Americas News
Costa Rica presidential election 2014: Johnny Araya vs. Jose Maria Villalta
Costa Rica is voting to choose a successor to President Laura Chinchilla. The governing party's Johnny Araya, a former mayor of San Jose, is expected...
El Salvador presidential election 2014: Salvador Sanchez Ceren vs. Norman Quijano
El Salvador is voting to elect a new president. The main rivals are current Vice-President Salvador Sanchez Ceren of the left-wing FMLN party and Norman...
Colombia: Modelo prison fire leaves 10 inmates dead in Barranquilla
At least ten inmates died and 42 others were injured in a fire at Modelo prison in the Colombian city of Barranquilla, police say. Some...
Anti-World Cup protest: Brazil police arrest 128 people in Sao Paulo
Sao Paulo police say they have detained 128 people during clashes that followed a demonstration against this year's football World Cup in Brazil. A car...
Cuban dissident Jose Daniel Ferrer arrested after meeting European diplomats in Havana
Leading dissident Jose Daniel Ferrer has been arrested after meeting European diplomats in Havana, pro-democracy activists in Cuba say. The activists said they did not...
Venezuela tightens foreign currency controls
Venezuela’s government has announced measures to address the country’s foreign currency crisis and boost the economy. Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez says Venezuelans travelling abroad will...
Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner dismisses speculation about her health in first public speech
Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has made her first public appearance in six weeks, ending a long silence that led to questions about...
Argentina introduces restrictions on online shopping
Argentina has restricted online shopping as part of efforts to stop foreign currency reserves from falling any further. According to new conditions, anyone buying items...
Nicolas Maduro accuses telenovelas of spreading anti-values
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro accuses the “telenovelas” (TV soap operas) of spreading "anti-values" to young people by glamorizing violence, guns and drugs. The criticism follows...
Rio de Janeiro: Christ the Redeemer statue damaged by lightning strike
Rio de Janeiro's iconic Christ the Redeemer (Cristo Redentor) statue has been damaged by a lightning strike. The thumb on the right hand of the...
Michoacán conflict: Mexico deploys troops to take over security
Mexico’s government has announced that federal troops will take over security in Michoacán, an area where vigilante groups and a drugs cartel are clashing. The...
Monica Spear death: Venezuela targets corrupt police officers
Venezuela's Interior Minister Miguel Rodriguez Torres has given out his personal mobile phone number on live television, and urged police officers to call him...
US open to build a new relationship with Cuba
The US is "very open" to building a new relationship with Cuba, a senior American official has said. However, Edward Alex Lee of the US...
Argentina: Lightning strike kills three people on Villa Gesell beach
Three people have been killed and more than 20 injured following a lightning strike on Villa Gesell beach, Argentina. Reports from Villa Gesell, south-east of...
Nicolas Maduro: Monica Spear assassination was targeted hit
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro suggested Wednesday that the murder of former beauty queen Monica Spear and her ex-husband Thomas Berry was a targeted hit...
Piranha attack leaves 70 people badly injured in Argentina
About 70 people were injured in Argentina on Christmas Day, when a swarm of carnivorous fish attacked at a beach near the city of...
Chaparrastique volcano eruption sparks evacuations in El Salvador
Thousands of people in eastern El Salvador are leaving their homes after the Chaparrastique volcano erupted on Sunday morning. Residents in the region said they...
Cuba eases restrictions on loans to private borrowers
Cuba has decided to ease restrictions on loans to private borrowers in the latest measure aimed at boosting the island's troubled economy. Individuals and small...
Tyler Armstrong becomes youngest person to climb Mount Aconcagua at 9
Tyler Armstrong, a 9-year-old boy from South California, has become the youngest person to climb Mount Aconcagua. The boy wanted to raise awareness for a...
Cuba: Raul Castro calls for better US relation
Cuba’s President Raul Castro has called for "civilized relations" with the US, saying the two countries should respect their differences. Raul Castro said the US...
Mexico: President Enrique Pena Nieto signs oil and gas law
Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto has signed a controversial law that allows foreign companies to drill for oil for the first time since the...
Cuba relaxes conditions on buying foreign-made cars
Cuba has decided to ease restrictions on people buying foreign-made new and used cars, according to state media. Cubans will no longer need government permits...
Michelle Bachelet wins Chile presidential election for second time
Michelle Bachelet has won Chilean presidential election for a second time, defeating her run-off rival Evelyn Matthei by a wide margin. With nearly 90% of...
Chile elections 2013: Michelle Bachelet favorite in presidential run-off
Left-wing candidate Michelle Bachelet appears as the favorite in the presidential run-off in Chile. She faces Evelyn Matthei, a former minister in the governing centre-right...
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...
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