June 13, 2017 Venezuela's AG who broke with Maduro says family is receiving death threats A long-time government loyalist, Ortega Diaz broke publicly with the Maduro administration in late March.
June 12, 2017 Puerto Rico upholds statehood demand in contentious vote Experts say it is highly unlikely a Republican-controlled Congress would acknowledge Sunday's results.
June 12, 2017 Che Guevara was sent 'to die in Bolivia' by Cuban leadership, retired general says General Gary Prado turned him over to his superiors, who the next day executed him in southeastern Bolivia.
June 11, 2017 Puerto Rico voters back becoming 51st state in referendum marred by boycott Puerto Rico's governor announced that the U.S. territory has overwhelmingly chosen statehood in a nonbinding referendum Sunday held amid a deep economic crisis that has sparked an exodus of islanders to the U.S. mainland.
June 10, 2017 Puerto Rico - The time for democracy is now This Sunday, Puerto Ricans will cast their votes in a political-status referendum, exercising their democratic right to decide the island’s future.
June 9, 2017 Puerto Rico prepares to vote on political status amid crisis Puerto Rico's governor is pushing ahead with his top campaign promise of trying to convert the U.S. territory into a state, holding a Sunday referendum to let voters send a message to Congress.
June 9, 2017 Venezuelan journalists fight censorship by delivering news personally They ride public buses around the capital city and reading three-minute news broadcasts.
June 9, 2017 Venezuela AG accuses president of 'destroying legacy' of late Hugo Chavez Ortega Diaz's remarks were her strongest repudiation yet of Maduro's effort to rewrite the nation's constitution.
June 9, 2017 14 bodies found in mass grave in Mexican resort of Los Cabos The number of murders in the first four months of the year increased more than five times from the same period last year to 144.
June 8, 2017 Peruvian man mimics '13 Reasons Why,' leaves behind tapes after suicide A Peruvian man jumped out of his apartment building window in an apparent suicide attempt and left behind tapes to people who apparently drove him to his death. The tapes imitate the hit Netflix television series, “13 Reasons Why.”