Ecuadoran mayor killed
The mayor of a mining town in violence-riddled Ecuador was shot dead Friday, the second such killing in days ahead of a weekend referendum on...
Latin America
Colombia charges former president Uribe with witness tampering
Colombia鈥檚 prosecutors announced on Tuesday that they would try influential 聽former president Alvaro Uribe for alleged witness tampering in what will be the first trial of a former head of state in the country鈥檚 history....
Ecuador鈥檚 former VP returns to prison after hospitalization
Ecuador鈥檚 former vice president Jorge Glas, whose capture in a raid on Mexico鈥檚 embassy in Quito sparked an outcry, returned to a maximum security prison on Tuesday after a short hospitalization....
Mexico suspends diplomatic ties with Ecuador after embassy storming
Mexican president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador ordered the suspension of diplomatic ties with Ecuador on Friday after police stormed his country鈥檚 embassy in Quito to arrest former Ecuadorian vice president Jorge Glas who was taking refuge there....
World鈥檚 oldest Venezuelan man dies at 114
Venezuelan Juan Vicente Perez Mora, certified in 2022 by Guinness World Records as the oldest man in the world, died on Tuesday at the age of 114...