Argentine VP Cristina Fernández guilty in $1 billion fraud, sentenced to 6 years and lifetime ban from public office
Argentine VP Cristina Fernández guilty in $1 billion fraud, sentenced to 6 years and lifetime ban from public office
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Jamaica imposes state of emergency amid sharp criticism
Jamaica’s prime minister has declared a widespread state of emergency to fight a surge in gang violence
5 killed in bar shooting in Mexican resort of Acapulco
Five men were have been gunned down in a bar in Mexico's Pacific coast resort of Acapulco
Private hospitals blamed in Mexico for meningitis outbreak
Prosecutors in northern Mexico have blamed private hospitals for contaminated anesthetics that caused a meningitis outbreak that has killed 22 people and sickened at least 71
Honduras suspends rights as state of exception takes effect
Honduras has become the second country in Central America to impose a state of exception suspending some constitutional rights to deal with street gangs
US orders chemicals removed at Virgin Islands oil refinery
The Environmental Protection Agency has ordered the removal of thousands of pounds of chemicals from an oil refinery in the U.S. Virgin Islands
Dozens killed as mudslide swallows their bus in Colombia
A mudslide has buried a bus and two other vehicles in central Colombia, killing at least 27 people and trapping others
In Bolivia, literacy training makes a profound difference
Bolivia is one of the poorest nations in South America, and nearly a fourth of its citizens could not read nor write a generation ago
British man killed, another wounded in St Lucia bar shooting
One British man has been killed and another wounded in the eastern Caribbean island of St. Lucia, according to the U.K.’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
2 migrants found shot to death in car in southern Mexico
Mexican authorities say two migrants have been found shot to death in a car in southern Mexico
Mexican police find 660 pounds of fentanyl in coconuts
Prosecutors in Mexico say police found 660 pounds (300 kilograms) of fentanyl pills packed into coconuts
US passenger killed when big wave hits Antarctic cruise ship
Authorities say a U.S. woman was killed and four other passengers injured when a massive wave struck the Viking Polaris cruise ship while it was sailing toward the port of Ushuaia in southern Argentina on an Antarctic cruise
Airbnb urged to require carbon monoxide devices after 3 die
Family members of three tourists who died while staying at an Airbnb in Mexico City, apparently of carbon monoxide poisoning, are urging the short-term rental company to require detectors in properties it lists
Mexico minimum wage up to $10.5 per day, but inflation hits
Mexico has declared a 20% increase in the country's daily minimum wage
Mayor: At least 12 killed in Haiti as gangs vie for control
A mayor in Haiti tells The Associated Press that at least 12 people have been killed and numerous homes set on fire in a community near the country's capital as gangs fight to control more territory
US Virgin Islands reach $105M settlement with Epstein estate
The U.S. Virgin Islands has reached a settlement of more than $105 million in a sex trafficking case against the estate of financier Jeffrey Epstein
Firefighters: At least 30 engulfed by Brazil landslide
Firefighters in the Brazilian state of Parana are looking for about 30 people thought to have been engulfed in a landslide that hit a coastal highway in the city of Guaratuba
Mexico says tourists lost documents in fire on resort island
Mexican officials say some tourists lost their documents in a large fire that hit an area of hotels and guest houses on the island of Holbox, at the tip of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula
Inter-American Human Rights Court says Nicaragua in contempt
The Inter-American Human Rights Court has declared the government of Nicaragua in contempt of court for ignoring rulings on political prisoners
Mexico, US appear headed for dispute over GM corn
Mexico and the United States appear to be headed for another commercial dispute, this time over a Mexican ban on imports of genetically modified yellow corn
Puerto Rico ex-cop sentenced in historic firearms robbery
A former Puerto Rican police officer found guilty of masterminding the U.S. territory’s biggest firearms robbery in history has been sentenced to 20 years in prison