Latin America News

Brazil touts 'Zero Hunger' program

People gather rubbish to re-sell from a giant rubbish dump in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that the country has reduced malnutrition by 73 percent in the last six years, despite persistent and major economic imbalances in the Latin American state.
AFP - Wednesday, November 18

BRASILIA (AFP) - - As the United Nations food agency meets in Rome to discuss ways to combat global hunger, Brazil's President Luiz Inacia Lula da Silva can tout the success of his country's "Zero Hunger" program. More »

  • Mexico Indian remains returned from NY for burial

    AP - Tuesday, November 17

    MEXICO CITY - Northern Mexico's Yaqui Indians buried their lost warriors after a two-year effort to rescue the remains from New York's American Museum of Natural History, where the victims of one of North America's last Indian massacres lay in storage for more than a century.

  • Venezuela: Colombia detained troops illegally

    AP - Tuesday, November 17

    CARACAS, Venezuela - A Venezuelan commander contends Colombia wrongly detained four of his soldiers last week along the border separating the South American nations.

  • Peru president rebukes Chile over alleged spying

    AP - Tuesday, November 17

    LIMA, Peru - Peruvian President Alan Garcia accused Chile of assaulting Peru's sovereignty, throwing his weight behind allegations that Chile paid a Peruvian military officer to spy.

  • El Salvador honors 6 Jesuits slain by army in 1989

    AP - Tuesday, November 17

    SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - Six Jesuit priests killed by the army during El Salvador's civil war two decades ago were decorated with the country's highest honor Monday.

  • Vehicles ply the '23 de Maio' expressway, linking the north and south areas of the metropolis during a massive blackout, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, early on November 11. A massive blackout across half of Brazil last week was caused by a short-circuit during bad weather, the energy ministry insisted on Monday despite persistent doubts over its explanation.

    Brazil insists short circuit, bad weather caused blackout

    AFP - Tuesday, November 17

    BRASILIA (AFP) - - A massive blackout across half of Brazil last week was caused by a short-circuit during bad weather, the energy ministry insisted on Monday despite persistent doubts over its explanation.

  • Environmentalists alarmed by Puerto Rico policies

    AP - Tuesday, November 17

    SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Sweeping from lush mountain rain forests to pristine beaches, a corridor of land protected by Puerto Rico's last governor hosts dozens of rare and endangered species and was championed by celebrities who helped fight off resort proposals.

  • A member of the Mexican armed forces stands guard as seized cocaine is incinerated in Yucatan, Mexico. Nicaraguan police have seized a large cache of weapons and explosives from suspected members of Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel after a police car chase outside Managua, a spokeswoman has said.

    Nicaragua seizes arms cache from Mexico drug gang

    AFP - Monday, November 16

    MANAGUA (AFP) - - Nicaraguan police have seized a large cache of weapons and explosives from suspected members of Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel after a police car chase outside Managua, a spokeswoman said.

  • Colombia: Mob attacks intel agents, frees suspect

    AP - Monday, November 16

    BOGOTA - The chief of Colombia's secret police says a mob assaulted three of its agents as they tried to arrest a suspect with alleged guerrilla ties.

  • Death toll in El Salvador storms rises to 192

    AP - Monday, November 16

    SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - Salvadoran authorities say at least 192 people were killed by floods and landslides that swept through the country last week.

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