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Lopez Obrador urges Spain and the Vatican to apologize for abuses during the conquest; Madrid strongly rejects
The Mexican president has sent a letter to Spain's King Felipe VI and Pope Francis urging them to apologize for human rights abuses committed during the conquest of the region. Andrés Manuel López Obrador said the indigenous peoples of Mexico had been the vi...
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Politics
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- Bolsonaro: Brazil owes nothing to the world regarding the environment
- Thousands of Argentines recall the March 1976 coup and demand punishment for human rights abuses
- Prince Charles, first member of the royal family to visit Cuba officially
Economy
- IADB annual meeting cancelled after China refused to allow a Venezuelan opposition representative attend
- UK and US markets tumble on fears of a global slowdown
- Temer's arrest and military pensions' reform brings down Brazilian stock market and weakens currency
- Brazil's Vale allegedly quashed efforts to audit the dam that killed 300 people
Agriculture
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- Brazilian agri-business group files for bankruptcy protection: US$ 127m debt
- The Falkland Islands states its position: Preparing for Brexit
- Brazil farm minister not satisfied with US promises of market opening for fresh beef
Environment
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- A 12 sq. km lagoon, one hour's drive from Santiago, goes completely dry
- Hundreds killed by cyclone Idai in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi
- Dead whale with 40 kilos of plastic in its stomach found off the Philippines coast
Entertainment
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- South Georgia issues commemorative coins on Queen Victoria's bicentenary anniversary
- Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay re-launch bid for 2030 World Cup
- Ocean sunfish washed up on an Australian beach becomes viral
Health & Science
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- Falklands to undertake a lifestyle and overall health survey
- US and Brazil reach space accord to be signed next week when Bolsonaro visits Washington
- Internet inventor says the web is “plunging downwards to a dysfunctional future”
Tourism
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- Helicopters rescuing passengers from cruise with failed engine off Norway
- Philip Morris Canadian branch on creditor protection following a Quebec class action ruling
- Falklands launches procurement process and issues tender for a new port facility
