Guerrilla dissident group claims wave of Colombian attacks
A Colombian armed group comprised of ex-guerrillas who rejected a 2016 peace deal, claimed responsibility Friday for a wave of bomb and shooting attacks that killed seven people this week.
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Huge crowds at final farewell for Uruguay鈥檚 Mujica
Brazil鈥檚 Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva joined tens of thousands of Uruguayans who said a final farewell to iconic former president Jose 鈥楶epe鈥� Mujica on Thursday.
FARC attack kill 11 troops in Ecuador
Ecuador said on Friday that at least 11 military personnel, who were carrying out an operation to combat illegal mining in a region near the border with Colombia, were killed by dissident FARC guerrillas.
Brazil ex-president Mello jailed for corruption
Brazil鈥檚 former president Fernando Collor de Mello was arrested and taken to prison Friday to begin serving a nearly nine-year sentence for corruption and money laundering, the latest former leader to face jail time.
Brazil鈥檚 ex-president Mello arrested for corruption
Brazil鈥檚 former president Fernando Collor de Mello was arrested Friday, a federal police source told AFP, after a top court upheld his nearly nine-year sentence on corruption and money laundering charges.
One injured in Ecuador quake
A shallow 6.3-magnitude earthquake left at least one person injured, several buildings damaged and power knocked out in the Ecuadoran port city of Esmeraldas on Friday.
Bolsonaro whips up Sao Paulo protest over coup charges
Brazil鈥檚 former president Jair Bolsonaro rallied thousands of people Sunday to a demonstration in Sao Paulo against charges levied by the Supreme Court that he plotted a coup...
Venezuela-hired lawyers ask Salvadoran court for migrants鈥� freedom
A law firm hired by Caracas filed a petition in El Salvador鈥檚 Supreme Court Monday for the release of 238 Venezuelans deported from the United States to a notoriously harsh prison in the Central American country.
Cuba suffers 4th nationwide blackout in 5 months
Cuba suffered a general blackout on Friday caused by a crash of its national electricity grid, officials said, the fourth major power outage on the cash-strapped communist island in five months.
Guerrillas capture 29 Colombian soldiers, police
Colombian guerrillas took 29 soldiers and police hostage during a gun battle in a key cocaine-growing region, the government said Friday, a fresh blow to the country鈥檚 fragile peace process.
10 dead, hundreds evacuated in Argentina floods
At least ten people were killed and more than a thousand evacuated in the Argentine port city of Bahia Blanca on Friday as torrential rains flooded homes and hospitals, destroyed roads and forced officials to cut power.