Mexico recovers stolen radioactive material
Enlarge MEXICO CITY — Mexican police Wednesday recovered a potentially lethal load of radioactive cobalt-60 just a few miles from where it had been stolen more than two days earlier.…
Ten people killed in Nicaragua gun battle
Email this page MANAGUA, December 5, 2013 (AFP) – Ten people died and one was wounded Wednesday in a clash between petty criminals trying to rob a store and soldiers…
Costa Rica amongst countries in Latin America with least perception of corruption
Email this page December 4th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Costa Rica is among the countries with the lowest levels of perceived corruption in Latin America, according to an index published on Tuesday…
US, Colombia to triple cooperation in region
Email this page WASHINGTON, December 4, 2013 (AFP) – President Juan Manuel Santos on Tuesday said Colombia and the United States would triple security cooperation in a group of third…
Latin America minorities face discrimination: UN
Email this page December 4th, 2013 (AFP) Despite a decade of economic growth across most of Latin America, people of African descent throughout the region still face discrimination and earn less,…
The 20th anniversary of the death of Pablo Escobar
Email this page By W. Alejandro Sanchez / VOXXI Pablo Escobar is still remembered two decades after his death in Colombia, and Latin America in general, but…
Nicaragua takes Colombia boundary dispute to UN court, Colombia recalls ambassador
Email this page December 2nd, 2013 (AFP & InsideCostaRica.com) - Nicaragua started proceedings at the International Court of Justice against Colombia last week for allegedly violating its sovereign rights and maritime…
US Secretary of State says “Monroe Doctrine” for Latin America is over
Email this page November 18, 2013 (AFP) – US Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday declared that a nearly 200-year-old policy which had governed Washington’s relations with Latin America…
