ALACÁ, COLOMBIA – Police arrest a drug boss of the Urabeños criminal gang while on his way to church in the department of Valle in southwest Colombia.
Más>>RÍO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Shattered glass, burnt vehicles and graffitti fill the streets after 250,000 demonstrators rioted across the country. Protestors are angry the government is spending billions on World Cup preparations rather than improving Brazil's poor public services.
Más>>RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL (Reuters) – Brazilians woke up on Tuesday to police patrolling the streets, glass littering the ground and cleaning teams removing graffiti one day after mass protests led to rioting and looting.
Más>>CARACAS, VENEZUELA (Reuters) – Congress is slated to discuss legislation on Tuesday (June 18) that would prohibit bottle feeding of infants to try to encourage breast-feeding and reduce the use of baby formula, according to ruling Socialist Party officials.
Más>>LA GUAJIRA, COLOMBIA – Two Spanish tourists, kidnapped in northern Colombia, describe their terror during a month in captivity. The couple has since returned to Spain and both are in good health.
Más>>CHILE – Yaritza Oliva is 20 years old and recently discovered she cries blood. Doctors believe it may be a rare case of haemolacria. Her family is asking for financial help so she can undergo treatment.
Más>>BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA (Reuters) – Colombian police early on Saturday rescued two Spanish tourists held captive by a criminal gang for nearly a month in northern Colombia, finding them sleeping in hammocks, and two men collecting a ransom were arrested in Spain, police officials said.
Más>>VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis met Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday for the first time since Maduro won a narrow and disputed election victory to succeed late Socialist leader Hugo Chavez.
Más>>BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA – NTN24’s Gary Parkosewich reports from Compensar at the annual FIDES Ibero-American Games. Over 3,000 special athletes from all over Latin America participated in the week-long event, hosted in Colombia.
Más>>CARACAS, VENEZUELA – A bizarre cartoon propaganda series on Venezuelan state television portrays the late socialist leader in heaven, along with anti-American sentiment.
Más>>CARACAS, VENEZUELA – President Nicolás Maduro called for a fight against “contraband mafias” operating on the Colombian border.
Más>>BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA – Authorities confirmed three fatalities in a deadly train crash 30 km west of Buenos Aires.
Más>>CARACAS, VENEZUELA – President Nicolás Maduro called the Council of State to decide his country's relations with Colombia, after recent events ruffled the feathers of Venezuelan officials.
Más>>HAVANA, CUBA – Venezuelan diplomat Roy Chaderton, representing his country as an “observer” of Colombia’s peace process, met with negotiators from President Juan Manuel Santos’ administration and the FARC terrorist group.
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