Latin America

For a chance at a better life, Venezuelans head toward the U.S. border

5:07am October 05, 2022

by Manuel Rueda

Large numbers of migrants from Venezuela are traveling thousands of miles to the U.S.-Mexico border, as their nation experiences food shortages and high inflation.

The presidential election in Brazil heads to a runoff between Lula and Bolsonaro

7:34am October 03, 2022

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a left-wing former president, finished in first place Sunday, but failed to secure enough votes for an outright victory and will face right-wing incumbent Jair Bolsonaro.

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News brief: Florida evacuations, Brazil's election, Supreme Court preview

6:13am October 03, 2022

Did a Florida county wait too long to issue evacuation orders as Hurricane Ian loomed? Brazil's presidential election goes to a runoff later this month. The Supreme Court begins a new term Monday.

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A street stall sells towels of presidential candidates Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Jair Bolsonaro on Sept. 25 in São Paulo, Brazil.

Brazil's presidential election heads to a runoff between Lula and Bolsonaro

10:23pm October 02, 2022

by John Otis

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the left-wing former president, won more votes than right-wing incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro, but not enough to win outright in the 11-candidate race.

An electoral worker installs an electronic voting machine during the assembly of a polling station at a school in preparation for the general election, in Brasilia, Brazil, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. Brazilians head to polls on Oct. 2 to elect a president, vice president, governors and senators.

World News

Brazilians go to the polls, with Lula tipped to beat Bolsonaro

10:10am October 02, 2022

by The Associated Press

More than 120 million Brazilians will vote Sunday in a highly polarized election that could determine if the country returns a leftist to the helm of the world's fourth-largest democracy.

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What's at stake on election day in Brazil

8:32am October 02, 2022

It's election day in one of the worlds largest democracies, Brazil, and people there and abroad are holding their breath and hoping the result will be respected.

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Composers (clockwise from upper left): Antonio Sanchez, Germaine Franco, Camilo Lara, Lalo Schifrin, Maria Grever, Gustavo Santaolalla and Lin-Manuel Miranda.

Without these Latino composers, Hollywood wouldn't sound the same

5:00am October 02, 2022

by Mandalit del Barco

The Hollywood playlist of Latino film composers includes Maria Grever, Agustín Lara, Lalo Schifrin, Gustavo Santaolalla, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Germaine Franco.

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Candidates in Brazil's presidential race take their final laps

5:09pm October 01, 2022

by Carrie Kahn

The day before the vote dawns, and President Jair Bolsonaro and former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva are making one last push to get the vote out in Brazil.

This undated photo shows oil executives Jose Angel Pereira, from left to right, Gustavo Cardenas, Jorge Toledo, Jose Luis Zambrano, Tomeu Vadell and Alirio Jose Zambrano in Caracas, Venezuela. The five men were among the seven Americans released by Venezuela as part of a swap with the U.S. government.

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Venezuela frees seven Americans as part of the largest prisoner swap under Biden

4:28pm October 01, 2022

by The Associated Press

The release of the Americans, including five oil executives, is in exchange for the freedom of two nephews of the Venezuelan president's wife.

A large fire in a recently deforested area of the Amazon rainforest along Highway BR-319 in the state of Amazonas, Brazil, on Sept. 25.

Brazil's election could determine the fate of the Amazon after record deforestation

7:01am October 01, 2022

by John Otis

Under President Jair Bolsonaro, who is running for reelection in Sunday's vote, forest clearing and wildfires have surged in the Amazon.

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