June 3, 2016 Venezuela police repel rare protest near presidential palace Venezuelan police have repelled a group of protesters who made a run for the presidential palace in Caracas.
June 2, 2016 Report questions whether Puerto Rico debt issued illegally A commission created to audit Puerto Rico's debt is questioning the legality of government-issued bonds and says the U.S. territory might not be responsible for paying part of the money owed.
June 2, 2016 23 arrested in Guatemala campaign finance case Twenty-three people were arrested Thursday on charges related to the alleged illegal financing of the political party that carried former President Otto Perez Molina to power, Guatemalan authorities said.
June 2, 2016 Labour's Corbyn says he would veto US-EU trade deal British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn has urged voters to remain in the European Union — but slammed the bloc's planned trade deal with the United States, saying it threatens employment rights and hands power to "giant corporations." Corbyn says his Labour Party will veto the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership if it forms a government.
June 2, 2016 Mexican suspect confesses to kidnapping soccer player The first suspect charged in the kidnapping of Mexican soccer player Alan Pulido has given a statement to prosecutors confessing to the crime.
June 2, 2016 Peruvian court approves extradition to US of ex-soccer boss Peru's Supreme Court has cleared the way for the extradition to the U.S. of the country's former soccer boss for his alleged involvement in multibillion-dollar FIFA bribery scandal involving marketing and broadcasting rights.
June 2, 2016 Prisoner tells of 'mental torture' in secret Guantanamo camp A Somali prisoner at Guantanamo Bay prison has told a military judge that he and others have been subjected to "mental torture" in the high-security section of the prison known as Camp 7.
June 2, 2016 US hedge fund files claim against Peru over defaulted bonds A Connecticut hedge fund has filed a $1.6 billion claim against Peru in a decades-old dispute over bonds issued by the nation's former dictator.
June 2, 2016 Brazilian lawmakers look to raise salaries despite crisis Members of Brazil's Congress are moving toward raising their own salaries and those of the nation's highest court.
June 2, 2016 Colombia police rescue dogs from troubled neighborhood Authorities have returned to a rugged Bogota neighborhood to rescue the dogs and cats left behind when police shut down the country's largest open-air drug market.
