Four people died and 22 remained missing after the collapse of three buildings in the historic center of Rio de Janeiro, Mayor Eduardo Paes said Thursday, according to CNN affiliate TV Record.
Crews in Chile were still trying to rescue 34 workers trapped inside a mine Friday afternoon, the government said.
The Colombian military says it has seized a submarine capable of transporting more than seven tons of cocaine from Colombia to Mexico.
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.
On the morning of May 24 of this year, two gunmen ambushed and murdered Amazon activist José “Zé” Cláudio Ribeiro da Silva and his wife, Maria do Espírito Santo da Silva in the Brazilian state of Pará. The couple’s involvement in environmentalism began with the creation of the Alta Piranheira Beach settlement in 1997. This settlement, where fruit gathering is the only form of production permitted, is part of a program of agrarian reform designated for poor families who depend on the land for survival.
Mexican authorities said they found and detained more than 500 illegal immigrants from Central America and Asia who were crammed inside two tractor-trailers heading toward the United States on Tuesday.
Mexican authorities will investigate allegations that a former state attorney general worked for a drug cartel and was involved in ordering assassinations, the federal attorney general’s office said.
A Brazilian woman ranked by Guinness World Records as the world’s oldest person died Tuesday at the age of 114.
Colombians will go to the polls on Sunday in a tight presidential race that many didn’t expect would be so close just a few months ago.
Rescuers in Chile expect to reach 33 trapped miners as early as mid-October — sooner than previously expected.
In the latest sign of compromise between Cuba and church leaders, Cuba’s Roman Catholic Church says the government has agreed to free one jailed dissident and relocate six others to prisons closer to their homes.
The United States and Venezuela don’t agree on many foreign policy issues, but both countries say a newspaper report claiming that Iran is building a missile base in the South American nation is not credible.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Thursday that he is breaking off relations with Colombia. His decision comes as the Organization of American States meets to discuss Colombian claims that Venezuela is protecting FARC and ELN rebels in its territory.
Mexican authorities have recovered 10 bodies and expect to pull out more from a mass grave in a village outside of Acapulco, the state-run Notimex news agency reported, citing police.
Former Guatemalan first lady Sandra Torres lost her bid before the country’s Supreme Court to run for president, months after her divorce from President Alvaro Colom amid speculation the split was a political move.
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