult to deal with: overcrowding. The South American nation has...
Inter Miami's Diego Gómez picked as top player on MLS' '22 Under 22' list
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Inter Miami midfielder Diego Gómez thought team officials had scheduled him for a photo and video shoot to promote the upcoming MLS Cup playoffs. The team had a surprise waiting instead, and what happened next moved Gómez to tears. ...
Today in History: September 17, U.S. Constitution signed
Today is Tuesday, Sept. 17, the 261st day of 2024. There are 105 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 17, 1787, the Constitution of the United States was completed and signed by a majority of delegates attending the Constitutional Convention in...
Severe drought drops water level to historic low on the Paraguay River, a regional lifeline
ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay (AP) — A powerful drought in Brazil's Pantanal region led on Monday to the lowest water levels on the Paraguay River in more than a century, disrupting commerce on the major waterway, creating hazards for local transport and offering a grim warning for other parts of the...
Condoms can't be trusted and boys don't cry in Catholic Paraguay's first sex ed program
ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay (AP) — Ahead of her 15th birthday, Diana Zalazar's body had gotten so big she could no longer squeeze into the dress she bought for her quinceañera to celebrate her passage into womanhood in Paraguay. Her mother sought help from a doctor, who suspected that...
Police shootout during a drug raid kills Paraguayan lawmaker, exposing the country's challenges
ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — A pre-dawn police raid targeting the home of a Paraguayan lawmaker in a notorious drug smuggling haven near the country's border with Brazil turned into a chaotic shootout on Monday, authorities said, leaving the lawmaker dead and the nation on edge. The...
70 years after Paraguay’s dictatorship, protesters see its legacy in the entrenched right-wing party
ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay (AP) — It was one of the first actions taken by Paraguayans in public defiance of their overthrown dictator, a military strongman who unleashed a 35-year reign of terror, killing hundreds of people and imprisoning thousands more. In a howl of dissent, crowds...
Paraguay says it wants the US ambassador to leave the country in apparent protest over sanctions
ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay (AP) — The government of Paraguay on Thursday effectively ordered the U.S. ambassador to leave the South American nation, escalating tensions between the allies in the wake of the Biden administration's sanctions on a tobacco company linked to the country's powerful former...
US imposes sanctions on Paraguayan cigarette producer for allegedly enriching the former president
ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay (AP) — The Biden administration on Tuesday imposed sanctions on a Paraguayan tobacco company for allegedly enriching the country's controversial former president, a cigarette tycoon sanctioned last year by the White House for corruption. The U.S. Treasury...
