You couldn’t see the sun rise in Concepcion because the cloud cover was so thick. You couldn’t hear a sound because a curfew had silenced the streets. The only activity was the occasional rumble of the Earth. And, after each rumble, a little more brick and roof gave way in this shattered little city.
Authorities on Sunday were investigating a shooting outside a neighborhood bar and grocery store in northern Puerto Rico, which killed seven people and wounded at least 25 others.
Blind violinist Romel Joseph laid in what he called his “grave” for 18 hours.
Leftist rebels are expected to release two Colombian soldiers — one of whom has been held for 12 years — this weekend, the International Committee of the Red Cross said Wednesday.
At least 106 people have died after a tropical storm battered Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador over the weekend, officials in those countries reported.
Mexican authorities dispatched engineers to check damaged houses and buildings Monday in Baja California state following a major earthquake Sunday that left two people dead.
The Haitian government has declared the search-and-rescue phase over for the survivors of the massive quake, the United Nations said Friday.
Cuba’s sugar harvest this year is the worst it’s been since 1905, the country’s state-run daily newspaper reported.
We had heard about a drug in Colombia that essentially eliminates free-will in humans. It is called scopolamine and it seemed to us to be so completely out there–like a plot device in an awful Jack Black movie. In fact, it sounded so horrible and strange that we wanted to go down and try it out. So the producers and I compiled a laundry list of embarrassing chores for me to complete while under the influence and, chuckling hysterically to ourselves, got on a plane and headed for Bogota, Columbia.
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.
Venezuelan cable television providers dropped a channel Sunday that has been critical of President Hugo Chavez, citing violation of broadcast laws.
As Sunday night fell on Chile, heavily populated parts of the country were without water and electricity, and reports of looting raised fears about security in some areas.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and foreign ministers from more than a dozen countries will start laying out the groundwork for rebuilding Haiti on Monday, nearly two weeks after a devastating earthquake.
Tania Julin remembers the deep gut pain she felt when she found out nearly three years ago that Chiquita Brands International had paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to a Marxist rebel group in Colombia that had abducted and killed her missionary husband.
Trapped beneath his collapsed home in Port-au-Prince, rescuers had to amputate Georges Exantus’ right leg in order to free him.
Rescuers searched for survivors Monday as crews sought to deliver food and water and prevent looting after the fifth strongest earthquake in 100 years ravaged central and southern Chile.
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