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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.
Agriculture
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: Adolescent kills infant with shovel after baby breaks cellphone
- Argentina: La Gitana, suspected woman from Brazil detained for virtual kidnappings
- Argentina: Women call for walk out in protest in brutal rape, murder of teenager
- Picún Leufú Argentina: Strange story of meat falling from the sky
- Argentina: Lebanese Man Wanted for Terrorism Charges Detained
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: 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
- Ecuador: Young U.S. woman dies in Ayahuasca ceremony in the jungle
- Peru: Canadian tourist who killed friend after using Ayahuasca, had no choice
- Peru: Canadian Tourist Released From Jail for killing friend after ayahuasca ceremony
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
- Boliva: Two police detained in smuggling of foreing women for prostitution case
- Chinese Smugglers in Bolivia involved in trafficking of jaguar teeth
- Ten South American Destinations worth a visit you may never have heard of
- Copacabana, Bolivia: Supermarket employee murdered (video-graphic)
- Bolivia: Three routes identified for commercial sex trafficking
Border Issues
- Colombia: As FARC demobilizes, many feel unprotected as other criminal groups move in
- Several U.S. Companies Plan Expansion into Mexico Despite Trump Threats
- Mexico: NAFTA Changes May Put U.S. Popcorn Exports at Risk
- Sonoita Arizona: Human Smugglers Stopped bringing in Mexican Nationals
- U.S. Border: Woman detained after trying to bring in boatload of pot
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)
Business
- Ecuador slow in paying bills due to Schlumberger oil giant, causing financial stress
- Ecuador: Migrants warn of banking collapse if Lasso wins presidency
- China's Growing Presence in Venezuela
- Several U.S. Companies Plan Expansion into Mexico Despite Trump Threats
- Conoco Phillips wins $380 million dollar judgment against Ecuador
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
- Chile Adds Eleven Million Acres to National Park System
- Three Ecuadorian women accept work in Chile to find out it was sex work, escape
- Chile: Virtual Kidnappings a Continuing Problem
- Wildfires cause catastrophe over swaths of central and southern parts of Chile
- Chile: Massive Protests atainst privatized pension plan
China
- Ecuador: Progress Stalls Out over mining Dispute between govt and Shuar Indigenous Group
- China's Growing Presence in Venezuela
- Ecuador: Puyo-Macas road closed in protest by Shuar over mining concession to Chinese
- Quick Background Notes on Ecuador / Chinese Relations
- Chinese Smugglers in Bolivia involved in trafficking of jaguar teeth
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
- Colombia: Shocking Video Shows Nurses Dancing in front of Patient Awaiting Surgery
- Colombia: Shocking Video of Nurses Dancing in Front of Patient awaiting Surgery
- Colombia: Program Introducing Mosquitoes with bacterium to help combat dengue
- Colombia: Violence spreading in areas abandoned by guerrillas
- Colombia: Dutch Tourist Found Safe, lost during trek
Conflicts
- Targeting of Civilian Aircrafts in South America
- Ecuador: Progress Stalls Out over mining Dispute between govt and Shuar Indigenous Group
- Ecuador: Some Indigenous leaders align with the right-wing and reject correa's allies
- Ecuador: Military emphatically rejects rumors on social media of uprising
- Ecuador: Protests outside CNE election facilities in seven provinces
Corruption
- One Expat's story in Cuba, how life can go wrong very fast
- DOJ not release names of Ecuadorian officials possibly impllicated in Odebrecht case
- Ecuador votes to bar politicians from having assets in tax havens
- Manta Ecuador: Citizen alerts to alleged fraudulent votes by dead people (Video)
- Panama: Protests over Political Scandal
Costa Rica
- Costa Rica: Tourist From Canada Stabbed to Death in Robbery
- Top Five Retirement Destinations for 2017: Mexico, Panama, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Colombia
- Costa Rica: Peruvians Detained in suspected theft of tourist's luggage, bags, billfolds, etc
- Some Americans May Dump Trump, thinking of moving to latin america
- Survey Says: Ecuador most empathetic country in the world
Crime
- Guayaquil Ecuador: Three Vehicles Discovered to have the same license plate
- Guayaquil Ecuador: Passports, documents stolen from travel agency
- Ecuador: Police dismantle ring of kidnappers, extortionists operating in several provinces
- Quito, Ecuador: Woman found dead inside suitcase
- Cuenca Ecuador: Three Women Murdered in a Week
Cuba
- 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
- Cuba: Canadian tourist jailed for flying drone, released
- Flights to begin from Fort Lauderdale to Cuba
- Cuba: Nicholas Maduro President of Venezuela in Cuba with wife for Castro's birthday
Culture
- Ecuador: LGBTI groups throw support for leftist presidential candidate Moreno
- Ecuador: The infamous train from Guayaquil to Salinas now only a memory
- Castles in Quito Ecuador at risk of vanishing
- Ecuador: Study Regarding Young Women's Sexual, reproductive health and rights
- Salasaca Ecuador: An Ancient People Maintain Traditions
Dominican Republic
- 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
- Vatican places former envoy to Dominican Republic under arrest for sex abuse
Drug Activity
- Los Ríos Ecuador: Five Security Guards Presumed Drugged with Escopolamine
- Ecuador: Authorities Seize Cocaine Shipment Destined for Syria
- Ecuador: Three from Australia Detained on Cocaine Smuggling Charges
- Colombia: Six Ecuadorians detained with 1.5 tons cocaine, allegedly linked to dissidents from FARC
- Thailand: Woman from Ecuador behaving strangely, leads to 2.35 kg of cocaine disguised as beauty cream
Earthquake
- 5.5 magnitude earthquake shakes northwest Ecuador, felt in Quito
- Ecuador: Reventador Volcano is shaking and shimmering
- Reasons as to why there have been large earthquakes in Ecuador
- Ecuador Number One in Deadliest Earthquakes for 2016
- Ecuador: Esmeraldas, Manabi inaugurates early warning system for natural disasters
Easter Island
Economy
- Sacagawea Dollar: King of Currency in Ecuador
- Ecuador: When this fellow sings praises of an economy, then it is time to sell (opinion)
- Ecuador: President Correa blames right wing conspiracy in attacking Latin America Integration
- Brazil: Strapped for Cash, Olympic Stadiums in Ruins
- China's Growing Presence in Venezuela
Ecuador
- Guayaquil Ecuador: Three Vehicles Discovered to have the same license plate
- Guayaquil Ecuador: Passports, documents stolen from travel agency
- Quito Ecuador breaks historical records for rainfall in March, 2017
- Ecuador: Police dismantle ring of kidnappers, extortionists operating in several provinces
- Quito, Ecuador: Woman found dead inside suitcase
Ecuador Emergency
- Guayaquil Ecuador: Three Vehicles Discovered to have the same license plate
- Guayaquil Ecuador: Passports, documents stolen from travel agency
- Quito Ecuador breaks historical records for rainfall in March, 2017
- Ecuador: Police dismantle ring of kidnappers, extortionists operating in several provinces
- Quito, Ecuador: Woman found dead inside suitcase
Ecuador Hotels
Ecuador Real Estate
- Four things to be cautious of if buying real estate in Ecuador
- Real Estate in Ecuador: An Analysis for the Expat (abundant living ecuador)
- CasaLista Ecuador - High Quality Transportable Modular Homes
- Vilcabamba Ecuador: Beautiful Property For Sale in Gated Community
- Ecuador Insider Podcast: Guest Author Speaks about Ecuador
Ecuador Services
- CasaLista Ecuador - High Quality Transportable Modular Homes
- Ecuador Insider Podcast: Guest Author Speaks about Ecuador
- Island Estates International, Real Estate Sales/Rentals in Salinas Ecuador
- Ecuador: Meet Jack Abercrombie, expat helping those arriving and assists those who decide to exit
- Journeyman Jack Ecuador Relocation Services
Ecuador Tours
Ecuador Travel
- Castles in Quito Ecuador at risk of vanishing
- Few if any bus tickets remain from the Sierra to the Costa for Carnival weekend
- Some Common Questions about Visiting the Galapagos Islands Ecuador
- Cuenca Ecuador: Nearly 500 year old street reopens after being closed for 50 years
- Ecuador: Ten Cities to Explore in the Emerald of the Andes
Ecuador Trivia
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
- Amazon Forest under threat from soya crops
- Alpacas Being Used To Help Secure Water Supply for Quito Ecuador
- Ecuador: monkeys, trees, chocolate and conservation
- Wildfires cause catastrophe over swaths of central and southern parts of Chile
- Tension in Morona Santiago Ecuador continues, two soldiers held by Shuar
Europe
Explosives / Bombs
- Quito Ecuador: Journalist at Television Station Receives suspicious package, building evacuated
- Quito Ecuador: Post Office Evacuated in north of city, BOMB THREAT
- Ecuador: Head of National Assembly received lethal explosive device in mail
- Ecuador: One Student Dead, 13 injured in grenade explosion at school
- Guatemala: Remote Controlled Explosive Devices Used on Bus Attacks
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
- Colombia: Violence spreading in areas abandoned by guerrillas
- Colombia: As FARC demobilizes, many feel unprotected as other criminal groups move in
- Colombia: Increase in Birth Rates Among FARC
- Colombia: FARC and development of Narco-Submarines
- Wikileaks says U.S. asked Ecuador to cut Assange off from internet
Galapagos Islands
- Galapagos Islands: Six Tourists Rescued After Being Trapped by Intense Rains
- Galapagos Islands: Two Missing Tourists Found Safe
- Some Common Questions about Visiting the Galapagos Islands Ecuador
- Galapagos Islands Ecuador: Missing Tourist Found Dead
- Galapagos Islands Ecuador: Tourist from Switzerland Missing, Search is on
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
Haiti
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
- 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
- Honduras: Over 100 attorneys slain in last five years
- Honduras: Increasing Political Violence, slain indigenous activist
Human Rights Latin America
- One Expat's story in Cuba, how life can go wrong very fast
- U.N. Experts Condemn Ecuador for Suppressing Civil Society
- More than 150,000 Venezuelans left so far in 2016, many fleeing in boats0
- Ecuador: Judge orders arrest warrant for journalist accused of publishing confidential emails
- HRW's review of human rights issues in Ecuador
Human Smuggling
- Three Ecuadorian women accept work in Chile to find out it was sex work, escape
- Sonoita Arizona: Human Smugglers Stopped bringing in Mexican Nationals
- U.S.: Couple from Ecuador Sentenced to prison in child smuggling operation
- Peru: Man detained using Facebook to meet minor females to work as prostitutes
- U.S. to expand refugee program for thousands fleeing violence in Central America
Intelligence
- 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
- Declassified Documents Show CIA Involvement in Ecuador Since the 60s
- Ecuador: Websites reporting on 'Hacking Team" victims of DDoS attacks
Internet
- Dominican Republic: Two Journalists Shot Dead During Live Facebook Broadcast
- Ecuador: Newspaper victim of hacked Twitter accounts
- Fileless Computer Attacks Seen in Ecuador, Hard to Detect
- Anonymous shut down Ecuador's govt email in retaliation of Assange incident
- Wikileaks denies it published content from the jurisdiction of Ecuador
Labor Issues
- 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
- Ecuador: New Work Law Announced
Latin America Aviation
- Targeting of Civilian Aircrafts in South America
- U.S.: Businessmen, foreign officials plead guilty bribery case involving Mexican Aviation Officers
- Ecuador: Tourist from UK plunges to death in paragliding accident
- Colombia: Charter Aircraft Crashes Carrying Brazil Soccer Team
- Cuenca Ecuador Airport resumes flights on 9-14-2016 after resurfacing
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
- Colombia: Shocking Video Shows Nurses Dancing in front of Patient Awaiting Surgery
- Colombia: Shocking Video of Nurses Dancing in Front of Patient awaiting Surgery
- Sucumbios, Ecuador: Yellow Fever case confirmed
- 1st case of yellow fever confirmed in five years in Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Colombia: Program Introducing Mosquitoes with bacterium to help combat dengue
Latin America Indigenous Issues
- Ecuador: Progress Stalls Out over mining Dispute between govt and Shuar Indigenous Group
- Ecuador: Some Indigenous leaders align with the right-wing and reject correa's allies
- Salasaca Ecuador: An Ancient People Maintain Traditions
- Indigenous Group Claim governement of Ecuador allocating territory for large-scale mining
- Ecuador’s Presidential Election Looms in Ecuador, Indigenous Movement Takes Center Stage
Latin America Mining
Latin America News
- Targeting of Civilian Aircrafts in South America
- Mass Murderers in South America, A primer of the eight most pernicious
- Latin America: Survey says these cities among the best to live in the world
- Brazil's Corruption Scandal and connection with Latin America
- Latin America key center for Hezbollah's global financial network (observations, opinion)
Latin America Travel
- Family issues warning to tourists about ayahuasca use in death of their son in Peru
- Chile Adds Eleven Million Acres to National Park System
- Peru: Tourist from U.S. dead after fall into an abyss
- Venezuela: Despite political, economic crisis, love is in the air, romantic hotels
- Colombia: Dutch Tourist Found Safe, lost during trek
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
- Quito Ecuador: New Text Service on Public Buses to report cases of Sexual Harassment
- Ecuador: Women Domestics make labor inroads
- Ecuador: Study Regarding Young Women's Sexual, reproductive health and rights
- Ecuador: More than half of violent crimes are acts of gender violence
- Ecuador: Nine Women Murdered result of domestic violence so far 2017
Mexico
- Canadian Expat in Mexico Found Murdered in his home
- Mexico: Life Forms as old as 50,000 years found in cave network
- German Tourist Still Missing off Beach in Mexico
- Acapulco Mexico: U.S. Man and Mexican woman found dead, strangulation suspected
- Mexico City: Reasons Why A Traveler should consider a trip to this ancient citry
Mexico Spanish Schools
Mexico Travel
- Mexico City: Reasons Why A Traveler should consider a trip to this ancient citry
- Mexico: Robbery believed to be motive in brutle murder of Canadian Expat
- Mexico: Expat from Canada strangled to death found on the side of highway
- Mexico: Top Recommended Budget Beach Hotels, B&Bs on Pacific Coast
- Cozumel Mexico: One U.S. Tourist killed, other injured in moto accident
Michuocan
Nicaragua
- 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
- Nicaragua: One of the Highest Rates of Sexual Violence Against Girls in the World
Oil
- Ecuador slow in paying bills due to Schlumberger oil giant, causing financial stress
- Ecuador: 16 of 18 defendants guilty in Petroecuador bribery,corruption case
- Conoco Phillips wins $380 million dollar judgment against Ecuador
- Rally in oil prices, Ecuador back to borrow more money
- Ecuador confirms oil drilling started in Yasuní National Park
Organized Crime
- Ecuador: Authorities Seize Cocaine Shipment Destined for Syria
- Brazil's Corruption Scandal and connection with Latin America
- Latin America key center for Hezbollah's global financial network (observations, opinion)
- U.S.: Businessmen, foreign officials plead guilty bribery case involving Mexican Aviation Officers
- Joint Interagency Task Force South (JIATF-S) operations in Latin America
OXFAM Latin America
Panama
Paraguay
- Paraguay: 25 Tons of Venezuelan Bills(currency) found in home
- Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, Uruguay: Flooding causes evacuation of over 100,000 people
- Paraguay: Tourists From Brazil, Perish in Capsized Boat Accident
- Sinaloa Cartel Using Two Ports In Peru for major shipments of cocaine hidden in coal shipments
- Paraguay: Teachers to strike for three-months
Police/Military Activity
- Ecuador: Authorities Seize Cocaine Shipment Destined for Syria
- Cuenca, Ecuador: Senior Citizen Shot, robbed of $10,000 near market
- Targeting of Civilian Aircrafts in South America
- Ecuador: Fired General of Armed forces claims security breaches in vote count
- Ecuador: 219 people previously reported missing located during elections
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
Social Issues
- Ecuador: Women Domestics make labor inroads
- Ecuador: Seven out of 100,000 Ecuadorians commit suicide
- Colombia: Violence spreading in areas abandoned by guerrillas
- Haiti Prison, HELL ON EARTH, some waiting up to eight years for trial
- Afro-Ecuadorean challenges in upcoming Presidential Elections in Ecuador
South America
- 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
- Brazil: International Drug Traffickers Detained After Federal Police Operation
Spanish School Directory
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
- Latin America key center for Hezbollah's global financial network (observations, opinion)
- Argentina: Lebanese Man Wanted for Terrorism Charges Detained
- Sunni Extremists entering U.S with help from alien smugglers in South America
- Mexico giving unvetted Africans pass to get to U.S. Border
- Terrorism: Bombings in Argentina
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
Trinidad & Tobago
United States
- Several U.S. Companies Plan Expansion into Mexico Despite Trump Threats
- Mexico: NAFTA Changes May Put U.S. Popcorn Exports at Risk
- U.S. Border: Woman detained after trying to bring in boatload of pot
- U.S.,Mexico: Group charged in $100 million money laundering scheme
- U.S.: Businessmen, foreign officials plead guilty bribery case involving Mexican Aviation Officers
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
Venezuela
- Grisly Find in Venezuela Prison: Headless Bodies, at least fifteen corpses
- Venezuela: 51 percent of operating rooms in public hospitals not operational
- Venezuela: Despite political, economic crisis, love is in the air, romantic hotels
- Colombia: As FARC demobilizes, many feel unprotected as other criminal groups move in
- China's Growing Presence in Venezuela
Venezuela Conflict 2014
- Venezuela to close border with Colombia to combat smuggling
- Ojeda Venezuela Military Action Against Citizens (Video)
- Táchira Venezuela: Life out of Control (Video)
- Venezuela: People's Guard Disrespects Elderly (PHOTO)
- Tachira Venezuela moves paratroopers in on reports of paramilitary missions from Colombia
Weather/Climate
- Quito Ecuador breaks historical records for rainfall in March, 2017
- Quito, Ecuador: Over 500 emergencies related to rains over last six-months
- Jujan, Guayas Ecuador neighborhoods evacuated because of river overflowing
- Cuenca, Ecuador: Rains impacting homes and road blockages
- Peru: Woman Escapes Mudslide (VIDEO)
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
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