Latin America - Page 77

March 7, 2020

Chilean crooks using visa waiver program to enter US, rob homes: Long Island police

Long Island police say criminals from Chile are using a visa waiver program to enter the U.S. to burglarize affluent homes before flying back home.

March 5, 2020

International soccer star Ronaldinho allegedly uses fake passport to enter Paraguay: officials

International soccer star Ronaldinho is being investigated by authorities in Paraguay after he and his brother allegedly used fake passports to enter the country, reports say. 

March 5, 2020

Chilean man crashes truck into sacred Easter Island stone statue, sparks furor

A Chilean man was arrested after he crashed his truck into one of the famous stone structures in Polynesia’s Easter Island causing “incalculable” damage.

March 5, 2020

12,000 Nazis lived in Argentina in 1930s with Swiss bank accounts, newly discovered documents show

A new cache of documents appears to identify more than 12,000 Nazis who lived in Argentina in the 1930s and who had one or more bank accounts at what is now Credit Suisse bank.

March 4, 2020

Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro urges women to have six children ‘for the good of the country’

Venezuelan’s embattled leader made a bizarre request to the country’s women amid rising economic crisis and severe food and medicine shortages: have more babies.

March 3, 2020

ICE deports ex-Guatemalan soldier wanted for alleged role in 1982 massacre

A former Guatemalan soldier linked to a 1982 massacre of more than 200 unarmed people was deported from the United States back to his country Tuesday, immigration officials said. 

March 3, 2020

Trump says Colombia must resume spraying to destroy coca crops

President Trump directed Colombia to resume aerial spraying of coca crops, the main ingredient in the narcotic cocaine. 

February 27, 2020

Coronavirus: How countries around the world are reacting to the outbreak

As the coronavirus reached the soil of a sixth continent, countries around the globe have stepped up measures to contain the spread of the infectious disease.

February 26, 2020

Brazil confirms first coronavirus case in Latin America

 The Brazilian man spent two weeks in northern Italy's Lombardy region on a work trip, where he contracted the contagious virus, the health ministry said.

February 25, 2020

Argentina man accused of sexually assaulting girl after parents set up cameras in bedroom

Police in Argentina are on the hunt Tuesday for a relative who was seen staring into a surveillance camera after allegedly sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl in her bedroom.