April 28, 2019 Homophobic remarks by Brazil's president could harm tourism industry, advocates say Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's comment that the country must not become a "gay tourism paradise" sparked fears that LGBTQ people will avoid traveling to the country, fearing the possibility of violence, according to advocates and industry representatives.
April 26, 2019 Todd Leininger, American detained in Venezuela for five years, has been released, sources say An American who had been imprisoned in Venezuela for five years has been released, sources confirmed to ӣƵ.
April 26, 2019 Man accused of fatally beating infant over paternity had been deported 5 times: ICE A man accused of fatally beating a 4-month-old boy after finding out the infant wasn’t his son had been previously deported from the United States five times, most recently in late 2016, immigration officials said.
April 25, 2019 Mexicans up in arms over plan to ban sale of cold beer from stores across capital Mexicans are being faced with legislation that would ban the sale of cold beer in stores across the nation’s capital.
April 19, 2019 Cartel member leads Mexican authorities to secret mass grave A tip from a cartel member led Mexican police to a secret site containing more than 30 graves in the state of Veracruz.Each grave may contain several people.
April 19, 2019 Drug trafficking keeping Maduro in power in Venezuela, analysts say It has been more than three months since the U.S. accelerated its onslaught of economic sanctions, words of warning and announced it was backing a completely new interim President – heightening official expectation that the Nicolas Maduro-led regime of Venezuela would crumble within a few days, if not a few weeks. Only the socialist dictatorship has failed to fall. While there an array of factors to blame, analysts are pointing to illicit trafficking rings as a fundamental Maduro lifeline.
April 17, 2019 Thousands more Central American migrants approach U.S.-Mexico border Thousands of migrants are heading toward the U.S.-Mexican border, hoping to gain permanent residency here even as the Trump administration tightens rules on detention and obtaining political asylum.
April 17, 2019 Peru’s former President Alan Garcia dies after shooting himself to avoid arrest amid corruption allegations Former Peruvian President Alan Garcia was hospitalized Wednesday after he shot himself before being detained by police amid allegations he received illegal payment from Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht.
April 16, 2019 Ecuador hit with 40 million cyber-attacks since Julian Assange arrest The Ecuadorian government has been hit with more than 40 million cyber-attacks since Julian Assange was arrested last Thursday.
April 15, 2019 Julian Assange used the embassy as ‘center for spying,’ Ecuadorian president says WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange reportedly violated his asylum conditions when he used the Ecuadorian embassy in London as a “center for spying,” the country’s president said in a recent interview.