Brazil: President of Federal Senate Faces Electoral Challenge
On January 15, 2013, DM.com.br reported that Renan Calheiros (PMDB-AL) will have a challenger in the elections for President of the Federal Senate, to be held by secret ballot on February 1. Senator Randolfe Rodrigues (PSOL-AP), with the support of ten independent senators, announced his candidacy yesterday, calling on members to seek reform. The independent senators composed a manifesto outlining a framework for reform, which they say was created to combat recent controversies involving Calheiros and the current President of the Federal Senate, José Sarney (PMDB-AP). Read Article
Africa
- Within a Decade, Trade Between Brazil and Africa Increases by 416%
- President of Brazil Visits Ethiopia to Celebrate African Union
- African gangs using mail, courier services in Brazil to smuggle drugs to Europe
- Guayana: Breeze Soap Powder shipment contained 350 kilos cocaine set to ship to Africa
- Guyana: Nigerian arrested, convicted of entering country illegally from Suriname
Agriculture
- Brazil orange growers bracing for tough season
- President of Brazil Visits Ethiopia to Celebrate African Union
- Ecuador shrimp industry finding barriers to to access in five international markets
- Brazil: Eight Arrested Rio Grande do Sul for producing, selling adulterated milk
- Central America: Major job losses due to coffee rust fungus epidemic
Antartica
- Antartica: Russian researchers find unidentified life form under lake
- New Zealand rescue group searching for missing Canadians in Antarctica
- West Antarctica warming faster than scientists thought
- Japanase travel company cancels Antartica tour due to protest by researchers over safety issues
- Norwegian explorer arrested in Chile after making illegal trip to Antarctica
Archaeology
- Archaelogy: Ecuador's link to Asia
- Antartica: Russian researchers find unidentified life form under lake
- New evidence indicates maize cultivated in Peru 5,000 years ago
- Ancient temple discovered near Lima Peru, possibly 5,000 years old
- Machu Picchu Peru: skeletal remains found of high ranking person from pre-Hispanic times
Argentina
- Colombian Human Trafficking Network Operating in Argentina Disbanded
- Koluel Kayke, Argentina: Police Rescue Three Victims of Trafficking and Labor Exploitation
- Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina: Police Rescue 7 Females from Sex Trafficking
- Buenos Aires, Argentina: 189 Kilos of Cocaine Found Under a Bed
- Formosa Argentina: Woman Accused of Forcing 3 Daughters into Prostitution
Asia
- Guayaquil, Ecuador: Police Break Up Gang Trafficking Victims from India to US
- Archaelogy: Ecuador's link to Asia
- Japanese banks increasing presence in Latin America
- Peru: Asian investors interested in gas pipeline and Metro Lima projects
- Drugs from Hong Kong found in Guatemalan port after passing through Panama
Belize
Bolivia
- Ecuador and Bolivia Assess Progress in Fight Against Drugs and Human Trafficking
- Bolivian Anti-Drug Operation Discovers Traffickers’ Workshop and Makes Arrests
- 64 Bolivians Victims of Trafficking in Chile
- Human Trafficking Not Included in 13-Point Agenda Between Bolivia, Chile
- Argentina: 8 Stand Trial for Labor Exploitation of 57 Bolivians
Border Issues
Brazil
- Brazil: Resolution Passed to Ban Use of Certain Weapons During Protests
- Minas Gerais, Brazil: 870 kg of marijuana seized by Federal Highway Police
- Brazil Will Host UN Committee on Urban Violence in Latin America
- Support for Protests in Brazil Against Increased Bus Fare Spreads to Europe
- Porto Alegre, Brazil: Paraguayan Detained for Using Books to Transport Drugs
Business
- Report Reveals Brazil is Most Closed Economy in the G-20
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Business Reopens After Traffickers Order Shutdown
- Brazil: President Visits Portugal for Privatization Debate and Bilateral Educational Agreements
- Within a Decade, Trade Between Brazil and Africa Increases by 416%
- Brazil: President Dilma Anticipates Success to Host Best World Cup
Cacao Global
- Improving the organisation and commercialisation of small coffee and cocoa producers in the Northern Amazon Region of Ecuador
- Chile: Imports of chocolates grew 35 % in 2011
- Ecuador claims to have 62% of the world's market for high quality cacao
- Ecuador among top ten cocoa producing countries
- Ecuador, prices trend lower for coffee, cacao on European crisis fears
Caribbean
- Colombia: Sailboat passengers rescued after going adrift, five Americans on board
- Hotel Samasati Costa Rica victim of armed attack, 18 tourists robbed
- 20 die in plane crash St Barthelemy Caribbean, numerous dead French tourists
- Curacao: gold heist worth eleven million dollars committed on boat
- Colombia: New type of fraud scheme reported at Interbolsa
Chile
- Providencia, Chile: Indian Restaurant Raided for Human Trafficking
- 64 Bolivians Victims of Trafficking in Chile
- Human Trafficking Not Included in 13-Point Agenda Between Bolivia, Chile
- Argentina, Chile: Volcano Red Alert
- Cali, Colombia: Spain Urges the Pacific Alliance to Cooperate on Anti-narcotics Efforts
China
Ciudad Juárez
- Mexico: Police Detain12 Suspected of Murdering 11 Young Women
- Ciudad Juarez Mexico: returns to life four years after being labeled most dangerous city
- Ciudad Juárez Mexico, no confirmed cases of West Nile Virus
- Mexico to increase numbers of Federal troops in areas of high violence
- Ciudad Juarez Mexico: Man and woman charged in trafficking woman
Colombia
Conflicts
- Brazil: Resolution Passed to Ban Use of Certain Weapons During Protests
- Brazil Will Host UN Committee on Urban Violence in Latin America
- Brazil: Talks About Use of Drug Land to Resolve Indian-Farmer Land Dispute
- Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil: President Orders “Pacification” Operation in Indigenous Areas
- Mexico: anti-mining group demands haulting of operation in Tetlama, Morelos
Corruption
- Brazil Will Host UN Committee on Urban Violence in Latin America
- Salvador, Brazil: Police Operation Makes Arrests for Selling Counterfeit Ethanol Fuel
- Brazil: Senate Approval for U.S. $18 Million Loan to Combat Corruption
- Nova Venda, Brazil: Gang Suspected of Multiple Murders in Region is Captured
- Ecuador: members of uniformed units investigated for ties with drug cartels
Costa Rica
- Costa Rica: Websites Abound for Sex Tourism Industry
- Costa Rica Takes Steps to Prevent “Organ Transplant Tourism”
- Costa Rica on blacklist of 17 tax havens according to French government
- Costa Rica: Canadian murdered in gated community
- Drug Traffickers Captured in Costa Rica with Ties to Mexico and Ecuador
Crime
- Minas Gerais, Brazil: 870 kg of marijuana seized by Federal Highway Police
- Colombian Human Trafficking Network Operating in Argentina Disbanded
- Koluel Kayke, Argentina: Police Rescue Three Victims of Trafficking and Labor Exploitation
- Ecuador and Bolivia Assess Progress in Fight Against Drugs and Human Trafficking
- Paraguay: Authorities Seize 5 Kilos of Drugs on the Bank of the Parana River
Cuba
Culture
Dominican Republic
- Dominican Republic: Series of Raids Leads to 28 Arrests and Drug Seizure
- Dominican Authorities Thwart Drug Shipment to Canada
- Italian Drug Mule Detained in Dominican Republic
- Dominican Republic: Fear and Shame Among Reasons Few Trafficking Cases Reported to Police
- Dominican Republic: Hotels Pledge to Prevent Sexual Exploitation of Minors
Drug Activity
- Minas Gerais, Brazil: 870 kg of marijuana seized by Federal Highway Police
- Paraguay: Authorities Seize 5 Kilos of Drugs on the Bank of the Parana River
- 26 Kilos of Cocaine Found in Stranded Boat in Cartagena
- Bolivian Anti-Drug Operation Discovers Traffickers’ Workshop and Makes Arrests
- Brazil Will Host UN Committee on Urban Violence in Latin America
Earthquake
- Brazilian Scientists Confirm Significant Seismic Activity in Northeast
- Nicaragua on Alert: six earthquakes registered in 24 hours off coast
- Ecuador mistakenly put out alert for 6.2 earthquake warning Santa Cruz Galapagos Islands
- Colima Volcano Jalisco Mexico erupts, column reaches 3000 meters
- Baños Ecuador: Volcano Tungurahua, two minor earthquakes
Easter Island
Economy
Ecuador
- Ecuador and Bolivia Assess Progress in Fight Against Drugs and Human Trafficking
- Ecuador: new law to curtail free speech of media
- Ecuador: 1 Kilo of Heroin Found in Shipment of Bread
- Ecuador: members of uniformed units investigated for ties with drug cartels
- Guayaquil Ecuador: four prison guards arrested for drinking with inmates
El Salvador
- El Salvador: Human Trafficker Arrested in La Union
- PAHO reveals 73,000 new cases of hypertension diagnosed El Salvador
- Girl kidnapped in Mexico, located in El Salvador, arrest made
- Guatemala: alleged narco extradited back to El Salvador
- Hostile environment in Gulf of Fonesca between Honduras, El Salvador
Enviromental Issues
- Nicaragua close to granting rights to unknown Chinese company for canal
- Brazil: Deforestation Rates in Amazon Drops 84%
- Oil spill in Ecuador shows up in Peru's rivers
- Brazil: Mata Atlântica Records Highest Rate of Deforestation Since 2008
- Ecuador: Oil spill may threaten tourism on Napo and Coca Rivers
Europe
- Support for Protests in Brazil Against Increased Bus Fare Spreads to Europe
- Paraguay: Europeans Detained with 6.1 Kilos of Bolivian Cocaine
- Ecuador's Ambassador to U.K. sent home, reported failure to bring Assange matter to end
- Brazil: International Drug Traffickers Detained After Federal Police Operation
- Brazil: 10 Arrested in Operation against Multinational Drug Gang
Explosives / Bombs
- Accidental Grenade Detonation Kills Ecuadorian Soldier
- Dynamite and Ammonium Nitrate Seized on Bus in Peru
- Otavalo Ecuador: two men detained with 60 sticks of pentolite explosive
- Police Operation in Bahia, Brazil, Nets 2,500 Kilograms of Illegal Explosives
- Colombia: Defense Minister claims ground to air missles belonging to FARC, minimal threat
Extortion
- El Salvador: businessmen complain authorities do little to curb extortion
- Ecuador: Despite warning from President Correa, police continue corruption of demanding money from victims to investigate
- Head of La Familia Michoacana drug trafficking organization caught in Mexico
- Peru: Man forced to traffick drugs after girlfriend is kidnapped by Colombians
- Arson at Mexican Pepsi subsidiary company linked to Knights Templar cartel
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
- Argentines' upset over call to rename Falkland Islands capital, "Port Margaret"
- Crisitna Fernández rejects Falkland Island's referendum, calls voters as squatterss
- Falkland Islands: referendum results, no desire to be governed by Argentina
- Falkland (Malvinas) islanders to vote on sovereignty
- Argentina accuses Britain of sending nuclear ships to Falklands
FARC
- Colombia: two Spanish tourists kidnapped near Venezuela border
- FARC deserters setting up camp in Bolivia, training narcos
- Colombia, FARC begin new round of discussions in Cuba
- Rafael Correa states that FARC is not a terrorist group
- Colombia: Defense Minister claims ground to air missles belonging to FARC, minimal threat
Galapagos Islands
- Galapagos Islands Ecuador: missing British-Israeli tourist found dead
- Galapagos Islands: struggle against invasive plant species
- New Species of Fish discovered in Galapagos Islands
- U.S. military intercepts 1,700 kilos of cocaine off coasts of Ecuador, Panama
- Ecuador: German tourist may get four years prison in attempt to smuggle Iguanas from Galapagos Islands
Guatemala
- Ecuadorian Minister of the Interior Promotes Decriminalization of Drugs
- Guatemala: Police Seize 1,048 Kilos of Cocaine Shipped from Ecuador
- Colombian Police Seize 1.4 Tons of Cocaine Heading to Guatemala
- Guatemala: 34 Kilos of Cocaine Seized Along with Weapons and Vehicles
- Two Mexican Drug Traffickers Detained, 29 Tons of Chemicals Seized in Northern Guatemala
Guyana
- Guayana: visit teenager from Ireland charged after threatening to assasinate president
- Guayana: Breeze Soap Powder shipment contained 350 kilos cocaine set to ship to Africa
- Guyana: Nigerian arrested, convicted of entering country illegally from Suriname
- Guyana: Caribbean Airlines had 30 kilos cocaine on board for scheduled flight to New Yorkocaine at international airport, flight
- Women from Venezuela being trafficked to Guyana for mining labor, prostitution
Haiti
- Dominican Republic: National Army Increases Border Security Along Haitian Border
- Brazil and Haiti Partnership to Reduce Human Trafficking Activity
- Task Force in Acre, Brazil, To Address Situation of Haitian Refugees
- Survey Says: Haiti, Bolivia, Ecuador among most corrupt countries in Latin America
- U.S. Department of State, travel warning for Haiti
Health
- Mato Grosso, Brazil: Drug Abuse Grows in Indigenous Communities
- Study Reveals Brazil Ranks Number One Consumer of Crack Worldwide
- Brazil Hosts WHO Conference to Increase Distribution of Foreign Doctors
- Brazil: Launch of Operation Ágata 7 to Patrol Entire Border
- Task Force in Acre, Brazil, To Address Situation of Haitian Refugees
Honduras
- Honduras: Suspected Drug Dealer Injured in Gunfight
- Honduras Plans to Destroy 30 Clandestine Airstrips in July to Combat Drug Trafficking
- Red Bridge in Saltillo, Mexico is a Hotspot for Honduran Drug Traffickers
- Escaped Drug Trafficker Recaptured in Roatan, Honduras
- Honduras using covert radars on nation's highways to reduce speeding
Human Rights Latin America
- Ecuador: new law to curtail free speech of media
- Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil: Ranked 3rd for Highest Rates of Human Trafficking Activity
- San Martín de Porres, Peru: Victim of Labor Exploitation Rescued from Indigenous Community
- Mexico: Gang targeting Central American migrants detained
- Amazonas, Brazil: Professor Detained for Sexually Exploiting Indigenous Girls
Human Smuggling
- Colombian Human Trafficking Network Operating in Argentina Disbanded
- Koluel Kayke, Argentina: Police Rescue Three Victims of Trafficking and Labor Exploitation
- Ecuador and Bolivia Assess Progress in Fight Against Drugs and Human Trafficking
- Miraflores, Peru: 21 Peruvians and 28 Colombians Arrested for Trafficking and Prostitution
- Providencia, Chile: Indian Restaurant Raided for Human Trafficking
Intelligence
Internet
- Cuba broadens unrestricted internet use
- Chile: Anonymous says it will attack government April 22, 2013
- Ecuador: municipal accounts of Riobamba hacked, thirteen million dollars stolen
- Cuenca Ecuador: 2.5 million dollar budget to correct flaws in internet service
- Mexico City: Ministry of Public Security Forms Cyber-Crimes Task Force
Jamaica
Labor Issues
- Brazil: 1.97 Million Children Work in Unsafe Environments
- Brazil Eases Work Visa Application To Attract Foreigners
- Ecuador: Audit of Media companies reveals 50 percent not following salary laws
- Central America: Major job losses due to coffee rust fungus epidemic
- Mexican Police use tear gas to disperse protesting teachers (Video)
Latin America Aviation
- Quito Ecuador: High Winds, Turbulence Force LAN flight back to Guayaquil
- Costa Rica: Drug Czar resigns after President's use of plane with drug trafficking ties
- Venezuela Destroys 12 Clandestine Airstrips near Colombian Border, Seizes 1.8 Tons of Drugs
- Bogota Colombia: New Method of Trafficking Cocaine to Spain
- Gold heist of shipment from flight at Miami International from Guayaquil Ecuador
Latin America Book Review - Recorded Interviews with Authors
- TAME airlines begins new route Guayaquil-Latacunga, Latacunga-Coca-Guayaquil
- Oil Injustice, Resisting and Conceding a Pipeline in Ecuador: Recorded Interview With Author Dr. Patricia Widener
- Guide to Documentary Sources for Andean Studies, 1530–1900, recorded interview with editor Dr. Joanne Pillsbury
- Murder and Politics in Mexico, Author Interview with Dr. Sara Schatz
- Policing Democracy: Overcoming Obstacles to Citizen Security in Latin America
Latin America Health
- Ecuador: prevention screening in place for H1N1 along border with Colombia
- Ecuador: analysis of IESS indicates 49 percent of patients not obtaining appointments through call center
- Man dies in Ecuador hospital from gunshot wound, no surgeon on duty
- High Altitude Sickness in Latin America
- Ecuador: Man dies after being denied emergency medical services for gunshot wound
Latin America Indigenous Issues
- Brazil: Talks About Use of Drug Land to Resolve Indian-Farmer Land Dispute
- Indigenous People in Brazil Murdered Increases by 269%
- Mato Grosso, Brazil: Drug Abuse Grows in Indigenous Communities
- Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil: President Orders “Pacification” Operation in Indigenous Areas
- Pará, Brazil: Indians Discuss Relocation During Hydroelectric Plant Project
Latin America Mining
- Ecuador: Indigenous group opts for resistance to mining law
- BBC to Broadcast Special on Gold mining in Zamora Ecuador
- Mexico: anti-mining group demands haulting of operation in Tetlama, Morelos
- Peru: illegal mining contributing to other criminal activity, influx of foreign mafias
- Ecuador: Canadian mining firm awaiting legislative changes in proposed billion dollar investment
Latin America News
- Brazil: International Drug Traffickers Detained After Federal Police Operation
- Brazil and Peru Meet To Strengthen Trade Relations
- Mato Grosso Do Sul, Brazil: Governor of Paraguay Visits to Increase Border Security
- Brazil and Bolivia Partnership to Increase Border Security
- U.S. using blimps to fight drug trafficking in Latin America
Latin America Travel
- Porto Velho, Brazil: Portuguese Travelers Detained at Airport for Smuggling Cocaine
- Brazil: National Council of Justice Passes Resolution for Same Sex Marriage
- New Airport Quito Ecuador: 4 and 5 star hotels to use private companies for shuttles
- Mexico: Authorities tighten control after infant is caught in human trafficking scheme
- 75% of Airline tickets in Mexico are for fees
Latin America Wikileaks
- U.S. ambassador explains corruption in cable released by WIKILEAKS concerning Brazil
- Ecuador, Wikileaks cable discusses long term impact of melting glaciers
- Jamaican Prime Minister states U.S. officials misrepresented him in diplomatic cables
- Wikileaks shows U.S. and Brazil to partner against drug trafficking
- Wikileaks, Brazil pays off Paraguay to “keep them happy”
Latin America Womens Issues
- United States/ Mexico: Oaxacan Couple Sentenced to 20 Years Prison for Sexual Exploitation
- Santo Domingo Ecuador: 70 year old woman raped at cemetery while visiting deceased son
- Ecuador: hundreds of women march against gender violence in Quito
- Ecuador: teenage pregnancies, 45,708 births recorded in 2011
- Study from São Paulo, Brazil, Finds 11.7 Million Brazilians Alcohol Dependent
Mexico
- Chiapas, Mexico: 17 Kilos of Cocaine Seized at Highway Checkpoint
- Mexico: Police Detain12 Suspected of Murdering 11 Young Women
- Number of undocumented immigrants increasing across U.S., Arizona border
- Baby born while mother crossing U.S. Mexico international border
- Sonora, Mexico: Authorities Seizing More Weapons from Drug Traffickers
Nicaragua
- Nicaragua close to granting rights to unknown Chinese company for canal
- Nicaragua to Begin New Campaign against Drugs
- United States Aids Nicaragua in the Fight against Drug Traffickers
- Nicaragua: Chilean photo journalist deported after being held in jail four days
- Nicaragua: Sex Offender wanted in U.S. detained
Oil
Organized Crime
- Colombian Human Trafficking Network Operating in Argentina Disbanded
- Ecuador and Bolivia Assess Progress in Fight Against Drugs and Human Trafficking
- Ecuador: members of uniformed units investigated for ties with drug cartels
- Brazil: 10 Arrested in Operation against Multinational Drug Gang
- Brazil: Use of Scanners Along the Border to Combat Organized Crime
OXFAM Latin America
Panama
- Panama: Over 500 Kilos of Cocaine Seized that Were Destined for Spain
- Transnational Operation Leads to the Seizure of 2.7 Tons of Cocaine in Panama
- Narcos and Guerrillas in Panama
- Firefighters begin hunger strike in Panama
- IDB: Central American ports need to improve ports to meet expansion of Panama Canal
Paraguay
- Paraguay: Authorities Seize 5 Kilos of Drugs on the Bank of the Parana River
- Porto Alegre, Brazil: Paraguayan Detained for Using Books to Transport Drugs
- Paraguay: Authorities Destroy 6 Hectares of Marijuana
- Paraguay: Massive Marijuana Production amongst Peasants
- Paraguay: Europeans Detained with 6.1 Kilos of Bolivian Cocaine
Peru
- Miraflores, Peru: 21 Peruvians and 28 Colombians Arrested for Trafficking and Prostitution
- Trujillo, Peru: Married Couple Arrested for Pimping
- Huamachuco, Peru: Teens Rescued from Clandestine Brothel
- Peru: 18 Kilos of Cocaine Base Found on Tour Bus
- Peru: Majority of Trafficking Cases in Southern and Amazonian Regions
Police/Military Activity
- Minas Gerais, Brazil: 870 kg of marijuana seized by Federal Highway Police
- Colombian Human Trafficking Network Operating in Argentina Disbanded
- Koluel Kayke, Argentina: Police Rescue Three Victims of Trafficking and Labor Exploitation
- Ecuador and Bolivia Assess Progress in Fight Against Drugs and Human Trafficking
- Paraguay: Authorities Seize 5 Kilos of Drugs on the Bank of the Parana River
Politics
- Ecuador and Bolivia Assess Progress in Fight Against Drugs and Human Trafficking
- Ecuador: new law to curtail free speech of media
- Ecuador's Ambassador to U.K. sent home, reported failure to bring Assange matter to end
- Human Trafficking Not Included in 13-Point Agenda Between Bolivia, Chile
- Ecuadorian Minister of the Interior Promotes Decriminalization of Drugs
Religion
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Pastor detained for allegedly raping members of his church
- Muslim population growing in Tijuana Mexico
- Vatican Wants Brazilian President Dilma at First Papal Mass
- Mexican sexual abuse victims say they have no hope after abuse by priests
- Controversial Pastor Confirmed to Head Brazilian Human Rights Committee
Shining Path
- Peruvian Military Destroys Clandestine Airstrip in the Jungle
- Cusco Peru: Shining Path may increase kidnappings after rainy season, Hunt Oil possible target
- Peru: three collaborators with Shining Path detained with explosives (dynamite)
- Peru: Shining Path seeking new drug routes through La Convención
- Terrorists attack military airfield Cusco region Peru with explosives
Sinaloa
- Ecuador: Drugs Seized have Ties to Mexico via Sinaloa Cartel
- Three Asian criminal organizations providing Sinaloa Cartel precursor chemicals
- Mexican narco-trafficker extradited to United States; Linked to Sinaloa cartel
- Paraguay: In 2008, Sinaloa cartel attempted unsuccesfully to start base of drug operations
- Mexico: Members of Sinaloa cartel arrested ; Wanted in United States
Social Issues
- Support for Protests in Brazil Against Increased Bus Fare Spreads to Europe
- Ecuador: new law to curtail free speech of media
- Formosa Argentina: Woman Accused of Forcing 3 Daughters into Prostitution
- Brazil: Issue of Rape Raises Debate on Class Division and Gender
- President of Brazil Visits Ethiopia to Celebrate African Union
South America
- Brazil: International Drug Traffickers Detained After Federal Police Operation
- Brazil and Peru Meet To Strengthen Trade Relations
- Mato Grosso Do Sul, Brazil: Governor of Paraguay Visits to Increase Border Security
- Brazil: Launch of Operation Ágata 7 to Patrol Entire Border
- OAS Report Reveals Global Source of Cocaine, Primary Source of Heroin in the Americas
Suriname
- Guyana: Nigerian arrested, convicted of entering country illegally from Suriname
- Suriname, China hold discussions on bilateral ties
- Brazil assisting Suriname in fight against transnational crime, opens up lines of credit
- Suriname, increase in number of leishmaniasis
- Latin American Countries to Study Amazon Deforestation and Water Resources
Terrorism
- Ecuador on list of countries not cooperating in fight against money laundering, terrorist financing
- FARC launches grenade attack against police in Ituango
- Possible Hezbollah business contacts in Merida, Mexico
- Colombia: Alirio Comején Second in Command of FARC unit "Camilo Torres" killed in combat
- Colombia: ELN claims Canadian engineer kidnapped still under their control
United States
- Baby born while mother crossing U.S. Mexico international border
- Texas, Mexico Border: Big Bend National Park security issues
- Transnational Operation Leads to the Seizure of 2.7 Tons of Cocaine in Panama
- Brazil: U.S. Vice President Visits Brazil to Strengthen Energy Partnership
- Peru: top producer of counterfeit U.S. dollars
Uruguay
- Brazil: 10 Arrested in Operation against Multinational Drug Gang
- Uruguay: man posing as army official found in possession of $30,000 USD counterfeit bills
- Uruguay: tourist from U.S. drowns in La Barra
- Hearings begin in lawsuit filed against Uruguay by Philip Morris International against anti-smoking laws
- Zulia Venezuela: large supplies of rice confiscated by government
Z1test
- Guatemala will be declared in "nutritional risk" next week
- Guayaquil, Husband allegedly kills x-wife with machete in front of their children
- Colombia, 15 human traffickers detained, bringing undocumented across Ecuador border
- Montevideo Uruguay, 1,600 people living on the streets
- TRANSLATINA, trailer from documentary about transvestites (graphic)