At least 30 killed after truck rams into crowd in Guatemala
GUATEMALA CITY – At least 30 people, including children, were killed after a truck drove into a crowd in western Guatemala. According to media reports,…
Latin America
Russia sends more than 100 troops to Venezuela
CARACAS – The Russian Defense Ministry has sent An-124 military transport aircraft, IL-62M jet airliner and more than 100 troops to Caracas, against the backdrop…
Prosur: Seven countries launch Forum for Progress of South America in Chile
SANTIAGO – South American countries on Friday launched the Forum for the Progress of South America (Prosur), a new regional bloc which seeks the “integration…
Piñera, Bolsonaro set roadmap to boost relationship between Chile and Brazil
SANTIAGO – The presidents of Chile, Sebastián Piñera, and of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, set a road map on Saturday to give new impetus to the…
Former Brazil president Michel Temer arrested over corruption
BRASILIA – The ex-president of Brazil, Michel Temer, who had been asked twice to open a trial for corruption under Lava Jato as president, has…
The best and the worst city to live in Latin America
NEW YORK – Caracas, in the last place, and Montevideo ranks as the two opposite poles of the list of cities ordered by quality of…
Maduro announces “total rupture” of relations between Venezuela and Colombia
CARACAS – In the midst of a tense day in which there have been clashes between volunteers and Venezuelan military officials on the borders of…
Fake News? Venezuela’s oil company denies reports of Russian bank freezing its accounts
CARACAS/MOSCOW – Russian lender Gazprombank has frozen the accounts of Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA and halted transactions with the firm to reduce the risk…
Brazil arrests 8 Vale officials after dam collapse toll rises to 166
BRASILIA – Brazilian authorities arrested eight employees of mining giant Vale on Friday over a dam collapse at one of its mines three weeks ago…
Brazil: Bolsonaro leaves hospital after 17-day stay
On Wednesday morning, the President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, was discharged after having spent 17 days in the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo. The…