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With the United States and European countries preoccupied with their domestic efforts to curb COVID-19 outbreaks, China has supplied Latin American nations with planeloads of medical supplies, teams of experts and scores of photo ops for overwhelmed local leaders. (Associated Press)

China helps Latin America survive COVID-19 crisis

By Frederic Puglie - Special to The Washington Times

Argentina delays payment on dollar-denominated debt

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Beds sit inside a classroom of a primary school inside the Sambadrome, repurposed as a shelter to house the homeless amid the spread of the new coronavirus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, March 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Brazil’s Carnival beat fades, making way for virus shelter

By MARCELO DE SOUSA and DIARLEI RODRIGUES - Associated Press

In this March 5, 2020 photo, Diana Zurco smiles during a rehearsal for her debut as the country’s first transgender newscaster, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Her job as a co-anchor of Public Television's prime time evening news program is a milestone for an excluded community that is often the target of violence and has a life expectancy roughly half that of the rest of the population. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

Argentine television gets its first transgender news anchor

By DEBORA REY - Associated Press

In this Nov. 19, 2019 photo, Associated Press video journalist poses for a portrait in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Byrne, a seasoned video journalist at The Associated Press who has directed reporting on civil unrest, economic instability and other major stories in Latin America, will lead video coverage as the AP's Deputy News Director for Newsgathering for Latin America and the Caribbean. (AP Photo/Leo La Valle)

Paul Byrne named AP’s deputy news director in Latin America

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Abuse victims look to Vatican after UN meetings in Geneva

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

Soccer player Mara Gomez poses for a portrait at her home in La Plata, Argentina, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. Gomez is a transgender woman who is limited to only training with her women's professional soccer team, Villa San Carlos. She is waiting for confirmation from the Argentina Football Association (AFA) she can play. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Transgender woman poised to make Argentine soccer history

By DEBORA REY - Associated Press

Members of political parties and social movements protest the visit of an International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation, one with a sign that reads in Spanish &quot;Get out of Argentina IMF. No to the debt payment,&quot; in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020. Argentina announced Tuesday that it will delay paying principal on a peso-denominated bond that had been due this week while it works on restructuring an overall debt it says is unpayable at a time of economic hardship. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)

Argentina and IMF discuss debt in shadow of 2001 crisis

By DÉBORA REY and CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA - Associated Press

Argentina delays payment on bond principal

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Fabiola Yanez, partner of Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez, smiles during a private audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican, Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. (Remo Casilli/Pool Photo via AP)

Pope chats at Vatican with president of Argentine homeland

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Demonstrators protest in front of Congress as lawmakers debate a foreign debt restructuring bill in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020. Lawmakers began discussing the bill to restructure the country's external public debt which officials say is unpayable amid a deep recession and has reawakened old fears of financial crises. The sign reads in Spanish &quot;Don't pay the foreign debt. IMF get out.&quot; (AP Photo/Daniel Jayo)

Argentina debates debt restructuring, reawakening old fears

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In this Monday Jan. 13, 2020 photo, Asian elephant Mara sticks her trunk through the bars of her enclosure at the former city zoo now known as Ecopark in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Mara will leave her enclosure and be moved to a special sanctuary in Brazil, but before her trip to the neighboring country expected to take place in March, the 55-year-old is undergoing a training process to prepare her for confinement during the 2,500 kilometers road trip, that will last two or three days. (AP Photo/Daniel Jayo)

Mara the elephant to leave Argentina for Brazil sanctuary

By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA - Associated Press

Manchester City's Sergio Aguero celebrates after scoring his side's sixth goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Aston Villa and Manchester City at Villa Park in Birmingham, England, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira)

Humble Aguero still the standard bearer for strikers in EPL

By STEVE DOUGLAS - Associated Press

Iranian accused in 1994 Argentina bombing steps into debate

By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA - Associated Press

At each end of Pacific, skepticism over China farm purchases

By JOSH FUNK and PAUL WISEMAN and JOE McDONALD - Associated Press

Former Argentine cop extradited from France for killing

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Bolivia's former President Evo Morales pumps his fist after a press conference at the journalists club in Mexico City, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019. Morales went into exile in Mexico after he was prodded by police and the military, forcing him to resigned on Nov. 10, after he claimed victory in an election that international observers invited in by the government said was marred by numerous irregularities. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Former Bolivian leader Morales moves to Argentina

By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA - Associated Press

President-elect Alberto Fernandez flashes a victory sign as he drives to Congress to take the oath of office in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Marcos Brindicci)

Alberto Fernández inaugurated as president of Argentina

By DÉBORA REY and ALMUDENA CALATRAVA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2019 file photo, Argentina's President-elect Alberto Fernandez gestures to supporters as he arrives to give a talk on the challenges facing Latin America, hosted by Mexico's National Autonomous University in Mexico City. Fernandez becomes president of Argentina on Tuesday Dic. 10, returning the country's Peronist political movement to power amid an economic crisis and rising poverty. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

AP Explains: Peronism returns in Argentina amid crisis

By DEBORA REY - Associated Press

Relatives of passengers of a missing military plane arrive at the Cerrillos airbase in Santiago, Chile, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019. Chile's air force said it lost radio contact with a C-130 Hercules transport plane carrying 38 people on a flight to the country's base in Antarctica, and authorities are indicating they are not optimistic about the aircraft's fate. (AP Photo/Luis Hidalgo)

Chile combs Antarctic for missing plane with 38 aboard

By PATRICIA LUNA and MAURICIO CUEVAS - Associated Press