The 33 workers trapped in a Chilean mine got a rare treat Tuesday night: they got to watch their national soccer team compete against Ukraine in the European Cup live via a small projector wired down to their safety chamber on a fiber optic cable.
An earthquake with a preliminary 6.0 magnitude struck off the coast of Chile’s Bio-Bio region Sunday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Hours after a crushing Stanley Cup defeat at the hands of the Boston Bruins, Vancouver residents woke Thursday morning trying to come to terms with the reasons their city had again exploded in riots.
An American woman was arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle 3,500 rounds of ammunition from El Paso, Texas, into Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, according to a Wednesday night news release from the Chihuahua state attorney general’s office.
Fabricio Correa, brother of Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, called the president corrupt and said he has formed a political party that will challenge his brother, he told CNN en Español.
Former Cuban President Fidel Castro said Tuesday he resigned as the head of the Communist Party five years ago and has never tried to resume the post — one that he was thought to still hold.
At least three bodies were found Saturday as the search continued for a military plane with 21 people aboard that went missing Friday off Chile’s Pacific coast, near the Juan Fernandez islands, CNN Chile reported.
After weakening to a Category 1 storm, Hurricane Rina plodded westward Wednesday evening at 6 mph (9 kph) on a path toward Mexico’s tourist beaches, its threat a real one to people on the Yucatan Peninsula but far diminished from what it had been earlier in the day.
More than 28,000 people have died in drug violence in Mexico since President Felipe Calderon took office in December 2006 and stepped up the fight against organized crime, the nation’s intelligence and national security director said Tuesday.
An Argentine court convicted and sentenced eight former army officers to life in prison for human rights violations during the country’s so-called Dirty War. One officer was acquitted.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Venezuela on Sunday, his first stop on a four-nation trip to Latin America meant to strengthen ties between Iran and the region.
Haitian officials have postponed a runoff election, originally scheduled for January 16, to decide the troubled nation’s next president.
As attackers target reporters and governments shut down television stations, Latin America ranks among the most dangerous regions for journalists, according to an Amnesty International report released Friday
Colombia lost one of its best-known independent magazines this month when the parent company of Cambio suddenly announced it was ceasing publication.
All 22 people aboard a commuter plane were killed when it crashed in southern Argentina, the airline said Thursday.
Less than a weekafter Irene ravaged much of the East Coast, Hurricane Katia roared to life in the central Atlantic with winds of 75 mph, the National Hurricane Center said.
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