• Rep. Ocasio-Cortez calls on U.S. to declassify documents on Chile's 1973 coup

    Rep. Ocasio-Cortez calls on U.S. to declassify documents on Chile's 1973 coup

    Aug 18, 2023 06:03 PM EST

    ... begin a new future.” U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro from Texas said the visit to the museum was a reminder that it was important “to make sure that a tragedy and a horror like this never, ever happens again in Chile or in Latin America or anywhere else around the ...

  • 2023 Women’s World Cup puts spotlight back on pay equity issues in soccer

    2023 Women’s World Cup puts spotlight back on pay equity issues in soccer

    Jul 22, 2023 09:40 PM EST

    ... to play football to buy jerseys, to want to, you know, buy tickets for games. So all of that when we see the Brazil and Argentina and the other countries that care about so much on, you know, the men's game, and never cared about the women's game ...

  • News Wrap: Ala. lawmakers approve congressional map without 2nd majority-Black district

    News Wrap: Ala. lawmakers approve congressional map without 2nd majority-Black district

    Jul 21, 2023 10:50 PM EST

    ... points to close it 35228. The Nasdaq fell 30 points. The S&P 500 added a point.  And soccer great Lionel Messi will make his American debut tonight with his new team, Inter Miami of Major League soccer. They will face off against Mexico City's Cruz Azul ...

  • South America's presidents meet in Brazil for the first regional summit in 9 years

    South America's presidents meet in Brazil for the first regional summit in 9 years

    May 29, 2023 06:55 PM EST

    ... of voters' rejection of a leftist-influenced draft to replace the Chile's dictatorship-era charter. A similar swing toward the right is possible in Argentina, given that incumbent President Alberto Fernández will not seek reelection this year amid rampant inflation. Venezuela's Maduro arrived Monday for the Brasilia gathering ...

  • What to expect from this year's blockbuster Cannes Film Festival

    What to expect from this year's blockbuster Cannes Film Festival

    May 15, 2023 06:16 PM EST

    ... every year, bring new directors to wider film audiences. Senegalese filmmaker Ramata-Toulaye Sy’s “Banel & Adama” is the rare first feature in Palme competition. Argentine filmmaker Rodrigo Moreno, 50, will be making his first trip to Cannes with “The Delinquents,” a heist drama sprinkled with existentialism and cinematic flourishes ...

  • The current hurdles to putting more electric vehicles on the road

    The current hurdles to putting more electric vehicles on the road

    Feb 12, 2023 10:35 PM EST

    ... About those batteries themselves. One of the things you hear a lot of skeptics say is, well, don't forget about what it takes to make those batteries, the minerals that go into them, how those minerals are mined. What are some of the problems on that front? Alan Ohnsman ...

  • Pope Francis visits Congo, urges forgiveness for past wrongs

    Pope Francis visits Congo, urges forgiveness for past wrongs

    Feb 01, 2023 04:05 PM EST

    ... themed outfit. "She was so excited to see him and the night before she couldn't close her eyes!" The crowd cheered again when the Argentine pope greeted them in Lingala, one of four national languages of Congo that is widely spoken in the capital, Kinshasa. And they listened attentively ...

  • Oscar nominations led by 'Everything Everywhere'

    Oscar nominations led by 'Everything Everywhere'

    Jan 24, 2023 02:33 PM EST

    ... Once.” WATCH: Filmmaker Sky Hopinka’s unconventional ways of telling Native stories The nominees for international film are: “All Quiet on the Western Front” (Germany); “Argentina, 1985” (Argentina); “Close” (Belgium); “EO” (Poland); “The Quiet Girl” (Ireland). The nominees for original screenplay are: “Everything Everywhere All at Once”; “The Banshees of ...

  • 68 dead, 4 missing after plane crashes in gorge near Nepal resort town

    68 dead, 4 missing after plane crashes in gorge near Nepal resort town

    Jan 15, 2023 08:50 PM EST

    ... scene. The Russian Ambassador to Nepal, Alexei Novikov, confirmed the death of four Russian citizens who were on board the plane. Omar Guiterrez, governor of Argentina’s Neuquen province, reported on his official Twitter account that an Argentine passanger on the flight was Jannet Palavecino from his province. The Facebook ...

  • While Africa's sports betting industry grows, many worry about who will lose

    While Africa's sports betting industry grows, many worry about who will lose

    Dec 16, 2022 03:48 PM EST

    ... students, casual laborers and others of the urban poor, he said. WATCH: From marijuana legalization to minimum wage, how state laws are changing in 2020 Argentina's loss to Saudi Arabia was so unexpected that gamblers came in to collect winnings without checking the results, Mugisa said. "That game caused ...