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Hitler runs for mayor despite threat from Lennin in Peruvian Andes
Hitler hopes to return to power in a small Peruvian town in the Andes, despite a threat from a detractor named Lennin. Campaign slogans reading, "Hitler returns" and "Hitler with the people" have appeared around the highland town of Yungar, where Hitler Alba is seeking ...
A group of Latin American countries signed a resolution on Tuesday urging Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro to accept humanitarian aid to "alleviate" the country's migration crisis. Hundreds of thousands of people have fled an economic collapse in Venezuela that has resulted in food and medicine ...
Brazil sends army to border as Venezuelans flee crisis at home
Brazil said it was sending armed forces to keep order near the Venezuelan border area, while Peru declared a health emergency, as a regional crisis sparked by thousands of Venezuelans fleeing economic collapse escalated Tuesday. In Brazil, where residents rioted and attacked Venezuelan immigrants in ...
Peru declares health emergency at border as exodus out of Venezuela nears 'crisis moment'
Peru on Tuesday declared a health emergency at its northern border as thousands of Venezuelans, fleeing economic crisis and hunger at home, continued to stream into the country despite tightening entry requirements. In a decree published in the government's official gazette, Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra ...
100 Venezuelan migrants in Peru accept government offer for free flight home
Nearly one hundred Venezuelan migrants in Peru are making an unexpected journey home after deciding to take up their government's offer of a free flight back instead of continuing to eke out a living in a foreign land. With packed suitcases in hand, the migrants ...
Venezuelan migration crisis: How it affects other South American countries
Venezuela has seen a mass exodus of citizens fleeing poverty, hyperinflation, failing public services and shortages of basic necessities. Here is a look at how this situation came about and its impact not just on the country, but also on South America as a whole: What ...
Ecuador eases passage for fleeing Venezuelans; destination Peru set to tighten border controls
Ecuador opened a "humanitarian corridor" and lifted its entry restrictions on the masses of Venezuelans escaping a free-falling economy and streaming toward Peru on Friday, hours before Lima tightened its border controls. Interior Minister Mauro Toscanini said there were 35 busloads of migrants on the ...
Colombia to seek U.N. help in dealing with Venezuelan migrant crisis after over million enter
Colombia is asking the United Nations to intervene as it steps up efforts to manage the Venezuelan migrant crisis, Foreign Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo said on Wednesday. "We're going to continue to request the appointment of a special envoy ... to coordinate a multilateral action ...
Camera-toting robots help find new tunnels at 3,000-year-old temple in Peruvian Andes
Small, camera-carrying robots helped archaeologists in Peru discover three new underground passageways holding ceramics, tools and human remains at the more than 3,000 year-old Chavin de Huantar temple in the Andes, Peru's culture ministry said. The robots, remote-controlled all-terrain vehicles carrying lights and cameras, were ...
Peru-bound Venezuelans flood into Ecuador, defying passport rules in race before curbs kick in
More than 200 Venezuelans crossed the border illegally into Ecuador on Tuesday, fleeing a deepening economic and political crisis at home in a desperate race to get to Peru before new entry restrictions kick in on Saturday. This year 423,000 Venezuelans have entered Ecuador through ...
A rare rodent species known as a bamboo rat that lives around the Inca ruins at Machu Picchu in Peru has resurfaced after a decade of absence and been photographed for the first time. A specimen of the rodent Dactylomis peruanus was spotted by guards ...
Ecuador and Peru tighten entry requirements for Venezuelans as influx swells
Venezuelans entering Ecuador and Peru will soon be required to show their passports, rather than national identity cards, the Ecuadorean government and Peruvian official sources said on Thursday, amid concerns over an influx of economic migrants. Ecuador and Peru have hitherto allowed Venezuelans to enter ...
