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January 21, 2019

Colombia pressures Cuba to turn over ELN rebel leaders

Colombia is pressuring Cuba to turn over leaders of the South American nation's last remaining rebel group who had been on ...

January 21, 2019

Fear and zeal over more guns in violence-plagued Brazil

Fearing for his safety amid rising crime in Latin America's largest nation, Paulo Alberto joined a gun club three years ago ...

January 21, 2019

2-for-1: Total lunar eclipse comes with supermoon bonus

The only total lunar eclipse this year and next came with a supermoon bonus. On Sunday night, the moon, Earth and sun lined ...

January 20, 2019

Magnitude 6.7 quake hits Chile's coast; no reports of damage

A 6.7-magnitude earthquake shook cities and towns on Chile's northern coast late Saturday, but there were no immediate ...

January 20, 2019

Trump celebrates new citizens in Oval Office ceremony

On a day focused on his demand for a border wall, President Donald Trump used music and pageantry to welcome "the five newest ...

January 19, 2019

Hope dashed for families of Colombia cadets killed in attack

Before a car bomb exploded at a Colombia police academy this week, killing 21 people, the young cadets inside were busy ...

January 19, 2019

Bus collision in Bolivia leaves at least 22 dead, 37 injured

Police in Bolivia say a head-on highway collision between two buses has killed at least 22 people and injured 37 others.

January 19, 2019

Colombia blames ELN for bomb, presses Cuba to arrest leaders

Colombia called on Cuba to arrest 10 National Liberation Army commanders currently in Havana for stalled peace talks after ...

January 19, 2019

Colombia asks Cuba to arrest ELN negotiators for car bombing

Colombian President Ivan Duque on Friday demanded Cuba arrest 10 peace negotiators from the National Liberation Army after ...

January 19, 2019

The Latest: Colombia's president reactivates arrest orders

The Latest on the car bombing in Bogota (all times local): 7:20 p.m. Colombia's President Ivan Duque has reactivated arrest ...

January 18, 2019

Total lunar eclipse meets supermoon Sunday night

Here comes a total lunar eclipse and supermoon, all wrapped into one. The moon, Earth and sun will line up this weekend for ...

January 17, 2019

10 dead in car bombing at police academy in Colombia capital

A car bomb exploded at a heavily guarded police academy in Colombia's capital on Thursday, killing 10 people and injuring ...

January 17, 2019

Brazil's Bolsonaro makes stumbling start as president

A few days after being inaugurated, new Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro announced a tax increase, only to have his ...

January 17, 2019

Gisele Bundchen fires back in feud with Brazilian Minister

Brazilian supermodel turned environmental activist Gisele Bundchen is pushing back against the agricultural minister in her ...

January 17, 2019

Gisele Bundchen fires back in feud with Brazilian minister

Brazilian supermodel turned environmental activist Gisele Bundchen is pushing back against the agricultural minister in her ...

January 16, 2019

Unbearable stench: Giant sewage spill befouls Peru's capital

Amid an unbearable stench, thousands of workers, police and soldiers struggled Wednesday to contain and clean up a flood of ...

January 16, 2019

Street singer gives voice to Venezuela's growing diaspora

A year ago, Venezuelan migrant Reymar Perdomo was singing for spare change on jammed buses, struggling to make ends meet ...

January 16, 2019

Venezuela's opposition outlines roadmap for power transfer

Venezuela's opposition-controlled congress has declared President Nicolas Maduro "illegitimate," moving a step closer to ...

January 16, 2019

Drug trafficker tells of bribe to ex-president of Mexico

A Colombian drug trafficker testified Tuesday that Mexican cartel leader Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman boasted about paying a ...