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Mexico repatriates fake reporters convicted on drug charges

YoopyaJan 8, 2014December 3, 20230

(Reuters) – Eighteen Mexicans convicted on drug-trafficking charges after posing as television journalists while entering Nicaragua with $9.2 million were repatriated on Monday from the

Nine dead after attackers dressed as police enter Mexican prison

YoopyaJan 8, 2014December 3, 20230

(Reuters) – Nine people were killed during a gunfight at a prison in Mexico’s violent Guerrero state, after a gang dressed as police officers gained

Bachelet romps in Chile vote but faces runoff

YoopyaNov 18, 2013February 14, 20240

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Moderate socialist Michelle Bachelet romped to an easy top finish in the first round of Chile’s presidential election, and heads into

Venezuela arrests looters, store bosses in economic war

YoopyaNov 11, 2013January 31, 20240

(Reuters) – President Nicolas Maduro’s government announced arrests of both store managers and looters on Sunday as part of what it calls an “economic war”

Venezuelan leader says workers see Chavez apparition at building site

YoopyaOct 31, 2013March 3, 20240

(Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said an image of his idol and predecessor, the late socialist leader Hugo Chavez, has appeared miraculously in the

3rd person dies in Mexico border factory blast

YoopyaOct 28, 2013February 14, 20240

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — A Chihuahua state attorney general’s spokesman says a third person has died from injuries in a candy factory explosion last

Cuba to scrap two-currency system in latest reform

YoopyaOct 22, 2013March 6, 20240

Cuba is to scrap its two-currency system in the latest financial reform rolled out by President Raul Castro, official media report. Since 1994 Cuba has

Uruguay Will Sell Legal Marijuana For $1 Per Gram, Official Says

YoopyaOct 22, 2013March 6, 20240

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Uruguay’s drug czar says the country plans to sell legal marijuana for $1 per gram, though he’s given

White House pledges to work with Brazil on surveillance concerns

YoopyaSep 12, 2013April 3, 20240

(Reuters) – The White House tried on Wednesday to smooth over a diplomatic row with Brazil, pledging to address concerns caused by reports that the United

Trip to slum, speech to mass youth gathering and cathedral visit await Pope Francis in Rio

YoopyaJul 25, 2013August 1, 20240

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Pope Francis will bless the Olympic flag, visit a slum and address upward of 1 million young Roman Catholics in