Chile, President vows to take action on teen’s death
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera has vowed to take action and clarify circumstances that resulted in the killing of a young boy during anti-government protests. “The government is doing everything necessary to shed light on the circumstances and the responsibility for that death,” Pinera said at a public event on Sunday, AFP reported. Read Article
Africa
- Number of Africans, surge in Latin America trying to get to the U.S.
 - Sunni Extremists entering U.S with help from alien smugglers in South America
 - Mexico giving unvetted Africans pass to get to U.S. Border
 - Surge of African immigrants arrive Mexico, seeking transit to U.S. for asylum
 - Five Ghanaians found dead on Colombia-Panama border in route to U.S.
 
Archaeology
- Mexico: Life Forms as old as 50,000 years found in cave network
 - Cuenca Ecuador: Nearly 500 year old street reopens after being closed for 50 years
 - Nazca Lines Peru: new geoglyphs found after sand storms
 - Pucara de Rumicucho, Incan Stone Fortress north of Quito Ecuador
 - Cuenca Ecuador: City is preserving landmarks of its ancesetral beginnings
 
Argentina
- Argentina: Tourist from UK found dead in Tierra del Fuego
 - Argentina: Expat allegedy murdered in his home by male prostitute
 - Buenos Aires Argentina: After 140 years English language newspaper shutting down
 - Argentina: 10,000 victims of human trafficking rescued in past decade
 - Argentina Crime Rate Registers 6% lower in 2016 compared to 2015
 
Asia
- Thailand: Woman from Ecuador behaving strangely, leads to 2.35 kg of cocaine disguised as beauty cream
 - North Korea accuses Mexico of illegally detaining ship
 - More African, Asian migrants using Costa Rica on route to U.S., Canada
 - Nepal citizens arriving in Ecuador by sea, using as route to the U.S.
 - 40 Percent of New Vehicle Sales in Ecuador from Asia
 
Ayahuasca
- Ecuador: Shaman to be sentenced to Prison Term in Death of U.S. citizen, during Ayahuasca Ceremony
 - Ecuador: Shaman Found Guilty In Death of U.S. Citizen During Ayahuasca Ceremony
 - Ecuador: Trial for Shaman in death of U.S. citizen recesses for two weeks after two days of proceedings
 - Ecuador: Investigation in death of U.S. citizen Leslie Allison continues according to Shaman
 - Shaman declines to comment on death of American Leslie Allison in Ecuador
 
Belize
- Belize: FBI believes more than one person involved in murder of U.S. tourist year ago
 - Belize: Six French citizens in tour van accident, injuries
 - Tourist from U.S. Strangled, Murdered in Belize
 - Expat's Audacious Move to Belize
 - Bank of America suspending international wire transfers to and from banks in Belize
 
Bolivia
- Brazil: Operation Ostium combating suspected air traffic on borders
 - Peru: Striking teachers block border crossings to Bolivia and in areas of Cusco
 - La Paz Bolivia: Bizarre Case of Dead Woman Found Alive In Funeral Home
 - Boliva: Two police detained in smuggling of foreing women for prostitution case
 - Chinese Smugglers in Bolivia involved in trafficking of jaguar teeth
 
Border Issues
- Peru Strengthens Migratory Control at Tumbes near Ecuador Border
 - Brazil: Troops sent to border town after Venezuelans attacked
 - Ecuador Declares State of Emergency in Three Provinces due to Migrant Surge
 - Ecuador Asks Colombia To Protect Border From Guerrilla Dissenters
 - Man from California attempts to smuggle tiger cub into U.S. from Mexico, pleads guilty
 
Brazil
- Brazil: Troops sent to border town after Venezuelans attacked
 - Rio de Janeiro Brazil: Tourist shot, killed by police while on tour of favela
 - Brazil: British tourist (canoeist), shot, sexually assaulted, murdered on river trip
 - Brazil: Lead Suspect in Robbery & Murder of British Tourist Kayaker, killed
 - Brazil: Lead suspect in robbery and murder of British tourist kayaker, killed
 
Brazil Travel
- Yellow Fever Alert for Brazil, spreads to major population areas
 - Zika Virus not only concern for visitors to olympics, be aware of chikungunya virus
 - Brazil: Dark Side of the Olympics, Sex Workers offer specials to lure foreign clientele
 - Rio de Janeiro Brazil: Police threaten to strike during Olympics
 - Brazil Olympics: Group urges olympic games to be postponed or moved from Rio de Janeiro (Zika Virus)
 
Cacao Global
- Commodities firm stops buying cocoa from Ecuador
 - 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
 
Caribbean
- Granada: U.S. Tourist Murdered with Machete
 - Antigua Caribbean: Coconut Palms Dying Off
 - Philipsburg, Sint Maarten: Tourist dies while on diving trip
 - Caribbean countries fishing sectors warned of ocean acidification
 - 100 percent of the Latin American and Caribbean population is susceptible to Chikungunya fever
 
Central America
- Large Numbers of Migrants flee Central America for the U.S. since Trump elected
 - Hurricane Otto threatens Central America
 - El Salvador: Women serving prison terms for abortions they said they never had
 - U.S to spend $1.5 million in Mexico, Central America for wildlife preservation
 - Number of Africans, surge in Latin America trying to get to the U.S.
 
Chile
- Arica, Chile 6.3 Earthquake (Video)
 - Ecuador, Chile: Analysis of Corruption in Police Forces
 - Santiago Chile: Man dead from tuberculosis found sitting in chair on public street
 - Santiago Chile: Tourist dies outside airport of heart attack, delayed medical care due to uber, cabify protest
 - Chile: Semi Trucks Set on Fire in arson attack, evidence points to Indigenous group
 
Ciudad Juárez
- Loja Ecuador: 124 tonnes of onions seized, infested with pests, flies, larvae, fungus
 - Mexico: 13 'Hot Spots' for Human Trafficking Identified
 - 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
 
Colombia
- Ecuador Declares State of Emergency in Three Provinces due to Migrant Surge
 - Wave of Bomb Attacks in Colombia, authorities expect more to come
 - Medellin, Colombia: Two tourists drugged with scopolamine, one dead
 - Bogota, Colombia: Australian woman detained for smuggling cocaine at airport
 - Colombia: Rights Violations, Atrocities need to be addressed in post conflict phase
 
Conflicts
- Comrade Insider Shares Opinion as to what is going on in Ecuador
 - Venezuela Crisis Deepens
 - Academic Calls for Invasion of Venezuela
 - Ecuador: Prosecutor to request former President Correa to be barred from leaving country
 - HE'S BACK. Former President Rafael Correa arrives in Ecuador, political feud continues with current Pres.
 
Corruption
- Ecuador: Opposition Seeks Investigation into Alleged Acquisition of Luxury Apartment in Spain by Front men For President
 - Ecuador: Former Minister Admits to Taking Bribe from Odebrecht
 - Ecuador: Video of Police Assaulting Suspect on the Ground
 - Corruption Within Ecuador's 911 Emergency System? A Missing Report
 - Mexico: A unique tour demonstrating the pervasiveness of corruption
 
Crime
- Quito, Ecuador: Texas Oilman Detained and investigated for trafficking and sexual exploitation
 - Quito, Ecuador: Elderly U.S. citizen detained for investigation in teenager's death
 - Montanita, Ecuador: Two U.S. Citizens Detained in suspected Kidnapping of Child
 - Peru: Band of Rolex Thieves raising havoc
 - Ecuador: U.S. Expat Brutally stabbed to death in his residence by assailant, wife injured
 
Cuba
- Cuba: Sound Sample of Sonic Warfare that diplomats heard
 - Cuba honors Ecuador President Correa for Assistance in Construction projects
 - Cuba: Google Activates Line of Caching Servers
 - One Expat's story in Cuba, how life can go wrong very fast
 - Ecuador: Group of Cuban Doctors ask for end of xenophobia and end to medical missions
 
Dominican Republic
- Dominican Republic: Mysterious village where some girls grow into boys at puberty
 - Dominican Republic: Two Journalists Shot Dead During Live Facebook Broadcast
 - Dominican Republic: Three U.S. citizens, Canadian model arrested, allegedly filming scenes for porno movie in public
 - German Tourist Murdered over necklace by assailants in Dominican Republic
 - U.S. Citizen Murdered in Dominican Republic
 
Drug Activity
- Ecuador: Drug Trafficking Statistics
 - Medellin, Colombia: Two tourists drugged with scopolamine, one dead
 - Four Mexican Drug Cartels Have Presence in Ecuador
 - Ecuador: Anti-Narcotic Unit Ambushed near Colombia border in San Lorenzo
 - Drug Arrest Colombia: Aussie Claims the proof of innocence in locked phone
 
Ecuador
- RELOCATION SERVICES TO ECUADOR - TOURS TO ECUADOR - JOURNEYMAN JACK
 - Quito, Ecuador: Texas Oilman Detained and investigated for trafficking and sexual exploitation
 - Quito, Ecuador: Elderly U.S. citizen detained for investigation in teenager's death
 - Montanita, Ecuador: Two U.S. Citizens Detained in suspected Kidnapping of Child
 - Ecuador: Massive Layoffs in Public Service Sector Reported
 
Ecuador Emergency
- Quito, Ecuador: Texas Oilman Detained and investigated for trafficking and sexual exploitation
 - Quito, Ecuador: Elderly U.S. citizen detained for investigation in teenager's death
 - Ecuador: U.S. Expat Brutally stabbed to death in his residence by assailant, wife injured
 - U.S. citizen from Washington State Murdered in Ecuador
 - Missing Expat in Ecuador from U.S. discovered deceased in Florida
 
Ecuador Hotels
- Ecuador: Flowing River Resort, located high in the Andes mountains, quiet serenity
 - Rincón d'Olón Suites and Studios in Olón, Montañita Ecuador
 - Coco Bongo Hostal Bahia de Caraquiz Ecuador
 - Black Sheep Inn Eco-Lodge, Cotopaxi Ecuador
 - Bromelia Nature Lodge Retreat / Healing Center Montanita, Manglaralto Ecuador
 
Ecuador Real Estate
- RELOCATION SERVICES TO ECUADOR - TOURS TO ECUADOR - JOURNEYMAN JACK
 - Ecuador: Professional Relocation Services, Journeyman Jack
 - EcuaAssist, Full Expert Services for the Expat in Ecuador
 - Real Estate Sales/Rentals Salinas, Ecuador - Island Estates International
 - Ecuador: Real Estate Tours in Southern Ecuador
 
Ecuador Services
- RELOCATION SERVICES TO ECUADOR - TOURS TO ECUADOR - JOURNEYMAN JACK
 - Ecuador: Professional Relocation Services, Journeyman Jack
 - Expats Recommend Book for Those Moving to or Living in Ecuador
 - EcuaAssist, Full Expert Services for the Expat in Ecuador
 - Real Estate Sales/Rentals Salinas, Ecuador - Island Estates International
 
Ecuador Travel
- RELOCATION SERVICES TO ECUADOR - TOURS TO ECUADOR - JOURNEYMAN JACK
 - Ecuador: Professional Relocation Services, Journeyman Jack
 - Guayas Province Ecuador: Tourist Dies in Jump from Waterfall( VIDEO)
 - Ecuador: Public Transport Safety, How to avoid a kidnap express
 - Ecuador: Bus Driver Fired After Video Goes Viral After Checking Cell Phone While Driving (Video)
 
Ecuador Trivia
- Quito Ecuador (1998) Cuban airliner crashes just after takeoff
 - Pan Am-Grace Flying Boat crashes in route from Guayaquil Ecuador to Panama (1937)
 - Ecuador: Results of 15 Year Study regarding suicide in Ecuador
 - Ecuador: Expat from U.S. in early 20th Century contributed to building of country
 - Ecuador: Eucalyptus production zapping water supply from indigenous farmers
 
El Salvador
- El Salvador: Television personality accused of drug trafficking with Ecuador connection
 - El Salvador: Women serving prison terms for abortions they said they never had
 - El Salvador: State of Emergency Declared at Seven Prisons
 - Former President of El Salvador dies while under house arrest
 - Zika Virus: Health Officials Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador advise women to postpone pregnancy
 
Enviromental Issues
- Ecuador Defends Oil Drilling in Yasuni National Park
 - Ecuador: Report, conflict between Shuar tribe and govt. causing psychological damage
 - Machala, Ecuador: Famous Iguanas of Parque Plaza Colón slaughtered with rat poison (video)
 - Company in Ecuador breeds rare frogs, trying to stop illegal pet trade
 - World's Largest Mining firm opens office in Ecuador - TARGET IS COPPER
 
Explosives / Bombs
- Wave of Bomb Attacks in Colombia, authorities expect more to come
 - San Lorenzo, Ecuador: Possible Car Bomb Leaves 14 Police Wounded in Barracks (VIDEO)
 - Ecuador receives certification for detecting nuclear tests, stations located on Galapagos Islands
 - Bogota Colombia: Three Dead, in shopping center bomb explosion, tourist district
 - Ecuador, Colombia border: Explosives, Ammunition found by task force in April
 
Extortion
- Mexico: Immigration Officials Accused participating in criminal network, blackmailing relatives
 - Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil: Police Officers Detained for Extortion and Corruption Charges
 - 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
 
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
- Ecuador: Kidnapped Reporters Dead
 - Ecuador Bombing: Mastermind of Terrorist Attack Identified as FARC dissident
 - Colombia: United Nations issues alert in five areas despite peace truce with ELN
 - FARC dissidents may be behind drug lab along Colombia,Ecuador border
 - Colombia: Violence spreading in areas abandoned by guerrillas
 
Guatemala
- Guatemala: Remote Controlled Explosive Devices Used on Bus Attacks
 - Guatemala: 49 cases of Zika virus registered in past three weeks
 - Guatemala: Every dreamed of sleeping in Che Guevara's bed? Here is your chance, nine dollars
 - Guatemala: 17 dead in violent prison brawl
 - Guatemala: Graves whose lease has expired or not paid, bodies being exhumedved
 
Guyana
- Guayana: Five charged in murder of tourist from UK
 - U.S. Embassy advises U.S. citizens not to use Caribbean Airlines on Flights from Guayana to U.S.
 - Guyana: October 2013, U.S. oil search ship detained by Venezuela navy
 - 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
 
Health
- Haiti Prison, HELL ON EARTH, some waiting up to eight years for trial
 - Rabies from dog bites persisent problem Latin America and worldwide
 - Ecuador: Dengue Cases Up in Three Provinces but down across the country
 - São Paulo, Brazil: Study Reveals Genetic Diversity of HIV in Infected Patients
 - Doctors in Brazil Plan Electoral Campaign Against Incumbent President Dilma
 
Honduras
- Disbarred Attorney from U.S. Convicted of plotting to fly cocaine from Ecuador
 - Honduras: Human Rights Groups Report number of murders of women up sharply
 - Honduras: Three Convicted in Plot to murder President
 - Honduras: High Risk Inmates being transferred to new maximum security prison
 - Roatan Honduras: German Tourist dies while snorkeling
 
Human Rights Latin America
- LGBT Rights in Ecuador
 - U.S. Role in support of Criminal Justice Reform In Mexico
 - Ecuador: Anti-Press Campaign by Former President Correa, caused lasting damage to journalism
 - Ecuador: Foreign Ministry still aligned with former President's position on free speech
 - Argentina: 10,000 victims of human trafficking rescued in past decade
 
Human Smuggling
- Quito, Ecuador: Elderly U.S. citizen detained for investigation in teenager's death
 - Argentina: 10,000 victims of human trafficking rescued in past decade
 - Ecuador: Sex Trafficking of the Indigenous, seldom reported or discussed
 - Three Ecuadorian women accept work in Chile to find out it was sex work, escape
 - Sonoita Arizona: Human Smugglers Stopped bringing in Mexican Nationals
 
Intelligence
- Ecuador's Intelligence Capabilities (2013)
 - Colombia: United Nations issues alert in five areas despite peace truce with ELN
 - Latin America key center for Hezbollah's global financial network (observations, opinion)
 - Nicaragua: Russia constructing electronic intelligence facility
 - Detained ISIS operative confirms terrorist operating cells in Anapra Mexico
 
Internet
- Ecuador Mobile Phone Operators to tackle stolen phone problem, improve natural disaster response
 - Ecuador: Outlook for 4G Broadband Networks
 - Supermaxi Ecuador victim of social media spreading of fake offers from retailer
 - Study Says Out of 78 Countries, Ecuador Scores Next to Last in 4G Speed/Service
 - Ecuador: State Owned CET to invest $4.3 million in high-speed broadband communications for govt.
 
Labor Issues
- Peru: Striking teachers block border crossings to Bolivia and in areas of Cusco
 - 100,000 rally in Guayaquil Ecuador in launch of proposed labor laws
 - Ecuador: Labor Unions, Indigenous Groups call for new protests on Nov. 19, 2014
 - Ecuador: History of Preventative Resistance and Violent Suppression, Intag Valley
 - Santiago Chile: Thousands of Passengers impacted by transportation strike
 
Latin America Aviation
- Quito Ecuador (1998) Cuban airliner crashes just after takeoff
 - Pan Am-Grace Flying Boat crashes in route from Guayaquil Ecuador to Panama (1937)
 - Costa Rica: Ten U.S. Citizens Perish in Plane Crash
 - Guayaquil International Airport to Suspend Some Flight Operations Nov. 25, and Dec. 2, 2017
 - TAME Flight suspended, Quito - New York due to unscheduled maintenance
 
Latin America Book Review - Recorded Interviews with Authors
- A History of Modern Latin America 1800 to the Present
 - Ritual and Remembrance in the Ecuadorian Andes
 - The Guinea Pig - Healing, Food, And Ritual In The Andes
 - Begging As A Path To Progress - Indigenous Women And Children And The Struggle For Ecuador's Urban Spaces
 - Magical Writing in Salasaca - Literacy and Power in Highland Ecuador
 
Latin America Health
- Ecuador: Massive Layoffs in Public Service Sector Reported
 - Expat states concerns about medical care in Ecuador
 - Guayaquil, Ecuador: Conjunctivitis Outbreak Sending Hundreds for Treatment
 - Venezuela: Entire Health Care System on Verge of Collapse
 - Ecuador postpones six months new health insurance requirement for foreign visitors and tourists
 
Latin America Indigenous Issues
- Ecuador: President is Urged to Protect Human Rights Defenders and Activists after attacks
 - Ecuador: Report, conflict between Shuar tribe and govt. causing psychological damage
 - Ecuador: President Moreno making efforts to dialogue with Indigenous groups
 - Chile: Semi Trucks Set on Fire in arson attack, evidence points to Indigenous group
 - Ecuador: Sex Trafficking of the Indigenous, seldom reported or discussed
 
Latin America Mining
- Ecuador: Report, conflict between Shuar tribe and govt. causing psychological damage
 - World's Largest Mining firm opens office in Ecuador - TARGET IS COPPER
 - Geologist Searching for Two Lost Cities of Gold in Ecuador
 - Ecuador expects mining investments to increase 360%
 - Ecuador: Progress Stalls Out over mining Dispute between govt and Shuar Indigenous Group
 
Latin America News
- Quito, Ecuador: Texas Oilman Detained and investigated for trafficking and sexual exploitation
 - Missing Expat in Ecuador from U.S. discovered deceased in Florida
 - Nicaragua: Political Unrest Causes Tourism Industry to Collapse
 - Briceño, Manabi, Ecuador: Home Invasion of Expats residence (Video)
 - Ecuador: Former President Correa Pelted with an egg (Video)
 
Latin America Wikileaks
- Latin America: Assange claims NSA eavesdrops on 98% of communications from South America
 - 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
 
Latin America Womens Issues
- Ecuador: Number of femicide cases up, women demand state of emergency
 - Ecuador: Statistics regarding femicide include 77% attackers use knives, strangulation
 - Honduras: Human Rights Groups Report number of murders of women up sharply
 - Quito Ecuador: City wants to relocate sex workers from historic center
 - Nicaragua: National Assembly to reform law to combat gender-based violence
 
Mexico Travel
- Suggestions on Contacting Friends and Family in Mexico after earthquake
 - No Reason to Panic travelling to Mexico says intelligence firm
 - Michoacán, Mexico: Tourist from Ireland murdered, girlfriend from Arizona injured in robbery
 - Lu’um Balam, Cancun Mexico: Russian tourist dead in bio park cavern, body not recovered
 - Cabo San Lucas, Mexico: Cartel Gunmen Storm Popular Tourist Beach Beach (Video)
 
Nicaragua
- Nicaragua: Political Unrest Causes Tourism Industry to Collapse
 - Some Americans May Dump Trump, thinking of moving to latin america
 - Nicaragua: Russia constructing electronic intelligence facility
 - 13 die as tourist boat capsizes near Corn Islands Nicaragua
 - Nicaragua: Inter-Oceanic Canal Project put on hold
 
Oil
- Ecuador enters new agreement to pay debt to Schlumberger
 - Ecuador's attempt to extort Chevron begins to wind down (Opinion)
 - Ecuador Defends Oil Drilling in Yasuni National Park
 - Ecuador has plenty of unharnessed oil potential, most of it under the Amazon forest
 - Ecuador: Military locates clandestine oil operation connected to national pipeline
 
Panama
- Pan Am-Grace Flying Boat crashes in route from Guayaquil Ecuador to Panama (1937)
 - Panama: U.S. Tourist Found Strangled to Death
 - Panama: Protests over Political Scandal
 - Top Five Retirement Destinations for 2017: Mexico, Panama, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Colombia
 - Some Americans May Dump Trump, thinking of moving to latin america
 
Paraguay
- Brazil: Operation Ostium combating suspected air traffic on borders
 - Paraguay, Major Marijuana Powerhouse
 - Paraguay: Major Heist of Security Firm, nets millions of dollars
 - Paraguay: 25 Tons of Venezuelan Bills(currency) found in home
 - Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, Uruguay: Flooding causes evacuation of over 100,000 people
 
Peru
- Peru: Band of Rolex Thieves raising havoc
 - Peru Strengthens Migratory Control at Tumbes near Ecuador Border
 - Lima Peru: Authorities locate dead dogs destined to be sold to Chinese Restaurant
 - Peru: Off of Coast 7.1 earthquake, deaths, damage reported
 - Cusco, Peru airport: Tourist detained for trafficking in protected species insects
 
Police/Military Activity
- Brazil: Troops sent to border town after Venezuelans attacked
 - Ecuador Asks Colombia To Protect Border From Guerrilla Dissenters
 - Ecuador: Video of Police Assaulting Suspect on the Ground
 - Colombia: United Nations issues alert in five areas despite peace truce with ELN
 - Ecuador Corruption Network Exposed for Candidates to Gain Entrance to Police Academy
 
Politics
- Think Freedom of Political Comment is Free in Ecuador? Maybe, but not if you are a refugee
 - Ecuador Asks Colombia To Protect Border From Guerrilla Dissenters
 - Comrade Insider Shares Opinion as to what is going on in Ecuador
 - Ecuador: Former President Correa Pelted with an egg (Video)
 - Ecuador: Protester Verbally Dresses Down Correa Body Guards taking pictures of her license plate (Video)
 
Puerto Rico
- Puerto Rico: Intercontinental Hotel Robbed
 - Puerto Rico: Pension Plan Changes causes feeling of insecurity
 - Tourist from Minnesota dies while snorkeling in Puerto Rico
 - Countries in Caribbean examine decriminalization and legalization of marijuana
 - Arrest made in Bomb Threat for Jetblue Plane in Puerto Rico
 
Religion
- El Salvador: Women serving prison terms for abortions they said they never had
 - Iquitos Peru: One of the last Jewish Communities in Amazon Basin may disappear
 - Expert's view on Iran's export revolution to Latin America
 - Fanesca in Ecuador, a soup like no other
 - Mexico: Pope's jet attacked by laser on final approach to Mexico City
 
Shining Path
- Ayacucho Peru: Shining Path painted symbols showing up in historic city center
 - Peru: 24 detained, suspected of ties with Shining Path
 - Peru: Sendero Rojo maintains 100 bases throughout VRAEM
 - Peruvian Military Destroys Clandestine Airstrip in the Jungle
 - Cusco Peru: Shining Path may increase kidnappings after rainy season, Hunt Oil possible target
 
Sinaloa
- Ciudad Juarez, Mexico: Authorities Capture Sinaloa Cell Leader
 - Cali, Colombia: 12 Properties with Ties to Sinaloa Cartel Seized by Authorities
 - Nuevo Laredo, Mexico: Capture of Z-40 Could Lead the Sinaloa Cartel to Seek Border Hegemony
 - Ecuador: Drugs Seized have Ties to Mexico via Sinaloa Cartel
 - Three Asian criminal organizations providing Sinaloa Cartel precursor chemicals
 
South America
- U.S. Military along with other countries conducting exercises off coast of Venezuela
 - Expert's view on Iran's export revolution to Latin America
 - U.N. South America economy to contract 0.8 percent, Central America to expand
 - Amapá, Brazil: National Event Addresses Crime and Border Security Concerns
 - Despite IACHR Ruling, Ecuador fails to apologize to Sarayaku Indians
 
Suriname
- Suriname/U.S.: Son of President pleads guilty to charges sought to offer base for Hezbollah
 - Suriname: President's son charged in U.S. for attempting to aid Hezbollah
 - 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
 
Terrorism
- Ecuador: Kidnapped Reporters Dead
 - Colombia: ELN claims killing kidnapped Russian
 - Bogota Colombia: Three Dead, in shopping center bomb explosion, tourist district
 - Latin America key center for Hezbollah's global financial network (observations, opinion)
 - Argentina: Lebanese Man Wanted for Terrorism Charges Detained
 
TRAVEL
- Zika Alert for Central and South America
 - Costa Rica to shutter both its zoos, release animals in ten years
 - Mexico: One expat's thoughts on how life abroad is impacting her daughter's life
 - Miami International International Airport South Terminal Evacuated, suspicious package
 - Cozumel Mexico: Tourist robbed of $600 in bag snatching, thief gets away
 
United States
- Man from California attempts to smuggle tiger cub into U.S. from Mexico, pleads guilty
 - Former Expat in Ecuador pleads guilty to Assault Charges in U.S., sentenced to prison
 - Disbarred Attorney from U.S. Convicted of plotting to fly cocaine from Ecuador
 - Cuba: Sound Sample of Sonic Warfare that diplomats heard
 - U.S. Federal officials plan to collect social media information on all immigrants, includes permanent residents, naturalized citizens
 
Uruguay
- Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, Uruguay: Flooding causes evacuation of over 100,000 people
 - Six Prisoners in Guantanamo to be resettled in Uruguay
 - Uruguay enlisting regristration of marijuana clubs
 - Uruguay: Gang of drug traffickers detained with thousands of dollars, weapons, drugs
 - First Group o Syrian refugees arrive in Uruguay
 
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)
 
Zetas
- Nuevo Laredo, Mexico: Capture of Z-40 Could Lead the Sinaloa Cartel to Seek Border Hegemony
 - Nuevo Laredo, Mexico: Navy Captures Los Zetas Leader, Z-40
 - Guatemalan Detained with Ties to Los Zetas
 - Colombia: authorties seizes 4 tons cocaine headed to Los Zetas in Mexico
 - MS-13 merging fources with Los Zetas
 










