Chilean President Michelle Bachelet toured the battered seaport of Talcahuano on Thursday, five days after a tsunami caused by an 8.8-magnitude earthquake roared through parts of the city.
A former Mexican senator was reported missing on Saturday, Mexico’s attorney general’s office said.
Authorities in Peru have rescued the last of hundreds of travelers who had been stranded by flooding in a town near one of South America’s most popular tourist destinations, a government official said Friday.
Honduras’ de facto President Roberto Micheletti said he has lifted a controversial emergency decree that had limited some civil liberties.
Christopher “Dudus” Coke, who controls the impoverished West Kingston enclaves now blockaded by gang members, is likened by experts to both Robin Hood and Pablo Escobar.
Seven people, mostly tourists, were killed Thursday when a small plane crashed in southern Peru near the famous Nazca Lines, the official Andina news agency reported, citing Nazca police.
The 8.8-magnitude earthquake that hit Chile Saturday was similar in intensity to the fifth most powerful quake recorded since 1900.
Massive food distribution coordinated by the World Food Programme, international aid agencies and the Haitian government will begin Sunday in the quake-ravaged capital.
The Dominican consul general Wednesday rejected the claim from an American church leader that she thought her paperwork was in order when she attempted to take 33 Haitian children out of the country, saying he had told her it was not.
Former Colombian Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos declared victory Sunday in Colombia’s presidential runoff, winning more than 69 percent of the votes with nearly all votes counted.
The death toll from flooding and mudslides in Brazil continued to climb Thursday, with official reports of at least 154 fatalities.
Argentine legislators rallied Wednesday behind President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, who signed a decree a day earlier requiring all ships navigating from the South American nation to the disputed Falkland Islands to obtain a government permit.
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Earthquake victims, writhing in pain and grasping at life, watched doctors and nurses walk away from a field hospital Friday night after United Nations officials ordered a medical team to evacuate the area out of security concerns.
American tourists heading to Mexico’s Baja California state in the future can expect more police protection from a new task force, according to Mexican authorities.
One month after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake devastated Haiti, the enormity of the country’s damage is clear. The numbers tell stories of death and destruction, as well as a global outpouring of aid.
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