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Argentina's Lionel Messi reacts during a World Cup qualifying soccer match against Peru at La Bombonera stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017. Argentina tied the match 0-0 and is almost eliminated from the upcoming World Cup in Russia. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

Get out the calculators: Argentina may miss World Cup

By RICARDO ZUNIGA - Associated Press

A man walks past a fence with graffiti depicting Argentina's soccer legend Diego Maradona in the town of Volkhov, 130 km (80 miles) east of St.Petersburg, Russia, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Brazil is in; Argentina still fighting for a World Cup spot

By STEPHEN WADE and RICARDO ZUNIGA - Associated Press

X-rays done in Texas could help identify mummy from Peru

By JULIE GARCIA - Associated Press

Colombia's Radamel Falcao celebrates after scoring a goal against Brazil during a 2018 World Cup qualifying soccer match in Barranquilla, Colombia, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. The match ended in a 1-1 tie. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)

Colombia gets precious point in 1-1 draw with leading Brazil

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Argentina's Lionel Messi and Uruguay's Luis Suarez pose for pictures wearing the number 20 and 30 as the support the candidacy of Uruguay and Argentina for the 2030 World Cup before a 2018 World Cup qualifying soccer match in Montevideo, Uruguay, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017.(AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Uruguay, Argentina draw 0-0; Brazil wins 9th straight

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Argentina's Lionel Messi attends a training session in preparation for an upcoming 2018 Russia World Cup qualifying soccer match against Uruguay, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, Aug. 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Top Billing in South America: Argentina vs. Uruguay

By RICARDO ZUNIGA and STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

ADVANCE FOR SATURDAY JULY 22 AND THEREAFTER - In a Sunday, July 9, 2017 photo, Derryl Barr of Indianola, Iowa is shown, in Omaha, Neb. Barr is an eclipse chaser, a title he's earned pursuing the rare celestial spectacle in places as far-flung as Russia, Mongolia and Peru. (Sarah Hoffman/Omaha World-Herald via AP)

Iowa eclipse-chaser to see 18th eclipse in Nebraska

By JOE DEJKA - Associated Press

89-year-old Indiana woman goes skydiving for first time

By BEN MIDDELKAMP - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 27, 2015 file photo, Michael Bond, the creator of Paddington Bear, poses with his Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). Publisher HarperCollins says Michael Bond, creator of globe-trotting teddy Paddington bear, died on Tuesday June 27, 2017, aged 91. (John Stillwell/PA via AP)

Paddington bear creator Michael Bond dies at 91

By JILL LAWLESS and DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press

Peru’s human cannonball buys Ringling Bros. train car

By CARSON GERBER - Associated Press

Pope Francis prays in front of the tomb of Don Lorenzo Milani, in Barbiana, near Florence, Italy, Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Pope Francis is making a pilgrimage to northern Italy to honor two 20th-century parish priests, Don Primo Mazzolari and Don Lorenzo Milani, whose commitment to the poor and powerless brought them censure from the Vatican.. (L'Osservatore Romano/Pool Photo via AP)

Pope Francis to visit Chile, Peru in January 2018

By Mary Rezac - Catholic News Agency

City celebrates hometown celebrity during downtown festival

By CARSON GERBER - Associated Press

Oklahoma man gets 5 years in prison in child sex abuse case

Associated Press

In this May 14, 2017 photo, a child rides his bicycle inside a venue that will host baseball, softball, archery and other sports during the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. The quadrennial event, which will attract athletes from Alaska to Argentina, has no sponsors, no marketing and is relying on Peru's national government. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Peru organizes 2019 Pan Am Games in wake of deadly flooding

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

North Dakota agriculture trade delegation to Peru returns

Associated Press

In this photo taken in Feb. 20, 2017, a customs agent observes the arrival of trucks with wood from the Peruvian Amazon at the port of Callao, Peru. Inspections to detect criminal timber harvesting operations were scaled back following the halting of 1,770 metric tons at the Port of Houston in October 2015 in a rare blow against illegal logging. Prosecutions of illicit logging in Peru have barely advanced since, while officials who signed falsified logging permits for years remain on the job. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

AP investigation shows Peru backsliding on illegal logging

By FRANK BAJAK - Associated Press

In this photo taken in Feb. 20, 2017, a customs agent observes the arrival of trucks with wood from the Peruvian Amazon at the port of Callao, Peru. Inspections to detect criminal timber harvesting operations were scaled back following the halting of 1,770 metric tons at the Port of Houston in October 2015 in a rare blow against illegal logging. Prosecutions of illicit logging in Peru have barely advanced since, while officials who signed falsified logging permits for years remain on the job. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Inspector who tried to rein in illegal logging was fired

By FRANK BAJAK - Associated Press

IOC commits to 2024 Olympic meeting in flood-hit Peru

Associated Press

Argentina's Lucas Pratto sits on the pitch during a 2018 World Cup qualifying soccer soccer match against Bolivia in La Paz, Bolivia, on Tuesday, March 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

Brazil 1st to qualify for World Cup, Argentina in danger

By MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press