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Stan Lehman
Priest missing after being carried aloft by balloons
A Roman Catholic priest who floated off under hundreds of helium party balloons was missing on Monday off the southern coast of Brazil. Rescuers in helicopters and small fishing…
Death toll passes 70 in Brazil’s wave of violence
An unprecedented wave of attacks by a notorious drug gang in South America’s largest city, São Paulo, entered into its fourth day on Monday, with reports of at least 20 more…
Chávez calls on South America to unite
South American nations will have to choose whether they want continental unity or individual trade agreements with the United States — but not both, Venezuelan President Hugo…
Thieves pull off Brazil’s biggest bank robbery
Thieves spent three months tunneling under a busy city avenue in northeastern Brazil to break into a Central Bank vault and pull off one of the world’s biggest heists. The…