The Americas - Page 337

June 22, 2017

Venezuela's Maduro talks to cows during official act: Will you support me?

The video has caused quite a stir in social media, where Maduro has been accused of not being right in the head.

June 22, 2017

Breast cancer detection bra designed by Mexican teen gets top inventors' prize

Julian Rios Cantu was inspired by his mother’s struggles as she repeatedly battled the disease.

June 22, 2017

'El Chapo' Guzman's feared successor captured outside Mexico City

Damaso Lopez, nicknamed "El Licenciado", was locked in a dispute for control of the Sinaloa cartel's territories.

June 22, 2017

Colombian waste collector creates free library filled with discarded books

A Colombian garbage man collected more than 20,000 discarded library books and made a library in Bogota.

June 22, 2017

Argentinian climber stranded alone on Canada's highest peak for 4 days

Natalia Martinez will hopefully be rescued on Friday by helicopter, if and when the weather conditions improve.

June 22, 2017

Vancouver police share 'sad reality' of opioid crisis

Authorities in Vancouver shared a grim look at the opioid crisis impacting neighborhoods in the Canadian city, with a photo on Twitter of three pigeon eggs sitting in a "nest" of discarded hypodermic needles.

June 20, 2017

Mexican man charged trying to smuggle nearly $700G out of US

A Mexican man was arrested at an international bridge in El Paso, Texas Sunday night after trying to cross the border with $689,506.

June 20, 2017

Mexican journalists accuse government of spying on them through their phones

Several prominent journalists and activists in Mexico are accusing the government of spying on them by hacking into their phones.

June 18, 2017

Bombing at mall in Colombia kills 3, including French woman

Three people were killed in one of Colombia’s biggest shopping malls Saturday after a homemade bomb placed in the women’s bathroom exploded.

June 16, 2017

Narco wives once close to 'El Chapo' double as soccer moms, pen book

The wives of two Mexican brothers who are expected to be star witnesses in next year’s trial of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.