South America - Page 64

May 17, 2023

Ecuadorian president invokes 'nuclear option,' disbands legislature after attempted ouster

Embattled Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso, one of Latin America's only conservative leaders, has disbanded the nation's legislature after it attempted to remove him from office.

May 17, 2023

Colombia plane crash: Four child survivors found in Amazon rainforest two weeks later

Four children missing after a plane crash in Colombia's Amazon Rainforest have been found, the country's president said.

May 16, 2023

Italian cocaine-sniffing dog finds 3 tons of drugs hidden in banana shipment

Authorities and a police dog in Italy found more than three tons of cocaine hidden in a banana shipment from Ecuador. The shipment could have been worth $900 million in street sales.

May 16, 2023

Natalee Holloway suspect Joran van der Sloot’s Peru prison on lockdown, complicating extradition, lawyer says

A prison “incident" in Peru has prevented Joran van der Sloot’s lawyer from speaking with him for nearly a week as he faces extradition to the United States.

May 13, 2023

Natalee Holloway suspect Joran van der Sloot getting divorced after prison drug smuggling scandal

Joran van der Sloot, the Dutch national suspected in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of Alabama student Natalee Holloway in Aruba, is getting divorced.

May 13, 2023

Honduran migrant teen who died in US custody was not sick, mother says

The mother of Ángel Eduardo Maradiaga Espinoza, the Honduran minor who died this week in U.S. custody, told the press that there was no indication her son was ill.

May 12, 2023

Venezuelan woman linked to Vermont man's murder plot pleads guilty to child porn charge

Moraima Vasquez Flores, 40, of Venezuela, pleaded guilty Thursday to aiding and abetting Vermont resident Sean Fiore's receipt of child pornography.

May 8, 2023

Fire at gold mine in Arequipa, Peru leaves 27 dead

The Peruvian government said a fire at a gold mine in Arequipa left at least 27 people dead. The Yanaquihua mining company said 175 workers were safely evacuated.

May 7, 2023

Colombian nationals spike US Army soldiers' drinks before ripping them off, FBI says

Two U.S. Army soldiers were allegedly drugged and robbed by three Colombian men after they went to a bar to watch soccer and dance with local women in March 2020.

May 4, 2023

Spanish PM backs Colombian president’s peace plan

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is fully supporting Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s plan to gain total peace from the National Liberation Army guerrilla organization.