Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has died after a long battle with cancer, the government announced. He was 58. The death of the leading voice of the Latin American left plunged his divided, oil-rich nation into an uncertain future. (with video)... Read more»
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The Venezuelan government’s news that Hugo Chavez is back from Cuba boosts his supporters and agitates his rivals.... Read more»1
A Mexican prison riot in which 44 people were stabbed, strangled or beaten to death was a cover for the escape of 30 members of the Zetas drug cartel, blamed for some of Mexico’s most brutal killings, investigators said.... Read more»0
Mexico’s ruling National Action Party (PAN) has chosen female candidate Josefina Vázquez Mota as its candidate for July’s election, ready to take on current frontrunner, the Institutional Revolutionary Party’s (PRI) Enrique Peña Nieto.... Read more»0
The quick kidnap and release of Mexico’s ambassador to Venezuela Sunday night highlights the country’s issues with security. Caracas is often listed amongst the most dangerous cities in the world, ranked alongside war zones.... Read more»0
With inmates wielding machine guns, rifles and grenades and guards often unwilling to enter the overcrowded buildings for fear of their own death, jails in Venezuela have become a lawless territory that magnify the violence outside their walls.... Read more»0
The U.S. Treasury Department has named notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán the “world’s most powerful drug trafficker,” boosting the evasive cartel leader’s legendary status as the country’s drug wars appear to have killed nearly 50,000 people in five years.... Read more»0
Hugo Chavez, always the socialist crusader, announced that he intended to seize the yachts and property of the luxury resort Los Roques — including the houses of some of Venezuela’s wealthiest businessmen — and make use of the resources for state tourism.... Read more»0
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