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Instagram started hiding “likes” on its platform in Australia, Brazil, and several other major markets Thursday, saying it wanted to ease pressure on users, following criticism about its impacts on mental health. The Facebook-owned social media giant’s trial changes mean users in the six countries will no longer be able …

Lionel Messi could face an international ban of up to two years after branding the Copa America “corrupt” following his red card in Argentina’s third-place play-off against Chile at the weekend. Messi was sent off for just the second time in his career as Argentina beat Chile 2-1, and later …

Argentina is investigating what caused a massive power cut that hit nearly 50 million people. President Mauricio Macri called the outage “unprecedented”, promising a thorough inquiry. Almost all of Argentina, neighboring Uruguay and some areas of Paraguay woke up to darkness on Sunday. The disruption hit public transport while hospitals …

At least 40 prisoners in Brazil were found strangled to death on Monday in four jails in the Amazon jungle city of Manaus, where a fight between rival prison gangs resulted in 15 dead the day before, authorities said. A federal task force is being sent to Manaus in an …

Venezuela is reopening its borders with Brazil and the Caribbean island of Aruba, Venezuela’s Economy Vice President Tareck El Aissami said on Friday, though Aruba’s government said it did not consider a re-opening “opportune.” The government of President Nicolas Maduro shut those borders in February amid an opposition campaign to …

Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday said that fractures within the Venezuelan army could lead to the “collapse” of Nicolas Maduro’s socialist government. “The information that we have is that there is a fracture that is getting closer and closer to the leadership of the (Venezuelan) armed forces,” Bolsonaro said …

Around 12 million hectares of forest in the world’s tropical regions were lost in 2018, equivalent to 30 football fields per minute. While this represents a decline in 2016 and 2017, it is still the fourth highest rate of loss since records began in 2001. Of particular concern is the …

Peru’s former president Alan Garcia shot himself early on Wednesday after police arrived at his home in the capital Lima to arrest him in connection with a bribery investigation, a police source said. Garcia, 69, was immediately taken to the Casimiro Ulloa hospital, said the source, who was not authorized …

Brazilian wildlife experts have been left baffled after discovering a dead humpback whale in the Amazon rainforest. The 10-ton mammal was found in the jungle undergrowth on the island of Marajo, which sits at the mouth of the Amazon River. Although scientists presume the enormous creature was hurled onshore during …

As Brazilians pay homage to the victims of a recent dam collapse in the country’s south, a newly released video footage shows the shocking moment of the horrific incident and the ensuing powerful wave of waste that began sweeping over everything in its path. The footage, published on Friday, showed …

Mining giant Vale says it will curb dividends for shareholders and halt bonuses for managers. Its statement comes as it starts to investigate the dam breach in Brazil which killed 58 people. It is also setting up a committee to offer help to the victims. Rescue teams searching for 300 …