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"They've already got their hooks in the critical infrastructure and that's my biggest concern as a military commander," General Laura Richardson tells Newsweek.

"The boy's eye shone brighter than the precious metal, and a feeling of luck and joy took over the environment," a statement from the child's school read.

Researchers say they have found evidence that giant sloth bones were modified by prehistoric humans in central Brazil 25,000 to 27,000 years ago.

Police said the man had been dead for approximately 20 days before officers found him.

The man and his work colleague were attacked while on a farm.

The incident occurred in a region of Argentina that is experiencing drought conditions.

Only a few dozen cases of human tails have been recorded in the medical literature.

The 17-year-old went out to collect wild mushrooms with his family, who also consumed the fungi.

The man received an injection at the hospital to treat the pain in his tooth but woke up that night paralyzed and unable to feel his arms or legs.

Researchers have identified 17 extinct shark and ray species that lived in the same ecosystem around 58 million to 56 million years ago.

A local official said the 63-year-old woman "became nervous while performing a maneuver," resulting in a dramatic collision.

The enormous pile of clothing, which contains discarded items from all over the world, is in the Atacama Desert, one of the driest places on Earth.

President Guillermo Lasso was facing possible impeachment over charges of embezzlement but has now dissolved the country's National Assembly.

The Nevado del Ruiz volcano, which was responsible for one of the deadliest volcanic eruptions of the 20th century, has been showing signs of activity.

Researchers have described two new plant species that live high in the mountains and use an unusual method to trap their unsuspecting prey.

Honduras needs help now more than ever.

The 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck a southern province in Ecuador and was also felt in Peru, leaving casualties in both countries.

These strange clouds come in either open-cell or closed-cell forms, which differ in their longevity and amount of rain produced.

The extreme Right, in Brazil and abroad, remains a serious threat to democracy worldwide.

Argentina—once one of the richest countries in the world—has become a corrupt, impoverished, rent-seeking society with chronic inflation of over 100 percent a year.

A GoFundMe page has since been set up to help Paul Nguyen's family pay for his body to be repatriated and funeral expenses.

It will take years, decades even, for Brazil to recover.

The body of the 11-foot male American crocodile was taken from a lagoon in Belize to be buried.

It took a few years, but U.S. policy is now catching up with the reality that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro isn't going anywhere.

What happens in Brazil and the U.S. impacts the world for generations to come.

The woman had been traveling in Central and South America when she was infected with botfly larvae, which emerged from her skin five weeks later.

The Venezuelan diaspora living in the United States could be considered a microcosm of the country's harshly divided political landscape and its corresponding social and racial categories.

Chileans went to the polls Sunday to reject, by a margin of more than 20 percentage points, a proposed new constitution.

The bust has prevented the consumption of nearly 8 million doses of cocaine worldwide.

Gone are the days of Chile being Latin America's oasis of tranquility.