More than 2 million affected by earthquake, Chile’s president says
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More than 2 million people were affected by a massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake that rocked Chile early Saturday, President Michelle Bachelet said in a televised news conference.
At least 16 people died and more than 15 others were missing Thursday after heavy overnight rains caused severe mudslides in parts of Costa Rica, the nation’s Red Cross said.
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson wrapped up a week-long trade mission to Cuba Thursday, a trip in which he also pursued another goal — bringing about the release of a jailed U.S. contractor.
A Colombian airstrike over the weekend killed a high-ranking rebel commander who was wanted in the United States, police said.
Reginald DesRoches is deploying to Haiti to tag key infrastructure buildings with red, yellow and green markers — designations on whether they’re still usable.
The two people who died Thursday night when their helicopter crashed into a mountain in the Dominican Republic were friends who had left their homes and family in Florida this week to help deliver aid to the people of Haiti, a son of one of the victims said Friday.
Guatemala’s government has declared a state of siege and sent hundreds of troops to a northern province where officials say a Mexican drug gang is overtaking towns and threatening residents.
As rescue efforts continue Tuesday, Colombia’s president will visit the mountainside neighborhood where a massive landslide buried dozens of homes.
High ranking officials in North Korea on Wednesday paid their respects during the state funeral of the country’s second-highest ranking military officer, Jo Myong Rok, according to the official Korean Central News Agency.
The American Embassy in Honduras has issued a warning about classic dengue and hemorrhagic dengue fever, which have killed 21 people in the country this year. Five more deaths are under investigation.
The U.S. is keeping close watch on the case of an American relief worker jailed in Haiti under suspicion of kidnapping a 15-month-old boy, the State Department said Friday, but it remains unclear whether the U.S. is working for Paul Waggoner’s release.
Researchers scanning the Peruvian desert for whale fossils have stumbled upon the remains of a “sea monster” three times the size of a modern day killer whale.
Hip-hop singer Wyclef Jean said Sunday he will contest a pronouncement from Haitian election officials ruling him ineligible to run for president of Haiti.
Hedging their bets, officials in Chile said on Sunday they will set up an oil drill as a third option to rescue the 33 miners trapped underground since August 5.
Four British tourists and two Peruvians were killed when their plane crashed near Peru’s famous Nazca Lines, the state news agency reported police said Saturday.
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