Crime
After Maduro’s capture, armed paramilitary groups patrol Caracas, search phones and restrict press
ADN América spoke with a Venezuelan man in Caracas who was held for several hours after armed groups searched his mobile phone.
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Social media reacts to Ana de Armas' acting teacher in Cuba who flunked her
"Corina's talent as an actress is undeniable, but her square and communist ideology makes her mediocre," said a social media user
Human Rights
Nicaragua steps up persecution of political opponents by charging their relatives with crimes
Human Rights organizations have long accused the Ortega regime of taking the relatives of exiled political opponents as “hostages”
Crime
15 killed and 21 injured in latest Ecuador prison riot
Prisoners fought with guns and knives before the guards managed to gain control of the prison
Crime
El Chapo: 'politicians hold the real power in drug trade'
El Chapo said that authorities would have to go after “politicians on both sides of the border” for the drug war to really stop
Politics
Brazil elections: Lula defeats Bolsonaro but heads to run-off election
Brazil will go to a second round of elections on October 30, after no candidate managed to reach more than 50% of the votes on Sunday
Politics
Blinken to visit Colombia, Chile, and Peru next week
The U.S. Secretary of State plans to meet with the South American countries' heads of state and discuss bilateral relations
Politics
U.S. judge dismisses Mexico's $10bn lawsuit against American gun manufacturers
Mexico accused the gun manufacturers of supplying weapons to Mexican cartels
Human Rights
Venezuela releases 7 jailed Americans in prisoner swap
The U.S. freed Franqui Flores and Efrain Campo, nephews of Venezuelan First Lady Cilia Flores, Maduro’s wife.
Human Rights
Cuban activists slam Associated Press for toning down anti-communist protests, 'complicity' with regime
Prominent Cuban activists criticized the Associated Press (AP), a U.S.-based agency with a permanent bureau in Cuba, for its coverage of the ongoing protests in Cuba.
Human Rights
Overnight protests sweep Cuban streets after days of power outages, Internet blackouts
Hundreds of Cubans took to the streets overnight from Sept. 29-30 to peacefully protest the regime’s inability to restore power after suffering prolonged blackouts that started Tuesday
