Latin America

Ecuador has formally recognized Edmundo González as the elected president of Venezuela

By Marielbis Rojas

Fotografía cedida por el Partido Liberal que muestra al expresidente Jair Bolsonaro

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro indicted for allegedly attempting coup after 2022 election

Fotografía de archivo del dictador de Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega.

Nicaraguan dictator reforms constitution to appoint wife as co-president and usurp power of local governments

U.S. refers to opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia as Venezuela’s "president-elect"

Inter-American Court condemns Nicaragua for "damage to communities" after commissioning China to build interoceanic canal project

La onda tropical podría convertirse en ciclón en los próximos días

Alert: New storm system brewing in Caribbean could become hurricane heading toward Cuba, Florida

Nicaraguan Ortega regime bans priests from public hospitals

Maduro seeks "new beginning" with U.S. after Trump takes office, invites Americans to visit Venezuela

Alert: Cuban doctor kidnapped in Tapachula, Mexico, ransomed for $10,000

Hurricane Rafael leaves western Cuba dark with "severe effects"

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Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro indicted for allegedly attempting coup after 2022 election

Nicaraguan dictator reforms constitution to appoint wife as co-president and usurp power of local governments

U.S. refers to opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia as Venezuela’s "president-elect"

Inter-American Court condemns Nicaragua for "damage to communities" after commissioning China to build interoceanic canal project

'The Darien Gap smells like death': Venezuelan woman crosses jungle with 3-year old toddler

Number of Venezuelans crossing the Darien Gap jungle is 7 times more than Haitian migrants and 10 times more than Cubans

Colombian heroin trafficker extradited to face charges in NYC

Miranda allegedly circumvented the cartels and personally oversaw the operations to import heroin

Cartels bringing fentanyl to U.S. is 'illegal invasion by paramilitary forces' says Texas lawmaker

The DEA made a record-high seizure of about one million fentanyl pills in California this month.

Mexico captures drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, U.S. to seek extradition

Caro Quintero's criminal career spanned decades but was interrupted by a 28-year stint in prison

Celebrity fashion designer accused of smuggling crocodile handbags

A Colombian-born fashion designer whose animal skin purses have adorned celebrities and characters in Sex and the City was recently arrested on charges she smuggled hundreds of crocodile handbags into the U.S.

Politics

China urges UN for an arms embargo to halt gang violence in Haiti

The arms embargo that China is asking for would cut off the supply of small arms, light weapons, and ammunition to gangs in Haiti

Crime

U.S. federal judge rejects petition of Chavez's former nurse and continues trial against her

Claudia Patricia Diaz Guillen sought to have three counts of money laundering charges against her dismissed in a U.S. District Court in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Crime

Video purportedly depicts anesthesiologist in Brazil raping pregnant woman undergoing C-section

A nurse recorded the doctor in the act with a hidden cell phone after months of suspicious behavior. He now stands accused of sexually abusing a pregnant patient while she was undergoing a cesarean section at the Heloneida Studart Women's Hospital in Rio de Janeiro.