Americas News
Actor Tiago Klimeck playing Judas dies from accidental hanging
Brazilian actor Tiago Klimeck has died after accidentally hanging himself while playing Judas in an Easter Passion play. Tiago Klimeck, 27, was enacting the suicide...
Princess Cruises apologizes for ignoring a Panama fishing boat adrift in the Pacific Ocean
American company Princess Cruises says it deeply regrets that one of its ships failed to stop to help a fishing boat adrift in the...
Argentina will nationalize country’s biggest oil company YPF owned by Repsol
Argentina has decided to nationalize a controlling interest in country’s biggest oil company YPF owned by Spanish firm Repsol. President Cristina Fernandez said a bill...
Hugo Chavez returns to Cuba for more radiotherapy
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez has returned to Cuba for more radiotherapy to treat a recurrence of his cancer. Hugo Chavez announced his departure from Caracas...
Fidel Castro and Pope Benedict XVI historical meeting in Havana
Pope Benedict XVI and the former Cuban leader Fidel Castro had a meeting today for the first time after the Pontiff saying mass in...
Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Cuba for a three-day visit
Pope Benedict XVI has arrived in Cuba for a three-day visit - the first papal visit to the communist-run island in 14 years. The Pontiff,...
Hugo Chavez returns to Cuba for further radiotherapy
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez is returning to Cuba for further radiotherapy treatment for cancer. Hugo Chavez had surgery in Cuba last month to remove a...
Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Mexico in his first visit to Spanish-speaking Latin America
Pope Benedict XVI has arrived in Mexico, being greeted by thousands in central city of Guanajuato, and welcomed by President Felipe Calderon. The Pope is...
Mexico: 7.4 earthquake hits Oaxaca and Mexico City damaging 800 houses
A large earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 struck near Acapulco on Mexico's Pacific coast on Tuesday, sending terrified workers and residents running into...
Avaaz.org – Donate to stop rape and murder for profit
Dear friends, When security forces of a Canadian mining company brutally evicted Mayan families from their villages in Guatemala, eleven women were raped, a...
Breakthrough heroine vaccine to be tested on humans in Mexico
A group of Mexican researchers is working on a vaccine that could reduce addiction to one of the world's most notorious narcotics: heroin. If all...
Buenos Aires train crash UPDATE: 49 deaths and at least 600 injured people
Argentine officials confirms 49 people have been killed and at least 600 injured in the worst train crash in the country in the last...
Argentina: at least 340 people injured in a train crash at a station in Buenos Aires
At least 340 people have been injured in a commuter train crash at a station in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The train is reported to have...
Mexico: 38 inmates killed in a gang fight at Apodaca prison
At least 38 inmates have died in Apodaca prison riot in northern Mexico. Security officials said the inmates had either forced or bribed a number...
Cordao do Bola Preta 2012 gathered 2.2 million revelers in Rio de Janeiro
Cordao do Bola Preta parade, one of Rio de Janeiro's oldest and most popular carnival street parties has attracted a record 2.2 million revelers,...
Honduras: at least 272 prisoners killed in a massive fire at Comayagua jail
At least 272 prisoners have been killed in a massive fire that has swept through a jail in Comayagua, in central Honduras, according to...
Fidel Castro Launched His Memoirs, “Guerrilla of Time”
Fidel Castro, the former Cuban president has made a rare public appearance to launch his memoirs. The book, “Guerrilla of Time”, is almost 1,000 pages...
First detailed pictures of uncontacted Mashco-Piro tribe in Manú National Park from Peru
The incredible pictures of an isolated Amazon tribe are the most detailed ever recorded of a previously uncontacted Indian tribe in the remote forests...
6.3 earthquake hit the central coastline of Peru
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 hit Peru's central coastline, the US Geological Survey (USGS) says. The quake hit just after midnight (05:00...
Brazil: two high-rise buildings have collapsed in Rio de Janeiro
Streets in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, have been filled with masonry and cars have been covered with debris after two buildings - one nearly...
Buenos Aires: Union flags burned outside the UK embassy in protest over Falkland Islands dispute
Around 100 left-wing activists have protested by burning Union flags outside the British embassy in Buenos Aires on Friday to demand Argentina break off diplomatic...
FIFA says beer MUST be sold at 2014 World Cup in Brazil
Football's world governing body, FIFA, has insisted beer must be sold at all venues hosting matches in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. FIFA General...
Big Brother Brazil: housemate Monique Amin raped live on TV after alcohol-fueled party
A housemate on Brazil's Big Brother reality show has been raped live on TV, it has been alleged. Brazilian police today confirmed they had begun...
US expelled Venezuela’s Miami consul over possible cyber-attacks
The US State Department has declared Livia Acosta Noguera, Venezuela's consul general in Miami, persona non grata and says she must leave the country...
World’s tallest suspension bridge opened in Mexico
Baluarte Bicentennial Bridge, the world's tallest suspension bridge, was opened in Mexico Thursday, spanning a ravine higher than New York's Empire State building and...
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