Aid and increased security were flowing Wednesday into hard-hit areas of Chile, but some residents complained that they still had not received food or water since Saturday’s massive earthquake killed more than 800 people.
Violence in the United States is not related to illegal Mexican immigrants, but violence in Mexico is connected to vast shipments of weapons from the United States, Mexico’s foreign minister told CNN Thursday.
Paraguay’s president is expected to meet with human rights groups Sunday to clarify the effects of a law that temporarily suspends constitutional rights in the north of the country.
Vladimir Saint-Louis is glad to be back in business months after January’s devastating earthquake in Haiti shut down his large athletic complex in the heart of Port-au-Prince.
In the clear shallow waters off Cancun in Mexico, 200 ghostly figures are slowly lowered to the seabed.
Five presumed drug gang members and one soldier were killed in shootouts Thursday and Friday after criminals blocked thoroughfares in two northern Mexico states to prevent military reinforcements from arriving, authorities said.
Rescuers in Chile have just another 89 meters (292 feet) left to drill and are expected to break through into the area where 33 miners are trapped by Saturday, Chilean Mines Minister Laurence Golborne said Thursday.
A female gang member was arrested in connection with the bombing of a bus in Guatemala City that left seven dead, authorities said.
On January 12, the earth shook here. More than 220,000 people were killed. More than 300,000 people were injured. The city and large stretches of surrounding countryside were devastated.
After the killer earthquake in January, public health officials feared the worst for humanity in Haiti. Among the top concerns was the potential for disease outbreaks, particularly water-borne infections — like cholera.
More aftershocks rocked parts of Chile early Thursday, five days after a massive earthquake that killed more than 800 people.
Venezuela has asked Interpol to arrest the owner of the only TV station still openly critical of leftist President Hugo Chavez, the government announced Friday.
Six months after a devastating earthquake struck Haiti, most governments that promised money to help rebuild the country have not delivered any funds at all, a CNN investigation has found.
In a nationally televised address Monday, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner expressed her sorrow for the loss of her husband, former President Nestor Kirchner, and gave thanks for the outpouring of support that followed.
Chilean officials were awaiting the arrival of a main drill and other equipment to begin boring a rescue shaft in a months-long operation to reach 33 miners who have been trapped underground for more than three weeks.
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