February 27, 2019 'Worthless' UN blasted for weak Venezuela response, playing into Maduro's hands As the Venezuelan government burns aid convoys, represses its people and forces them to eat out of garbage trucks, critics say the United Nations is struggling to find its voice -- issuing weak statements of condemnations in the face of totalitarianism, while a pro-Venezuela coalition digs in at U.N. headquarters
February 27, 2019 75 face federal drug trafficking charges in Puerto Rico A federal grand jury in Puerto Rico has indicted 75 people accused of running a multimillion-dollar drug trafficking ring and of throwing bodies of victims to caimans.
February 27, 2019 Nicaragua frees prisoners ahead of talks with opposition The government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega on Wednesday released dozens of people who had been arrested in last year's crackdown on street protests.
February 27, 2019 Hundreds of Venezuela's military defect in four days as country spirals into further chaos Since just the weekend, more than 300 Venezuelan soldiers have defected in the largest show of defiance by the military as the country plunges deeper into chaos.
February 27, 2019 Diplomats shun Venezuelan envoy's speech to UN rights body Dozens of European and Latin American diplomats abruptly walked out of the U.N.'s top human rights body on Wednesday to protest an address by Venezuela's foreign minister, where he floated the idea of talks between President Nicolas Maduro and U.S. President Donald Trump.
February 27, 2019 Macron, Merkel to hold talks on Brexit and other EU issues German Chancellor Angela Merkel is heading to Paris to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss Brexit, relations with the United States and other European issues.
February 27, 2019 In Bolivia, a new generation of wrestlers in bowler hats A new generation of athletes is coming to one of the world's more colorful sporting spectacles: the fighting cholitas of Bolivia, who take to a wrestling ring in the traditional billowing skirts, bowler hats and leather shoes of Aymara women.
February 27, 2019 Report slams Colombia for promoting officer tied to slayings Human Rights Watch is denouncing Colombia's government for appointing at least nine officers to key army positions despite credible evidence implicating them in serious human rights violations during the country's long civil conflict.
February 26, 2019 Guaido vows to return soon to Venezuela to lead protests Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido says he'll soon return home and mobilize new protests against embattled socialist leader Nicolas Maduro.