South America

• 'Universe Is Nearly 14 Billion Years Old' - Astronomers' Findings

  2 months ago - by Samuel Mayowa

  Findings by astronomers suggest that the universe is 13.77 billion years old but not less than 40 million years old. This conclusion was ...

• Bill Supporting Abortion Passed By Argentine Senate

  2 months ago - by Kindness Udoh

  Argentina Wednesday became one of only a handful of South American nations to legalize abortion, after hours of debate in the Senate. Hundreds of t...

• Jesus Has Black Origins In Brazil Nativity Scene

  2 months ago - by Kindness Udoh

  Instead of a manger in Bethlehem, Jesus will arrive this Christmas in a badly burned clearing in the Amazon rainforest, a black baby born to a black v...

• Richest Man In Brazil Dies At 82

  2 months ago - by Kindness Udoh

  Lebanese-Brazilian banking magnate Joseph Safra, the wealthiest man in Brazil, died Thursday at age 82 of natural causes, his bank said. Safra, who...

• Peru Gets Third President In One Week

  3 months ago - by Kindness Udoh

  Peru’s Congress on Monday chose a 76-year-old former World Bank official as the South American country’s new president, the third in a wee...

• Peru President Resigns Five Days After Taking Office

  3 months ago - by Kindness Udoh

  Peru’s President Manuel Merino resigned Sunday, just five days after taking office, sparking celebrations in the capital Lima following street p...

• Two Churches Burnt In Chile As Protesters Mark Protest Anniversary

  4 months ago - by Kindness Udoh

  Two churches were torched as tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered Sunday in a central Santiago square to mark the anniversary of a protest move...

• US Is A Threat To World Peace Under Trump - Nicolas Maduro

  5 months ago - by Kindness Udoh

  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro told the United Nations on Wednesday that his country “is under constant attack from the U.S. empire” ...

• 7 Die In South- Western Colombia 'Massacre'

  5 months ago - by Kindness Udoh

  Seven people were killed and four others injured in an attack in south-western Colombia on Sunday, local media reported. “Seven young people ...

• Venezuela President Responsible For Crimes Against Humanity - UN Reports

  5 months ago - by Kindness Udoh

  Venezuela’s president and top ministers are responsible for probable crimes against humanity, UN investigators said on Wednesday, a report the c...

• 6,000 Volunteers Register For COVID-19 Vaccine Clinical Trial In Peru

  6 months ago - by Kindness Udoh

  On Wednesday, the government of Peru began registering volunteers for the start of clinical trials of a vaccine from China against COVID-19. Over 6...

• Son Of Brazilian President Tests Positive For Coronavirus

  6 months ago - by Kindness Udoh

  The eldest son of Brazilian President, Jair Bolsonaro, has tested positive for coronavirus but is asymptomatic. Flavio Bolsonaro, 39, said that he ...

• Brazilian President Threatens To "Pound" Reporters Mouth With Punches

  6 months ago - by Kindness Udoh

  Brazilian President, Jair Bolsonaro, did not take kindly to a question posed by a reporter regarding his wife's involvement in an alleged corrupti...

• Former Colombian President Resigns As Senator, Under House Arrest

  6 months ago - by Kindness Udoh

  Former Colombian President, Alvaro Uribe, has resigned as Senator while under house arrest over fraud and witness tampering allegations. Uribe, in ...

• Brazil Coronavirus Deaths Surpasses 100,000

  6 months ago - by Kindness Udoh

  Fatalities from the  Coronavirus in Brazil has surpassed 100,000 on Saturday, as the cases continue to see an upward movement, with businesses in...