Latin America - Page 33

December 30, 2023

China, Russia suffer setback to global ambitions with major player refusing to join trading bloc

Argentinian President Javier Milei campaigned against close ties to communist-led countries and insisted that his country would align with the "free nations of the West."

December 27, 2023

Rays' Wander Franco summoned by Dominican authorities over alleged relationships with minors: report

Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco will reportedly be required to meet with Dominican Republic authorities as he faces allegations of having inappropriate relationships with minors.

December 22, 2023

Former Colombian soldier pleads guilty in 2021 assassination of Haiti’s president

Mario Antonio Palacios Palacios, a former Colombian soldier, is the fifth of 11 defendants to plead guilty to assassinating Haiti's president in 2021.

December 20, 2023

Ex-dictator Desi Bouterse of Suriname sentenced in murders of 15 political opponents

Former Surinamese President Desi Bouterse, 78, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the Dec. 1982 killings of 15 opponents of his then-incumbent regime.

December 20, 2023

El Salvador president blasts 'democracy' in US after Trump's removal from Colorado ballot

The president of El Salvador quickly defended former President Donald Trump on social media Tuesday following news of his removal from Colorado's 2024 ballot.

December 19, 2023

Haitian ex-senator sentenced in President Moïse assassination plot

Former Haitian Sen. John Joel Joseph has been sentenced to life in prison for his role in the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse.

December 18, 2023

AMLO pushes for Mexican state prosecutor's ouster after holiday party massacre

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador called for the resignation of the Guanajuato state prosecutor Monday after a dozen people were killed at a weekend holiday party.

December 15, 2023

55 arrested in Chilean tax fraud case deemed country's largest ever

Chilean police arrested at least 55 people Friday in a $275 million tax fraud case considered one of the largest in the country's history.

December 15, 2023

AMLO inaugurates first stretch of coastal Mexican tourist rail line

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Friday inaugurated the first part of a tourist train set to loop around the Yucatán peninsula.

December 15, 2023

Woman arrested in murder of American comedian, activist abducted in Colombia: report

An arrest has been made into the gruesome death of a U.S. activist and comedian whose body was found stabbed and dumped in a ravine in Colombia on Sunday after he was abducted.