Rescuers race against time to find survivors after Colombia earthquake
PEREIRA, Colombia (AP) — The search for survivors in the rubble of Colombia’s powerful earthquake grew more desperate…
Keiko Fujimori sworn in as Peru’s president after tight June election
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Conservative leader Keiko Fujimori was sworn in as Peru’s president on Tuesday after winning…
El Salvador concludes mass trial of alleged MS-13 members
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — A three-month mass trial of hundreds of alleged gang members of MS-13…
Venezuela earthquakes: Man pulled from rubble 8 days later
Man pulled from rubble in ‘miraculous’ rescue 8 days after devastating Venezuela earthquakes LA GUAIRA, Venezuela — Rescuers…
Progressive candidate concedes Colombian presidential election to Trump-endorsed de la Espriella
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Progressive candidate Iván Cepeda on Wednesday conceded Colombia’s presidential election to Abelardo de la…
Colombia holds presidential runoff between Cepeda and de la Espriella
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Deeply divided voters in Colombia are choosing their next president in a runoff Sunday…
Colombia’s presidential election is marked by fears of a return to past violence
BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — The memories of Colombia’s six decades of armed conflict are still like open wounds…
Concerns over crime and immigration are fueling a far-right backlash in Latin America
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — At the start of this decade, Latin America was hurtling to the left. Progressives,…
Salvadorans watch as US Supreme Court considers Temporary Protected Status
When the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on the Trump administration’s plans to stop shielding Haitians and Syrians…
In This Mass Trial, Suspects Could Get 245 Years Each
El Salvador is putting hundreds of suspected gang members on trial at once in one of the…
El Salvador puts nearly 500 alleged MS-13 gangsters on mass trial
SAN SALVADOR (AP) — Prosecutors in El Salvador opened a massive, joint trial of nearly 500 alleged members…
Bukele signs reforms allowing life prison sentences in El Salvador
SAN SALVADOR (AP) — Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele on Wednesday signed into law constitutional reforms to permit life…