Americas News
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...
Cuba removes exit permits for travelling abroad
Cuba has announced it is removing the need for its citizens to obtain exit permits before travelling abroad. State media said the move, to come...
Cuban refugees die near Mexico’s Isla Mujeres
An improvised raft carrying 23 Cuban refugees has sunk as it approached Mexican island Isla Mujeres near the popular resort of Cancun. Two people have...
Heriberto Lazcano’s body stolen by an armed gang
The body of Heriberto Lazcano, the leader of Mexican drug cartel Los Zetas who was killed in a shootout with marines, has been stolen...
Hugo Chavez wins Venezuela’s presidential election
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez has won a fourth term in office, after opposition leader Henrique Capriles admitted defeat. Hugo Chavez won 54% of the vote,...
Venezuela presidential election: Hugo Chavez vs. Henrique Capriles
Venezuelan voters are set to go to the polls in what is predicted to be the country's most tightly contested presidential election in a...
Latin America economies slow in 2012
Latin America will grow at a slower pace than 2011, primarily due to weaker growth in Argentina and Brazil, a United Nations report has...
Venezuela election: huge Caracas rally for opposition candidate Henrique Capriles
More than 100,000 people gathered in Venezuela's capital, Caracas, in support of opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles. Henrique Capriles criticized President Hugo Chavez for what...
Venezuela election: two opposition politicians killed during a campaign rally
Two opposition politicians have been killed in Venezuela during a campaign rally, a week before the country's presidential election. Geison Valero belonged to the opposition...
Google Brazil takes down controversial video that led to Fabio Jose Silva Coelho detention
Fabio Jose Silva Coelho, president of Google operations in Brazil, has said the company will take down a controversial YouTube video that led to...
Sao Paolo, the city with 112 miles traffic jam
Sao Paolo, Brazil's biggest city, has some of the worst congestion problems in the world. Friday evenings are a commuter's worst nightmare in Sao Paulo. That's...
Brazil: lorry driver survives after Chavantes bridge plunge
A lorry driver in southern Brazil had a miraculous escape when his vehicle skidded over the guard rail as he crossed Chavantes bridge linking the...
Daniel “Crazy” Barrera, Colombia’s drug baron, captured in Venezuela
Daniel Barrera, one of Colombia's most notorious drug traffickers, has been captured in Venezuela. Daniel Barrera, known as "Crazy Barrera", was captured in San Cristobal...
Mexico mass jailbreak: more than 130 prisoners on the run near Texas border
More than 130 prisoners are on the run in Mexico after a mass breakout from Coahuila jail close to the US border. The inmates escaped...
Guatemala: Fuego Volcano eruption forcing thousands to evacuate
Thousands of people have been evacuated in Guatemala after the Fuego volcano started spewing ash and lava. Volcanologists said powerful eruptions were catapulting burning rocks...
Nicaragua’s San Cristobal volcano erupts: about 3,000 people evacuated
About 3,000 people are being evacuated in Nicaragua from areas near the San Cristobal volcano, which is spewing ash and gas, the government says. Soldiers...
Costa Rica: powerful 7.6 magnitude earthquake triggers tsunami warning
A 7.6-magnitude earthquake has rocked the north-western part of Costa Rica triggering a tsunami warning, the US Geological Survey said. A tsunami warning is in...
Godmother of Cocaine Griselda Blanco shot dead by motorcycle assassin in Colombia
Griselda Blanco, a ruthless drug smuggler known as the “Godmother of Cocaine” who was jailed in the U.S. for three chilling murders, has been...
Hugo Chavez orders Amuay refinery blast investigation
President Hugo Chavez has ordered an urgent investigation to find the cause of a huge explosion at Venezuela's biggest oil refinery. The death toll after...
Venezuela’s Amuay refinery explosion kills at least 19 people
At least 19 people have been killed and more than 50 injured in an explosion at Amuay plant, Venezuela's biggest oil refinery, local governor...
More than 16,000 dried seahorses seized in Peru
More than 16,000 dried seahorses which were to be exported illegally to Asian countries have been seized by police in Peru. Seahorse powder is used...
Machu Picchu airport plans unveiled in Peru
Peruvian President Ollanta Humala has unveiled plans for a new airport near Cusco which he says will boost tourism to the Inca ruins of...
Eduardo Leite survives after six-foot steel rod pierced his head
Eduardo Leite, a Brazilian construction worker, has survived after a 2 m (six-foot) steel rod fell from above and pierced his head, doctors who...
Dog Amanda rescues her ten-day-old puppies from a blazing home
Touching pictures of a mother dog rescuing her ten-day-old puppies from a house fire and carrying them to safety have emerged on the internet. The...
Peru’s President Ollanta Humala renews poverty vow marking his first year in office
Peruvian President Ollanta Humala has marked his first year in office by pledging to increase social spending to help the country's poorest people. In the...
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