Americas News
Brazil’s Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota resigns over Bolivia diplomatic scandal
Brazil’s Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota has quit in the wake of a diplomatic scandal with Bolivia. Antonio Patriota resigned after a Bolivian opposition politician holed...
Argentina loses appeal in $1.3 billion US debt case
Argentina has been ordered again to pay back more than $1.3 billion to a group of American investors - 11 years after its record...
Horacio Cartes sworn in as Paraguay’s president
Horacio Cartes has been sworn in as the president of Paraguay in a ceremony in the capital, Asuncion. In his inaugural speech, multi-millionaire businessman Horacio...
Yasuni-ITT Initiative: Ecuador approves oil drilling in Amazon rainforest
The Ecuadorian conservation plan that would have paid the country not to drill for oil in previously untouched parts of Yasuni National Park in...
Nicolas Maduro calls on police to act on women’s hair thieves
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has called on the police to act against gangs that are stealing women's hair. The thieves sell the hair - sometimes...
Fidel Castro surprised to be alive after being diagnosed with fatal illness in 2006
Fidel Castro has revealed in a recent article he decided to step down and transfer power to his younger brother, Raul, because he was...
Brazil: Public prosecutors begin legal action against Samsung over labor laws violation
Public prosecutors in Brazil have begun legal action against Samsung, alleging that it has been violating labor laws at its factory in the Amazon...
Venezuela’s Supreme Court rejects Henrique Capriles’ election appeal
Venezuela's Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by opposition leader Henrique Capriles against April's contested presidential election result. The Supreme Court of Justice described the...
Hugo Chavez’s birthday celebrated in Venezuela
Venezuela is holding a week-long festivities honoring late Hugo Chavez's birthday, almost five months since his death on March 5. Hugo Chavez, who dominated Venezuela's...
World Youth Day 2013: Pope Francis holds final Mass on Copacabana beach
Pope Francis has closed World Youth Day festival in Rio de Janeiro with a Mass on Copacabana beach. More than three million people are estimated...
World Youth Day 2013: Pope Francis re-enacts Way of the Cross in Rio de Janeiro
Crowds of Roman Catholic pilgrims in Rio de Janeiro have joined Pope Francis for a re-enactment of Jesus carrying the cross to his crucifixion. The...
World Youth Day 2013: Pope Francis meets thousands of pilgrims at Copacabana beach
Pope Francis has met thousands of pilgrims at Copacabana beach, in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, to hold the greeting ceremony for...
Pope Francis warns against drug legalization in Latin America
Pope Francis has warned against drug legalization plans in Latin America during the inauguration of a clinic for drug addicts in Rio de Janeiro. The...
World Youth Day 2013: Pope Francis holds first Mass at Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida
Pope Francis has arrived at the Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo to hold the first Mass...
World Youth Day 2013: Catholics gather at Copacabana Beach for festival opening
Hundreds of thousands of Catholics have gathered at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro for the opening of the World Youth Day festival. The highlight...
World Youth Day 2013: Pope Francis Rio visit agenda
Pope Francis' visit to Brazil - main events: Monday: Arrival and welcoming ceremony at Rio state governor's palace Tuesday No scheduled public events Wednesday: Pope Francis was greeted by Brazilian...
World Youth Day 2013: Pope Francis’ car mobbed by pilgrims in Rio de Janeiro
Pope Francis has been greeted by tens of thousands of Brazilian pilgrims as he toured Rio de Janeiro in an open car and then...
World Youth Day 2013: Pope Francis arrives in Rio de Janeiro for the catholic youth festival
Pope Francis has arrived in Rio de Janeiro on his first trip abroad since becoming head of the Catholic Church in March. The first Latin...
Venezuela says it ends steps towards restoring diplomatic ties with US after Samantha Power’s comments
Venezuela announces it has "ended" steps towards restoring diplomatic ties with the US, after comments made by Samantha Power, who was nominated as the...
Robert Seldon Lady: Fugitive ex-CIA chief detained in Panama over Abu Omar abduction
Robert Seldon Lady, a former CIA station chief convicted by an Italian court of kidnapping a terror suspect, has been detained in Panama, Italian...
Panama charges North Korean ship’s crew
Panama has charged the crew of the seized North Korean ship after it was found to be carrying Cuban weapons. Prosecutor Javier Caraballo accused the...
North Korea demands release of its ship detained in Panama
North Korea has demanded the release of its ship detained in Panama with what appear to be missile radar and other weapons loaded in...
Cuban weapons found on board of North Korean ship seized in Panama
Cuba has admitted providing a stash of weapons found on board a North Korean ship seized in the Panama Canal. The Cuban foreign ministry said...
North Korean-flagged ship carrying undeclared military cargo seized in Panama
Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli has announced his country has seized a North Korean-flagged ship carrying "undeclared military cargo". Ricardo Martinelli told local media that the...
Miguel Angel Trevino Morales: Zetas cartel leader captured in Mexico
Miguel Angel Trevino Morales, one of the world's most notorious drug-gang leaders, has been captured by Mexican marines in a raid near the US...
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