New research shows about a quarter of animals living in rivers, lakes and other freshwater sources are threatened with ...

China countered U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s claims about the Panama Canal. Brazilian labor authorities uncovered ...

Latin America is becoming a battleground of government spending extremes, drawing calls from smaller nations to tighten the ...

Trade in goods between the two blocs remains relatively small at €109.4 billion in 2023. The EU is Mercosur's second-largest trading partner behind China but ahead of the United States. Mercosur ranks ...

The Paraguay-Paraná waterway runs about 2,100 miles, connects at least 150 ports in five countries and serves as the most important commercial river route on the continent. In 1992, the five countries ...

From its headwaters in Brazil, the Paraguay River flows hundreds of miles south to where it joins the Parana River to form a ...

The term “paramilitary” refers to a wide range of organizations throughout South America, from rural defense militias to ...

VILLA GOBERNADOR GALVEZ, Argentina (AP) — From its headwaters in Brazil, the Paraguay River flows hundreds of miles (kilometers) south to where it joins the Parana River to form a single 2,100 ...

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