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AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
Dec. 27, 2024 - Jan. 2, 2025 A person in a gorilla costume pushed a woman down Sao Silvestre road in São Paulo during a race. Members of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) attended an event marking the 31st anniversary of the Zapatista uprising, in San Cristobal de las...
Jimmy Carter, the 39th US president, has died at 100
ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, endured humbling defeat after one tumultuous term and then redefined life after the White House as a global humanitarian, has died. He was 100 years old. The...
AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
Dec. 20-26, 2024 In Honduras, the daughter of slain environmentalist Juan López posed for a photo with her state-assigned bodyguards at her ninth birthday party. Wounded journalists reeled from getting shot at the General Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. In Brazil, Santa Claus...
US census data shows how Middle Eastern and Hispanic residents differ in racial identity
As the U.S. Census Bureau gets public feedback about how it should tally people into new race and ethnicity groups, the agency has released new research reflecting how U.S. residents from different backgrounds regard their racial and ethnic identities. Earlier this year, the U.S....
Giant sloths and mastodons lived with humans for millennia in the Americas, new discoveries suggest
SAO PAULO (AP) — Sloths weren’t always slow-moving, furry tree-dwellers. Their prehistoric ancestors were huge — up to 4 tons (3.6 metric tons) — and when startled, they brandished immense claws. For a long time, scientists believed the first humans to arrive in the Americas...
AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
Dec. 13 - 19, 2024 Children in Argentina and Brazil were treated to Christmas cheer with Santas and reindeer visiting them in hospitals and neighborhoods, singing and handing out gifts. Migrants in Chile applied for an ID number to be included in government programs...
AP PHOTOS: 2024 brought natural disasters and turbulent politics to Latin America
Snow blanketed Santiago, the Chilean capital, in May 2024 — a rare and stunning sight that marked the coldest month in the city in over 70 years. The unusual weather event stood in stark contrast to the severe drought that gripped the Amazon rainforest just a few months later,...
Venezuelan rights group reports 3rd in-custody death among people detained in post-election unrest
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A man detained in Venezuela during the civil unrest that followed the country’s disputed July presidential election died in custody Monday, marking the third such death reported by an inmates’ rights organization. The Venezuelan Prison Observatory...
Bulgarian officials seize 420 pounds of cocaine hidden on a cargo ship from Peru
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarian customs officials on Sunday found about 190 kilograms (420 pounds) of cocaine hidden on a ship at the Black Sea port of Burgas. The cargo vessel from Peru had a crew of 11 and was carrying copper concentrate for processing in a plant, the state-run...
What Americans think about Hegseth, Gabbard and key Trump Cabinet picks: AP-NORC poll
WASHINGTON (AP) — As several of President-elect Donald Trump’s choices for high-level positions in his incoming administration face scrutiny on Capitol Hill, a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that Americans have their own doubts. ...
