Millions in gold, cash taken in Peru airport heist
Robbers staged a daring assault on a truck carrying 120 kilograms of gold, along with $1 million and 9 million soles ($2.7 million) in cash, on the runway at the…
Border tensions heighten between Colombia, Venezuela; 3,000 troops deployed
Thousands of Colombians have left Venezuela amid new border tensions, and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro Saturday ordered 3,000 troops to the western state of Tachira to "clean the region of…
Panama Canal suspends planned draft restriction due to recent rains
The agency that operates and manages the Panama Canal said Friday it has suspended a planned draft restriction that was scheduled to go into effect early next month, citing a…
Accused of graft, Guatemalan president faces growing demands to step down
The clamor for President Otto Perez Molina to resign over his alleged participation in corruption is on the rise, and on Thursday people began to gather for demonstrations at various…
40 cops have been killed in El Salvador so far this year, government declares gangs to be “terrorists”
Seated in full body armor, with an ACE 21 assault rifle resting on her lap, Agent “China” speaks rather calmly about enlisting to patrol one of the scariest police beats…
Uruguay to begin mass producing marijuana in September
The Uruguayan government announced on Thursday, August 20, that local companies looking to begin mass producing cannabis in the country will finally be given the greenlight on September 3.…
China’s troubles stoke anxiety in Latin America
As the plunge in Chinese stocks rattles global financial markets, Beijing’s economic slowdown is stoking fears of more dismal times to come for Latin America’s sluggish economies, many of which…
Court delays decision on extraditing El Salvador’s “Col. Inocente” for 1989 massacre
A U.S. federal judge on Wednesday postponed its decision on the extradition to Spain of a retired Salvadoran army officer wanted for the 1989 murders of five Spanish Jesuit priests…
