Americas News
Mexico to open state-run oil fields to foreign investment for first time in 75 years
Mexico's Senate has approved a measure to open the state-run oil fields to foreign investment for the first time in 75 years. The measure would...
Juscelino Kubitschek murdered by Brazil’s military regime
Brazil’s ex-president Juscelino Kubitschek was murdered by the 1970s military regime, an investigative commission has found. The Sao Paulo truth commission, a group of councilors...
Venezuela local elections 2013: Nicolas Maduro’s socialist party ahead in polls
According to Venezuela’s National Electoral Council, the governing United Socialist Party (USP) has won the greatest share of the vote in Sunday's local elections. With...
Nicolas Maduro signs decree controlling car prices in Venezuela
President Nicolas Maduro has signed a decree controlling the price of new and second-hand cars in Venezuela. New cars are currently hard to find, and...
Nicolas Maduro: Caracas power outage caused by right-wing saboteurs
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro has said he has proof that Monday's massive power cut in the capital Caracas and other cities was caused by...
Cuba: Heavy rain kills two people in Havana
Heavy rain has lashed Cuba since Friday, flooding streets and leaving at least two people dead. A number of buildings have collapsed in the capital,...
Major blaze at Oscar Niemeyer’s Latin America Memorial building in Sao Paulo
Brazilian firefighters have fought a major blaze at Sao Paulo’s landmark building designed by architect Oscar Niemeyer. A large plume of smoke billowed from the...
Honduras election 2013: Juan Orlando Hernandez wins presidential poll
Juan Orlando Hernandez has been declared the winner of Sunday’s presidential poll in Honduras. "Today's figures indicate clearly that the winner of the election is...
Argentina agrees to compensate Repsol for YPF nationalization
Argentina has agreed in principle to compensate Spain's Repsol for the nationalization of energy firm YPF. Argentina seized YPF last year without paying anything. The...
Honduras presidential election 2013: Xiomara Castro and Juan Orlando Hernandez both claim victory
Both main candidates in the presidential election in Honduras are claiming victory. With 42% of votes declared, the conservative Juan Orlando Hernandez leads with 34.15%,...
Venezuela: Henrique Capriles urges supporters to vote in upcoming local elections
Henrique Capriles - Venezuela's opposition leader - has told a crowd of supporters not to feel intimidated and to vote in upcoming local elections. Speaking...
Mensalao scandal: Brazil starts jailing senior figures in country’s biggest corruption trial
Brazil has started to jail senior figures convicted in the “Mensalao” (big monthly allowance), the country's biggest corruption trial. The Supreme Court issued arrest orders...
Nicolas Maduro nears special powers as Venezuela’s president
Venezuela's National Assembly has helped President Nicolas Maduro to move closer to decree powers. Under the new measures Venezuela’s president would be able to govern...
Joao Goulart’s remains to be exhumed in Brazil
Former Brazilian President Joao Goulart’s remains will be exhumed on Wednesday to establish whether he died of natural causes or was poisoned. Joao Goulart, widely...
Nicolas Maduro announces early Christmas season in Venezuela
President Nicolas Maduro announced the Christmas season would come early in Venezuela and holiday bonuses would be issued in November. Nicolas Maduro said state workers...
Machu Picchu claimed by Peruvian sisters
Peruvian sisters Roxana and Victoria Abril are claiming to be the rightful owners of the land on which the UNESCO World Heritage site Machu...
Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner allowed to return to work
Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has received medical clearance from doctors to return to work. A month ago Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner underwent surgery...
Venezuela: Nicolas Maduro orders Daka shops seizure
President Nicolas Maduro has ordered their seizure of Daka chain of shops in Venezuela. Hundreds of bargain hunters flocked to Daka shops hoping to find...
Cuba orders privately-run cinemas closure
Cuban government has ordered the immediate closure of dozens of privately-run cinemas and video-game salons. The government said the cinemas were never authorized, and that...
Germany and Brazil submit anti-spying draft resolution at UN
Brazil and Germany have asked the UN General Assembly to adopt a draft resolution calling for the right to privacy in the digital age. The...
Argentina parliamentary election 2013
Argentina is voting for legislative election - a key test for President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. The mid-term elections will determine how much control left-leaning...
Cuba to eliminate dual-currency system in latest financial reform
Cuba has decided to eliminate its dual-currency system in the latest financial reform rolled out by President Raul Castro, official media report. Since 1994 Cuba...
Venezuela downs two planes suspected of drug trafficking
Venezuela has announced two light aircrafts have been shot down after entering the country's airspace over the weekend. These were the first mid-air attacks by...
Edward Snowden leaks: Mexico condemns alleged US spying on President Felipe Calderon
Mexico’s foreign ministry has strongly condemned alleged US spying after a report said that former President Felipe Calderon's emails were hacked by the National...
Buenos Aires train crash leaves at least 35 people injured
A commuter train in Buenos Aires, Argentina, has crashed at the end of the line, leaving at least 35 people injured. The train failed to...
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