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    This frame grab from video shows wreckage from a plane that crashed by a home in Vinhedo, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. (Felipe Magalhaes Filho via AP)

    Brazilian airliner crashes, killing all 62 on board

    Video shared on social media showed what appeared to be an ATR-made plane spinning out of control as it plunged to the ground.

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    July

    A protester runs past a police motorbike set on fire during demonstrations against the official election results declaring President Nicolas Maduro’s re-election.

    Protests erupt in Venezuela as nations denounce election result

    The US and countries around the world denounced the official results of Sunday’s vote, which did not appear to match statistical estimates based on partial counts.

    • Frances Robles, Jack Nicas and Alejandro Cegarra
    President Nicolas Maduro addresses supporters gathered outside the Miraflores presidential palace after electoral authorities declared him the winner.

    Maduro declared winner in Venezuela’s disputed presidential election

    Nicolás Maduro will face the challenge of legitimising the vote to his people and the rest of the world, given his government’s history of repression and fraudulent elections.

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    • Patricia Laya and Andreina Itriago Acosta

    June

    Police clear the streets during clashes with anti-government protesters outside the Argentinian Congress in Buenos Aires.

    Argentine Senate passes Milei reform bill as protests rage outside

    The bill is key to overhauling an embattled economy, and includes plans for privatising public firms, granting special powers to the president and spurring investment.

    • Nicolás Misculin and Eliana Raszewski