Americas News

Venezuela to fingerprint shoppers to combat food shortages and smuggling

A mandatory fingerprinting system will placed in Venezuela’s supermarkets to combat food shortages and smuggling, President Nicolas Maduro has announced.…

10 years ago

Marina Silva to run for Brazil’s presidency

Marina Silva has been formally named as the Brazilian Socialist Party’s new presidential candidate. Environmental campaigner Marina Silva, 56, replaces…

10 years ago

Pope Francis’ relatives killed in Argentina car crash

Three relatives of Pope Francis have been killed when their car slammed into the back of a truck on a…

10 years ago

Oscar Romero: Pope Francis lifts beatification ban on Salvador’s archbishop

Pope Francis has lifted a ban the Catholic Church put on the beatification of murdered Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero over…

10 years ago

Ricardo Izurieta: Augusto Pinochet successor as Chile’s army commander dies aged 71

Ricardo Izurieta, Chile’s ex-army commander, has passed away at his home aged 71. Gen. Ricardo Izurieta succeeded Augusto Pinochet as…

10 years ago

Brazil elections 2014: Marina Silva to replace late presidential candidate Eduardo Campos

Marina Silva, Brazil’s ex-environment minister, would replace former presidential candidate Eduardo Campos, who was killed in a plane crash on…

10 years ago

Eduardo Campos plane crash: Black box did not record Brazilian presidential candidate’s flight

According to the Brazilian Air Force (FAB), the black box recovered from the wreckage of the plane crash that killed…

10 years ago

Eduardo Campos dead: Brazil’s presidential candidate dies in plane crash near Santos

Brazil’s presidential candidate Eduardo Campos has died in a plane crash, party members and local officials say. The Brazilian Air…

10 years ago

Argentina default 2014: US mediator accused of incompetency

Argentina is blaming the US for its debt default, calling the mediator in failed talks "incompetent". Cabinet Chief Jorge Capitanich…

10 years ago

US imposes travel restrictions on Venezuela officials

The US government is imposing travel restrictions on a number of Venezuelan officials. Officials did not specify how many people…

10 years ago