Latin America - Page 70

June 22, 2020

Tearful Mexican cartel boss threatens government for arresting mother

A violent Mexican cartel leader fought back tears as he vowed “to blow up" the government in retaliation for detaining his mother over the weekend.

June 19, 2020

Argentinian crosses Atlantic by boat to reunite with parents during pandemic

An Argentinian sailor crossed the Atlantic by boat to reunite with his parents during the coronavirus pandemic.

June 18, 2020

US offers $10M rewards each for arrests of 2 Colombian rebel chiefs

The United States is offering rewards of up to $10 million each for the arrests of two prominent Colombian rebels who were key figures in the nation’s historic peace process but have since returned to arms.

June 17, 2020

Pablo Escobar’s cartel partner and infamous ‘cocaine cowboy’ released from US prison, deported to Germany

A man known as one of the “cocaine cowboys” who helped lead Colombia’s infamous Medellin drug cartel alongside Pablo Escobar has been released from a U.S. prison and deported to Germany.

June 17, 2020

Honduran president, wife test positive for coronavirus

Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández and his wife have tested positive for COVID-19, the Central American leader said late Tuesday in a television message.

June 15, 2020

Argentina pastor opens ‘worship bar’ to protest coronavirus lockdown

An evangelical pastor in Argentina turned his church into a bar to protest the coronavirus restrictions he says are discriminating against houses of worship, according to local media.

June 13, 2020

Brazil is exhuming graveyards to make room for increased burials amid coronavirus

Sao Paulo has started to dig up graveyards to create more space as coronavirus continues to ravage Brazil.

June 13, 2020

Teen soccer player killed by Mexico police 'scores' final goal from coffin

Soccer teammates of a 16-year-old Mexican-American boy shot dead by local police in southern Mexico devised a way for the youth to score one more goal after he was placed in a coffin.

June 10, 2020

Nicaraguan baseball manager fired after speaking about virus

A Nicaraguan Hall of Fame baseball manager was fired Tuesday, days after publicly speaking about being hospitalized with COVID-19 along with his son and coach.

June 7, 2020

Brazil stops publishing its running coronavirus death toll

Brazil's government has stopped publishing a running total of coronavirus deaths and infections in an extraordinary move that critics call an attempt to hide the true toll of the disease in Latin America's largest nation.