Massive Chile quake kills at least 10, prompts tsunami warnings throughout Pacific
Chilean officials say the death toll has risen to 10 from a powerful 8.3 magnitude earthquake late Wednesday that triggered a widespread tsunami warning.…
Here is what the US had to say to other Central American countries on Independence Day
While similar, the small differences in the statements are interesting, and shed a bit of nuance on the United States’ relationship with each of the five Central American nations that…
Meet Peru’s “Tony Montana,” the man accused of fueling Europe’s cocaine habit
After nearly five months on the run, the alleged drug kingpin was arrested quietly Saturday in a pharmacy in the touristy beach town of Salinas, Ecuador.…
Swiss and US prosecutors to reveal more on FIFA cases
US attorney general Loretta Lynch and her counterpart from Switzerland, Michael Lauber, will give updates in Zurich on the "the status of two criminal proceedings," Swiss officials had said last…
From jail, former Guatemalan president claims he is victim of US-backed “soft coup”
“It’s not just what you see in the courtroom. There are a series of interests, of strategic interests. They are in Guatemala and they extend to Honduras, to El Salvador.…
Mexican authorities join investigation to determine if “El Chapo” is in Costa Rica
Mexican authorities have joined an investigation to determine whether the world’s most-wanted drug lord, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán and his son Jesús may be, or may have been, in Costa…
Did ‘El Chapo’ bribe Guatemala’s disgraced president for 1.5 million?
Guatemala’s former president is behind bars on corruption allegations, while Mexico’s most notorious cartel leader is on the loose. Their stories collided in a Guatemalan courtroom on Tuesday as former…
Panama Canal’s new locks are leaking. Really leaking. (VIDEO)
The contractor overseeing the Panama Canal expansion is in deep water. After severe leakage problems became visible, the relevant state authority, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) issued a warning that…
