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US holds back recognition for Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro

YoopyaApr 18, 20130

The US government is refusing to recognise Venezuela’s President-elect Nicolas Maduro’s victory in disputed elections in Venezuela. Secretary of State John Kerry said the US

Mexico drops drug link charges against General Angeles

YoopyaApr 18, 20130

Prosecutors in Mexico say they have dropped the charges against retired general Tomas Angeles Dauahare. Gen Angeles, a former deputy defence minister, had been accused

Colombia seizes drug lord Madman Barrera’s properties

YoopyaApr 18, 20130

Police in Colombia have seized almost 300 properties belonging to one of the country’s most notorious drug lords, Daniel Barrera – known as The Madman.

Venezuela election to test Chavez’s socialist legacy

YoopyaApr 11, 20130

(Reuters) – The late Hugo Chavez’s self-declared socialist revolution will be put to the test at a presidential election on Sunday that pits his chosen

Mexico’s controversial memorial for drug war victims

YoopyaApr 6, 2013June 19, 20230

A controversial memorial has been unveiled in Mexico to commemorate the tens of thousands of people killed during the brutal drug war. The massive structure

Argentina protests after Kirchner is called ‘an old hag’

YoopyaApr 6, 20130

Argentina has made an official protest after the Uruguayan president was caught on microphone apparently referring to President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner as an “old

Argentina flash floods claim more lives

YoopyaApr 5, 20130

Catastrophic flash floods have killed 57 people in the province of Buenos Aires, while hundreds more remain homeless, officials say. The worst hit is the

Amazon murders: Two convicted of 2011 Brazil killings

YoopyaApr 5, 20130

A judge in Brazil has found two men guilty of the murder in 2011 of two activists in the Amazon rainforest. The men were sentenced

Indigenous Colombians free soldiers held for 24 hours

YoopyaApr 1, 20130

A group of indigenous Colombians has let go three soldiers it had been holding for 24 hours. Members of the Nasa tribe surrounded the soldiers,

San Lorenzo keeper Pablo Migliore arrested after match

YoopyaApr 1, 20130

Police in Argentina have arrested the goalkeeper of first division club San Lorenzo on suspicion of aiding and abetting an alleged murderer. Pablo Migliore was