Latin America - Page 79

February 5, 2020

Five cities or villages outside United States named after an American president

It seems the United States is not the only country to have named its capital city after a former American president.

February 4, 2020

Guatemalan woman deported after killing 4 kids in 2008 bus crash pleads guilty to re-entering US illegally

A Guatemalan woman who was deported from the U.S. after serving eight years in prison for killing four children in a 2008 bus crash in Minnesota pleaded guilty Monday to illegally re-entering the country, federal prosecutors said.

January 30, 2020

US bans 13 Salvadoran army officials for 'gross violation of human rights' over 1989 murder of Jesuit priests

The State Department on Wednesday banned 13 former Salvadoran military officials from entering the U.S. for “gross violation of human rights” committed in November 1989 when six Jesuit priests and two others were murdered on a university campus during the height of the El Salvadoran Civil War.

January 28, 2020

Plan for Venezuelan migrants to settle in Brazil sees US support

The United States and United Nations on Tuesday launched a program aimed at helping thousands of Venezuelan migrants resettle in Brazil.

January 28, 2020

Fugitive Colombian lawmaker who made brazen jailbreak during dental appointment found in Venezuela

A former politician in Colombia who was jailed for buying votes and later executed a jailbreak during a dental appointment was captured Monday in Venezuela after several months on the run.

January 27, 2020

Brazil rainstorms, landslides leave dozens dead, thousands evacuated

Nearly 50 people have died in Brazil and thousands have been evacuated from their homes after intense rainfall spawned widespread flooding and triggered landslides, according to officials. 

January 22, 2020

Arizona mother of 2 vacationing in Belize vanishes from small island, is 'feared no longer alive,' family says

An American mother of two vacationing in Belize disappeared over the weekend while she and her boyfriend camped on an island less than an acre in size, officials said Wednesday. 

January 20, 2020

Paraguay investigates prison escape of at least 75 ‘highly dangerous’ inmates through tunnel

Paraguayan officials were investigating the mass escape of at least 75 “highly dangerous” inmates, including members of Brazil’s most infamous gang, from a prison on Sunday through a tunnel they dug, authorities said.

January 16, 2020

Belgian man arrested in Peru airport with 20 live birds in suitcase, investigators say

A Belgian man was arrested Monday at an airport in Peru with 20 live birds crammed inside tiny boxes he hid in his suitcase, investigators said.

January 16, 2020

7 bodies found in Panama burial pit as religious sect accused of carrying out exorcism rituals

Panamanian police investigating a religious sect known as “The New Light of God” say they have uncovered seven corpses in a hidden burial pit near where the group was found torturing indigenous people this week in apparent exorcism rituals.