The Americas - Page 348

May 24, 2017

New Zealand's ambitious plan to save birds: Kill every rat

New Zealand has set itself an environmental goal so ambitious it's been compared to putting a man on the moon: ridding the entire nation of every last rat, opossum and stoat.

May 24, 2017

North Korea calls US-South Korea plot a 'declaration of war'

North Korea's U.N.

May 24, 2017

Campaign exec: Maduro used illegal cash for Chavez campaign

A former campaign operative has accused Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro of paying her $11 million in cash that she says was illegally obtained from Brazilian companies to finance the re-election effort of the late Hugo Chavez in 2012.

May 24, 2017

Mexican judge grants vigilante leader's release on bond

A Mexican judge has granted a founder of a self-defense movement in the western state of Michoacan his release on bond.

May 24, 2017

Attorney: At least 65 Venezuelan military members detained

A Venezuelan attorney says at least 65 members of the country's military have been detained, including officers and the captain of an important border region unit.

May 24, 2017

Mexican activist who searched for disappeared is slain

A mother who spent years searching for her missing daughter in northern Mexico and organized others to look for their disappeared relatives has been slain.

May 24, 2017

Report paints harrowing picture of Central America migration

Migrants from Central America's violence-plagued Northern Triangle region endure harrowing abuses while trying to make their way through Mexico toward the United States, a report from an international medical group said Thursday.

May 24, 2017

Palestinian leader hails Trump's Mideast peace efforts

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump's efforts to negotiate a Middle East settlement.

May 24, 2017

Venezuela says feces bombs launched in protests are 'biochemical weapons'

Extraordinary scenes of flying feces were seen again Wednesday on the main highway through Caracas.

May 24, 2017

Mexico blasts study labeling it second deadliest conflict zone behind Syria

They claim it is inaccurate because the data include cases of fighting deaths, white-arms deaths and other crimes.