Tareck El Aissami, former Venezuelan oil minister, has resurfaced in handcuffs, charged with treason, money laundering, and corruption.
Venezuelan authorities announced the arrest Tuesday of influential ex-oil minister Tareck El Aissami, who had resigned from his post last year amid a corruption scandal at state oil company PDVSA. "We have managed to reveal the direct participation and consequent arrest" of El Aissami, Attorney
Venezuelas government says the countrys former oil minister has been arrested on allegations of corruption
Venezuelas government says the countrys former oil minister, Tareck El Aissami, was arrested on allegations of corruption
Foreign Minister Yvan Gil of Venezuela claimed on Monday that the Tren de Aragua transnational criminal organization does not exist.
A retired three-star Venezuelan army general who twice tried to mount coups against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was sentenced Monday to over 21 years in prison after he admitted providing weapons to drug-funded rebels.
A thick bloom of varying hues drifts in the turquoise waters of Aragua in Venezuela, a surreal vision attributed to climate change that has decimated fishing stocks.
Guyana condemns neighboring Venezuela for passing a law to create a new state out of Essequibo, annexing two-thirds of Guyana's territory.
CARACAS: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday accused the United States of building “secret military...
Venezuela has signed into law the results of a recent referendum that lays claim to over two-thirds of Guyana.
Venezuela has signed into law the results of a recent referendum that lays claim over two-thirds of Guyana
Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro's move to sign into law the results of a recent referendum laying claim to two-thirds of Guyana triggered fierce condemnation Thursday from the neighboring South American country's government.
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Mayor Mike Johnston announced a new Asylum Seeker Program which will directly benefit migrants like Mariciello Ruiz Pastor as they transition out of shelters.
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents arrested 54 convicted sex offenders who illegally crossed the border between ports of entry this fiscal year.
Cities and counties are now scrambling to figure out how they will cope with the reduction in FEMA funding at a time when the number of migrants at the US-Mexico border is at or near record levels.
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston announced a major shift Wednesday in the city's response to the migrant crisis, extending support to six months but with only about 1,000 spaces. The mayor's pivot follows failed attempts to get federal aid and deep cuts to the city's budget as Denver served a total of nearly 41,000 migrants since the end of 2022.
Denver's newest program looks to better serve migrants, avoid cuts to core public services, and stabilize the city's budget.
President Joe Biden is dangling new border curbs and praising the border plan pushed by Mexico's president.
Guatemalas president has issued a natural disaster declaration as 44 forest fires continue to burn across the Central American country
The number of people making the often treacherous boat trip from Africa to the Spanish archipelago has been breaking record after record for months.
Every night for nearly two years, Glendy Aracely Ramrez has prayed by the altar in her parents' mudbrick bedroom where, under a large crucifix, is a picture of her sister Blanca. The 23yearold died alongside 50 other migrants in a smuggler's tractortrailer in Texas."I ask...
In the small town of Comitancillo in Guatemalas mostly Indigenous highlands, two murals memorialize the nearly two dozen local migrants who died in mass tragedies en route to the United States recently
Money sent home by migrants in the United States to Central America has risen to record levels, providing a lifeline for many of their relatives like Salvadoran mother of three Marta Alvarado.
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Yanqui Gomez, 23, was shot dead in a confrontation with police, prompting angry students to set fire to patrol cars.
Drug cartels from North America have overtaken rivals in Southeast Asia to become Australias top suppliers of methamphetamine, police said, warning that Mexican gangs are increasingly targetingthe country.
Lionel Messi’s first trip to Mexico for an official match did not end well. Brandon Vazquez, German Berterame and Jesus Gallardo scored goals and Monterrey beat Inter Miami 3-1 on Wednesday night in the second leg of the two-game, total-goals series to secure a spot in the CONCACAF Champions Cup semifinals. Vazquez opened the scoring in the 31st minute, Berterame added a goal in 58th and Gallardo sealed the win in the 64th, which advanced to the next round with a 5-2 aggregate score.
Mexico released security camera video Tuesday of the moments when Ecuadorian authorities forced their way into Mexico's embassy, pushed a Mexican diplomat to the ground and carried out Ecuador's former vice president who had been holed up there.The action Friday night...
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Mexican President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador voiced displeasure at the performance of former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, his party's presidential nominee, at Sunday's debate.
Mexico released security camera video Tuesday of the moments when Ecuadorian authorities forced their way into Mexico's embassy, pushed a Mexican diplomat to the ground and carried out Ecuador's former vice president who had been holed up there.
There were plenty of reasons to criticize Mexico's first presidential debate leading up to the June 2 election. The format was a bit constrictive, and the candidates' timer wasn't working at some points, leaving it unclear how much longer they could speak.
Mexico's president is expressing dissatisfaction with the country's first presidential debate ahead of the election in June
Protesters in southern Mexico have set the state government building afire and torched vehicles in the parking lot
In Mexico's first presidential debate on Sunday ahead of June 2 elections, former Mexico City Mayor and frontrunner Claudia Sheinbaum appeared comfortable with her polling lead, remaining calm amid ex-Senator Xchitl Glvez's personal attacks.
MEXICO CITY: Mexico's diplomatic personnel were leaving Ecuador on Sunday, its foreign minister said, as the two...
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The billionaire who has disregarded a Brazilian Supreme Court order to suspend certain accounts from his platform claimed the list of names included sitting lawmakers in the country.
Brazil's government on Tuesday extended exemptions to tourist visa requirements until April 2025 for U.S., Canadian and Australian citizens; the move extends a program intended to boost tourism.
Brazil's Senate on Wednesday installed a commission to investigate soccer match-fixing amid allegations from the top shareholder of a team that dominated the national league throughout most of last year but failed to clinch the championship.
Brazils government has extended exemptions to tourist visa requirements for citizens of the U.S., Australia and Canada until April 2025, extending a program aimed at boosting tourism that had been scheduled to end Wednesday
Brazils government has postponed until April 2025 tourist visa exemptions for citizens of the U.S., Australia, and Canada that had been scheduled to end on Wednesday
Endrick looks set to be Real Madrid's next superstar when the Brazilian joins this summer. But when he was younger, not everyone believed Endrick would make the grade.
X owner Elon Musk is under investigation in Brazil after he accused a Supreme Court judge of censoring social networks, calling him a "dictator" and vowing to disobey rulings blocking users found to be spreading disinformation.
Elon Musk accused Brazilian Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF) Minister Alexandre de Moraes of rigging the 2022 presidential election.
Brazilian President Luiz Incio Lula da Silva indirectly called out Elon Musk on the climate crisis on Tuesday, further increasing tensions between the countrys leaders and the billionaire businessman.
Brazil Supreme Court opens probe into Elon Musk after X revokes ban on restricted accounts, in latest tangle over misinformation
A Brazilian Supreme Court justice is adding Elon Musk to an investigation over the dissemination of fake news and alleged obstruction.
A crusading Brazilian Supreme Court justice has included Elon Musk as a target in an ongoing investigation over the dissemination of fake news, and has opened a separate investigation into the U.S. business executive for alleged obstruction.
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Taps will be turned off for 24 hours at a time in zones across Bogot as an El Nio-fueled drought pushes Colombias capital into a water crisis
Netflix’s crime series ‘The Hijacking of Flight 601’ chronicles the hijacking of Colombian airline Aerobolivar’s Flight 601, which departs from the national capital Bogotá. Francisco “Toro” Solano and Eusebio Borja, two Paraguayan hijackers, then assume control of the aircraft to demand $200,000 and the release of a group of political prisoners. In reality, the hijacked […]
Prosecutors announced this week they intended to pursue the right-wing Uribe on charges of witness tampering and fraud.
Colombia's capital city, Bogot, will begin rolling water rationing on Thursday for at least a year, Mayor Carlos Fernando Galn announced.
Colombia has one of the highest rates of internal displacement in the world with residents fleeing cartels and conflict.
Colombia's influential former President lvaro Uribe on Wednesday denounced as ''political vengeance" a move by national prosecutors to bring him to trial in a case of witness tampering that has shadowed his legacy.
‘The Hijacking of Flight 601’ or ‘Secuestro al vuelo 601’ is a Spanish-language miniseries that chronicles the true events of the longest aerial hijacking in Latin American history. On May 30, 1973, two hooded men board a Cali to Bogotá flight in Colombia and pull out concealed firearms after the plane takes off from its […]
Colombia's prosecutors announced Tuesday they would try influential ex-president Alvaro Uribe for alleged witness tampering in what will be the first trial of a former head of state in the country's history.
Colombia's prosecutor's office said Tuesday they will call former President lvaro Uribe to trial for the alleged crimes of bribery of witnesses in criminal proceedings and procedural fraud, which would make him the first former president to face trial in the Andean country.
Colombia's communications minister denounces the FARC militant group for using TikTok accounts to recruit minors.
Colombia suffered a series of attacks Thursday night and Friday morning, marking the first major assault against its military since a mafia group born from the now-defunct Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) announced it was scaling up operat...
Colombia's far-left President Gustavo Petro suffers a major defeat as Congress votes to shelve his controversial healthcare reform bill.
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