Americas News
Venezuela prays for Hugo Chavez health
Venezuela’s cabinet ministers got together to pray for the recovery of President Hugo Chavez, who is in Cuba recovering from cancer operation. They took part...
Hugo Chavez suffers new complications after cancer operation in Cuba
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez has suffered "new complications" after a cancer operation in Cuba, his vice-president Nicolas Maduro has said. In a televised address from...
Rubbish Orchestra: Landfill Harmonic documentary shows how Paraguayan kids make orchestra out of trash
An orchestra of young musicians from a Paraguayan slum has been touring South America, using instruments constructed entirely from recycled materials. They pulled them from...
Bolivia brings two Spanish-owned electricity supply companies under state control
Bolivia has decided to bring two Spanish-owned electricity supply companies under state control. President Evo Morales accused the subsidiaries of the Spanish company, Iberdrola, of...
Hugo Chavez’s health status improved after cancer surgery
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez has improved after a cancer operation in Cuba and has started walking and exercising, country's Vice-President Nicolas Maduro has said. Nicolas...
Elisany da Cruz Silva, the world’s tallest girl, towers boyfriend as they enjoy romantic walk on Brazilian beach
Elisany da Cruz Silva, the world's tallest teenage girl, walks hands in hands with her boyfriend on a Brazilian beach, the picture of young...
Copahue volcano eruption alert in Chile and Argentina
The authorities in Argentina and Chile have issued an alert over increased activity at the Copahue volcano, which has begun spewing smoke and gas. Many...
Hugo Chavez cancer surgery successful
Cuban surgeons have successfully operated on Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez to remove cancerous tissue, says his Vice-President Nicolas Maduro. It was the president's fourth cancer-related...
McKeeva Bush, Cayman Islands prime minister, arrested as part of corruption investigation
McKeeva Bush, Cayman Islands prime minister, has been arrested as part of a corruption investigation, local police say. The charges against McKeeva Bush, 57, include...
Hugo Chavez announces new cancer operation and names Nicolas Maduro as possible successor
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez says he will return to Cuba on Sunday for more cancer surgery. Hugo Chavez, 58, only returned on Friday from his...
John McAfee arrested in Guatemala accused of entering the country illegally
John McAfee, the founder of anti-virus software maker McAfee, has been arrested in Guatemala, accused of entering the country illegally. John McAfee, 67, crossed the...
Rio Lagoa Christmas Tree 2012 celebrates the four seasons of the year
Rio might be low on snowmen, reindeer and fireplaces, but it can’t be beat on one Christmas tradition: the famous Lagoa Christmas tree, a...
Enrique Pena Nieto inaugurated as Mexico’s president
Enrique Pena Nieto, Mexico's new president, has been inaugurated amid tight security in the capital Mexico City. He wants to boost economic growth and cut...
Giant anaconda regurgitates a whole cow in Brazil
A giant anaconda regurgitating an entire animal in the Brazilian jungle has become a surprise online hit - despite its gruesome content. Almost 66,000 people...
Maria Santos Gorrostieta beaten to death after surviving two drug gang assassination attempts
Maria Santos Gorrostieta, the former mayor of Mexico’s district Tiquicheo, had survived two assassination attempts which claimed the life of her first husband and...
Mexico should change its official name, says President Felipe Calderon
President Felipe Calderon has sent a bill to congress to change the official name of Mexico. The current name, the United States of Mexico (Estados...
Jose Mujica is the world’s poorest president
It's a common grumble that politicians' lifestyles are far removed from those of their electorate. Not so in Uruguay. Meet the president - who...
Buenos Aires mass protests against Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner government
Thousands of Argentineans have taken to the streets of Buenos Aires in protest at the government of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. Opposition activists used social...
Guatemala earthquake: up to 15 people killed and dozens missing
Dozens of people are missing and up to 15 killed in Guatemala after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit off the Pacific coast, President Otto Perez...
Hurricane Sandy strengthens and hits Cuba
Hurricane Sandy has strengthened into a strong category two as it makes landfall in south-east Cuba. The hurricane was carrying maximum sustained winds of 110...
Panama cancels Colon duty-free land sale after deadly clashes
Panama's President Ricardo Martinelli says he cancels plans to sell off state-owned land in the duty-free zone of Colon, after violent protests. Three people have...
Fidel Castro publishes article criticizing health rumors
Fidel Castro has written a strongly-worded article condemning persistent rumors that he is on his death bed. The 86-year-old attacked international media "lies", and published...
Fidel Castro appears in public for the first time in months
Fidel Castro has appeared in public for the first time in months, refuting persistent rumors that he was gravely ill. Staff at a top hotel...
Brazilian newspapers ban Google News from using their online content
Brazilian newspapers accounting for 90% of the circulation in the country have abandoned Google News. Brazil's National Association of Newspapers says all 154 members had...
Fidel Castro has suffered a massive stroke
Fidel Castro has suffered a massive stroke and has only weeks to live, a doctor has claimed. Jose Rafael Marquina said the 86-year-old revolutionary Cuban...
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