Latin America

Victor Manuel Rocha is believed to have spied for communist nation for more than four decades. Source link

Margarita explains that they’ve also double-checked with the DNA sample that Jazmin sent from France, and it doesn’t match anyone in Antonia Mejia’s family. So she couldn’t even be a lost daughter. It seems that she was adopted using someone else’s identity. Such cases are not uncommon, says Fr Manuel …

The reservoir that provides around 70% of water in Colombia’s capital is at less than 17% capacity. Source link

Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo has issued a natural disaster declaration as dozens of fires rage in forests and at a major landfill site in Villa Nueva. More than 200 people received medical attention after being exposed to smoke from the burning landfill, according to Guatemala’s health minister. Around 44 forest …

Tareck El Aissami, a former close ally of President Maduro, has been arrested on corruption charges. Source link

Our ancestors may have kept foxes as pets long before domestic dogs, archaeological evidence suggests. Source link

The banking giant is set to take a billion-dollar loss by exiting Argentina after nearly 30 years. Source link

Footage released by Colombian armed forces show them chasing a boat laden with tonnes of cocaine off the coast of San Andres island. Five people were detained in what was the country’s largest shipment of cocaine seized this year. According to local authorities, the cargo was valued at $113m (£89m). …

Three people were injured after a woman, who was being detained, stole a gun from a guard and opened fire outside a Chilean market on Monday. A guard and a cameraman were among the wounded. The cameraman was taken to hospital with serious injuries, where he was in stable condition, …

The officer tried to intervene as angry residents set upon two men suspected of killing a taxi driver. Source link

The trial of 27 people charged in connection with the Panama Papers money laundering scandal has started in a Panamanian criminal court. The leak of secret financial documents in 2016 revealed how some of the world’s wealthiest people stashed their assets in offshore companies. The defendants include Jurgen Mossack and …

A group of protesters in Mexico City have driven a pickup truck through a door to the country’s presidential palace. They were met by police officers, who used tear gas on the protesters. The group were protesting the 2014 mass disappearance of a group of 43 Mexican students. A commission …

As chaos grips the Caribbean nation, how countries from the US to Kenya respond will be critical to Haiti’s path forward. Reporting from the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic, the BBC’s Will Grant explains how the international community is reacting. Source link

The US State Department has evacuated American citizens from Haiti through a charter flight, as the country grapples with heightened gang violence. The flight left Cap Haitian on Sunday morning with 47 passengers. The US government is working to evacuate more people still in Haiti. Source link

A court has paused a controversial immigration law in Texas that allows local and state officials to detain anyone they suspect entered the country illegally, superseding federal powers. Migrants in Juarez, Chihuahua, on the US-Mexico border react to the law and how it could impact their journey to the US. …

The six victims were all from Latin America and were working on the bridge when it collapsed. Source link

Brazil forward Vinicius Jr breaks down in tears responding to questions about racism Brazil had just beaten England 1-0 last month when reporters approached Vinicius Jr for an interview at Wembley’s mixed zone. “But are we going to talk about football?” the Real Madrid forward smilingly responded. After the positive …

Philippe Armand thanked Florida Governor Ron DeSantis after waiting for two weeks to see his son who was in Haiti. US and Florida officials have chartered helicopters and flights from the besieged Haitian capital to bring Americans to safety. As of Wednesday afternoon, the Florida Division of Emergency Management said …

Members of Florida’s Haitian diaspora are growing desperate as Haiti remains besieged by gang violence. Source link

Men dressed as devils – “talciguines” – whip the Catholic faithful in a playful Easter tradition in El Salvador. The event in the town of Texistepeque is meant to symbolise the triumph of good over evil. It draws people from all over El Salvador. Apart from the “talciguines” – Nahuatl …