Americas News
Hugo Chavez unveils Simon Bolivar’s 3-D face
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez has unveiled a 3-D reconstruction of the face of Simon Bolivar, who died in 1830 after leading the fight against...
Oswaldo Paya, top Cuban dissident, dies in car crash
Top Cuban dissident Oswaldo Paya has died in a car crash, according to fellow activists. Oswaldo Paya, 60, was travelling near the city of Bayamo,...
Mexico march against poll winner Enrique Pena Nieta
Tens of thousands of people in Mexico City are marching against the result of the presidential election, which was won by Enrique Pena Nieto. The...
Cholera outbreak reaches Havana
A patient has been diagnosed with cholera in the Cuban capital, Havana, days after three people died in a rare outbreak in the south-eastern...
Mexico election: Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will mount legal challenge to the result
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the second-placed candidate in Mexico's presidential election, has said he will mount a legal challenge to the result. He said he...
Jorge Videla and Reynaldo Bignone found guilty of babies theft in Argentina
Former leaders during Argentina's military rule Jorge Videla and Reynaldo Bignone have been found guilty of overseeing the systematic theft of babies from political...
Enrique Pena Nieto wins Mexican presidential poll
Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), Mexico's old ruling party, is set to return to power as early official results indicate its candidate Enrique Pena Nieto...
Mexico: polls open for presidential election
Mexico has opened the polls in a presidential election dominated by the economy and war on drugs. Ex-governor Enrique Pena Nieto - seen as the...
Bishop Fernando Bargallo quits over bikini photos scandal
Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the resignation of Argentine Bishop Fernando Bargallo after the publication of pictures showing him embracing a woman on a...
Three policemen killed in a shootout at Mexico City Airport
Three policemen have been killed in a shootout with two other officers at Mexico City's main airport. Officials say those shot dead were attempting to...
Mexico: ravine bus crash kills at least 26 in Guerrero
Mexican police say at least 26 people have died in a bus crash in the state of Guerrero. More than 20 people were injured. The bus...
President Fernando Lugo removal draws strong reactions in Latin America
Governments in Latin America have reacted angrily to the impeachment of Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo in the wake of a land dispute scandal. Argentina, Brazil...
Mexican police wrongly arrest Felix Beltran Leon as son of drugs lord Joaquin El Chapo Guzman
Mexican government has admitted that it mistakenly identified Felix Beltran Leon as the son of the country's most-wanted drugs lord, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. On Thursday officials...
Mexico G20 Summit: world leaders urge Europe to overcome eurozone crisis
World leaders meeting at a G20 summit in Mexico have urged Europe to take all necessary measures to overcome the eurozone debt crisis. They voiced...
Peru: helicopter with 14 people on board crashes near Mount Mamarosa
Peruvian police officials say they have found the wreckage of a helicopter missing in the south of the country, and all 14 on board...
Chile rally against General Augusto Pinochet documentary
Relatives of victims of General Augusto Pinochet's military rule in Chile have protested against plans to pay homage to the late dictator this weekend. They...
Chagas disease, a parasitic illness, is the new AIDS of the Americas, say experts
Chagas disease, a little-known illness caused by blood sucking insects, has been labeled the ”new AIDS of the Americas” by experts. The parasitic illness has...
Crystal Lagoons at the San Alfonso del Mar resort in Chile is the world’s largest outdoor pool
Crystal Lagoons at the San Alfonso del Mar resort in Chile is the world's largest outdoor pool with more than three fifths of a...
Mexico: police finds 49 decapitated bodies near Monterrey
Police has found 49 mutilated bodies dumped by a roadside near the city of Monterrey in northern Mexico. Security officials said the 43 men and...
Colombian Devil’s Breath, the world’s scariest drug that blocks free will
Scopolamine, colloquially known as The Devil’s Breath, a drug that eliminates free will while leaving the victim completely articulate, is currently being dealt on...
Hugo Chavez returns to Venezuela after successful Cuba radiotherapy
President Hugo Chavez is back to Venezuela coming from Cuba, where he has successfully completed a court of radiotherapy for cancer. Hugo Chavez hugged ministers on...
Brazil approves 2014 World Cup beer sales
Beer will be allowed to be sold in stadiums at the 2014 World Cup after Brazilian Senate has passed a controversial and much-delayed bill. When...
Argentine Olympic advert filmed in Falklands without permission
Argentina has broadcasted a political advert filmed on the territory of Falkland Islands without authorization. The advert features an Argentine athlete training in the Falklands...
Javier Nunez Florian and Anailin de la Rua, Cuban actors who starred in a film about defectors, seek asylum in US
Cuban actors Javier Nunez Florian and Anailin de la Rua, who defected to the US, emerged from hiding a week after they had gone missing at Miami...
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...
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