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Powerful Chilean lawyer ordered detained on corruption charges in case shaking the country's elite
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — One of Chile's most powerful lawyers was ordered detained Tuesday pending trial on money laundering and tax fraud charges in a case that has rocked the country's corporate and political elite. After five days of hearings, a court in the capital accepted the...
Venezuela’s Supreme Court certifies Maduro’s claims that he won presidential election
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s Supreme Court has backed President Nicolás Maduro’s claims that he won last month’s presidential election and said voting tallies published online showing he lost by a landslide were forged. The ruling is the latest attempt by Maduro to...
SQM: Q2 Earnings Snapshot
SANTIAGO CHILE, Chile (AP) — SANTIAGO CHILE, Chile (AP) — Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA (SQM) on Wednesday reported second-quarter profit of $213.6 million. The Santiago Chile, Chile-based company said it had net income of 75 cents per share. The results...
Tiny South American deer debuts at New York City zoo
NEW YORK (AP) — A tiny South American deer that will weigh only as much as a watermelon when fully grown is making its debut at the Queens Zoo in New York City. The southern pudu fawn weighed just 2 pounds (just under 1 kilo) when it was born June 21, the Wildlife Conservation...
AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
Aug. 2-8, 2024 Young gymnasts trained in the gym that Olympic medalist Rebeca Andrade practiced at as a child in Guarulhos, Brazil. Cars traversed snow-covered roads in Chile's capital. Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado attended a rally following the country's...
Cuban Greco-Roman wrestler Mijain Lopez wins record fifth straight gold, and then retires
PARIS (AP) — Mijain Lopez has gone out on top. The 41-year-old Cuban defeated Yasmani Acosta Fernandez of Chile 6-0 in the 130-kilogram final at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday to win his fifth consecutive gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling. He’s the first Olympic...
Chile gets its first Olympic gold in 20 years as Francisca Crovetto wins women's skeet shooting
CHATEAUROUX, France (AP) — Chile won its first Olympic gold medal in 20 years when Francisca Crovetto took victory in the women's skeet, while Britain's Amber Rutter took silver just over three months after becoming a mother. Crovetto won the gold in a shoot-off, hitting her last...
Dutch beach volleyball player convicted of rape is booed again, louder, in second match of Olympics
PARIS (AP) — Dutch beach volleyball player Steven van de Velde, who served time in prison after he was convicted of raping a 12-year-old girl, won his second match at the Paris Olympics and received an even harsher reaction from the crowd on Wednesday than for his first match. ...
Banco Santander-Chile: Q2 Earnings Snapshot
SANTIAGO CHILE, Chile (AP) — SANTIAGO CHILE, Chile (AP) — Banco Santander-Chile (BSAC) on Wednesday reported second-quarter net income of $233.1 million. The bank, based in Santiago Chile, Chile, said it had earnings of 49 cents per share. The financial holding...
For Palestinian athletes, the Olympics is about more than sports
PARIS (AP) — Most of the athletes representing the Palestinian territories at the Paris Olympics were born elsewhere — Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Germany, Chile and the United States — yet they care deeply about the politics of their parents’ and grandparents’ homeland. They are...
