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Gunmen have attacked a drugs treatment centre in northern Mexico, killing 11 people and injuring two others. Police said at least two armed men burst into the rehab centre in Torreon, in Coahuila state, and opened fire. On Tuesday afternoon, gunmen in at least two vehicles drew up at La … [Read more...]
Mexican police have seized a homemade tank during a raid on the notorious Zetas drug cartel in Western Mexico. Three people were killed in the raid. The tank has been dubbed "The Monster" by police. It has room for 20 people and its armour plating is capable of stopping bullets and resisting … [Read more...]
The decapitated bodies of 25 men and two women have been found at a ranch in Peten Province near Guatemala's border with Mexico. The chief of police said the killings were probably linked to a battle between rival drug gangs fighting for control of the area. Northern Guatemala is an … [Read more...]
Puerto Rican nationalist leader, Norberto Gonzalez Claudio has been arrested by FBI agents in Puerto Rico for one of the biggest bank robberies in US history in Connecticut in 1983. Gonzalez is alleged to have taken part in the raid on an armoured car depot in West Hartford, Connecticut that … [Read more...]
The Cuban government says it is looking at plans to allow its citizens to travel abroad as tourists for the first time in more than 50 years. The proposed move is part of a massive reform package approved by the Communist Party Congress in April, designed to turn around Cuba's flagging … [Read more...]
Rescue teams are searching in the coal mine outside Sabinas in Northern Mexico for 11 miners trapped after a gas explosion on Tuesday morning. Three miners have been confirmed dead, and a 15 year old youth is in serious condition after having both arms amputated. Mexico's Labor Secretary, … [Read more...]
Guatemalan authorities have arrested a drug lord wanted in both Guatemala and the United States for aiding the transit of cocaine for the Sinaloa Mexican drug cartel. Guatemala Attorney General Claudia Paz says, Waldemar Lorenzana Lima, 71, was captured Tuesday by Guatemalan National Police in … [Read more...]
Officials from the Haiti Provisional Electoral Council have delayed the certification of results from last month's run-off legislative polls. The Council said it would not publish 19 seats' results "out of concern for transparency", but did not say if there would be recount. President-elect … [Read more...]
The Mexican navy says it has captured the lead suspect in the murder of 145 people whose bodies were found in mass graves in the northern state of Tamaulipas two weeks ago. The suspect is Omar Martin Estrada - known as El Kilo. He is accused of being the local branch manager of the Zetas drug … [Read more...]
Preliminary results in Haiti's presidential election show that musician Michel "Sweet Micky" Martelly has won the runoff vote against former first lady Mirlande Manigat. The 20th March runoff vote had a high voter turnout and was largely peaceful. There were major concerns over the electoral … [Read more...]
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter stamped out speculation that he can secure the release of US contractor Alan Gross during Carter's current trip to Cuba. "We have spoken to some officials about Mr. Gross. But I am not here to take him out of the country," Carter told journalists, speaking in … [Read more...]
A 1.65m high Mayan sculpture that fetched US$4.2m at a Paris auction is a fake, according to Mexican officials. The French auction house Drouot is standing by its belief that the statue of a masked figure carrying a shield is a genuine article more than 1,000 years old. But Mexico's National … [Read more...]
Former Haiti leader Jean-Bertrand Aristide has left behind seven years of exile in South Africa to return to home. He is expected in Port-au-Prince early on Friday, which is only two days out form the presidential elections. Mr Aristide, was a left-wing leader who was forced to flee in 2004 as … [Read more...]
Giant United Kingdom film studio Pinewood Shepperton is to build a massive new studio complex in the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean. The company, has been involved in hundreds of movie productions going back 70 years. It is the James Bond franchise films that they are best known for. … [Read more...]
Latin American country Colombia has announced it is working with China to build an alternative to the Panama Canal. The plan is to create a 'dry canal' that uses a rail link between the Pacific port of Buenaventura and the Atlantic Coast. With Asian trade to Latin and South America booming … [Read more...]
Coca-Cola has said it will invest $2bn in India over the next five years in a bid to increase its market share in the country. Part of the … [Read More...]
Sri Lanka has blocked five news websites because they committed character assassination and insulted people including key political leaders, officials … [Read More...]
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said he is free of cancer after returning from Cuba for health checks following four cycles of … [Read More...]
A suspected gas explosion at a restaurant in central Rio de Janeiro has left three people dead and at least 13 injured, Brazilian officials say. … [Read More...]
A surprise inspection in a prison in Mexico has revealed the presence of 19 prostitutes, 100 plasma televisions, two sacks of marijuana, and 100 … [Read More...]
A tropical depression storm pounding Central America has triggered floods and landslides that have left at least 18 people dead, officials say. In … [Read More...]
Republican presidential candidate, Herman Cain is trying hard to lose the … [Read More and View]
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