June 13, 2017 US mom hopeful Venezuela will release ailing son after North Korea frees student The release of 22-year-old college student Otto Warmbier from a North Korean prison on Tuesday has given Laurie Moon Holt hope that the U.S. State Department can work out a deal that will have her son back stateside soon.
June 13, 2017 Peso bills made out of thin, durable plastic to hit the streets in Uruguay The Central Bank (BCU) will issue 10 million plastic bills of 50 pesos in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the institution.
June 13, 2017 Venezuela's AG who broke with Maduro says family is receiving death threats A long-time government loyalist, Ortega Diaz broke publicly with the Maduro administration in late March.
June 12, 2017 Puerto Rico upholds statehood demand in contentious vote Experts say it is highly unlikely a Republican-controlled Congress would acknowledge Sunday's results.
June 12, 2017 Che Guevara was sent 'to die in Bolivia' by Cuban leadership, retired general says General Gary Prado turned him over to his superiors, who the next day executed him in southeastern Bolivia.
June 11, 2017 Puerto Rico voters back becoming 51st state in referendum marred by boycott Puerto Rico's governor announced that the U.S. territory has overwhelmingly chosen statehood in a nonbinding referendum Sunday held amid a deep economic crisis that has sparked an exodus of islanders to the U.S. mainland.
June 10, 2017 Puerto Rico - The time for democracy is now This Sunday, Puerto Ricans will cast their votes in a political-status referendum, exercising their democratic right to decide the island’s future.
June 9, 2017 Puerto Rico prepares to vote on political status amid crisis Puerto Rico's governor is pushing ahead with his top campaign promise of trying to convert the U.S. territory into a state, holding a Sunday referendum to let voters send a message to Congress.
June 9, 2017 Venezuelan journalists fight censorship by delivering news personally They ride public buses around the capital city and reading three-minute news broadcasts.
June 9, 2017 Venezuela AG accuses president of 'destroying legacy' of late Hugo Chavez Ortega Diaz's remarks were her strongest repudiation yet of Maduro's effort to rewrite the nation's constitution.
