Latin America & Caribbean
Venezuelans fleeing crisis flood into Colombia: UN
Venezuela\'s economic crisis has sent a huge but largely ignored wave of people into Colombia, and many more could be on the ...Messi given 21 months for tax fraud, likely to avoid prison
- Barcelona star Lionel Messi will appeal and vowed to clear his name after a court in Spain on Wednesday sentenced him ...North America leaders defend free trade, resist isolationism
The leaders of the United States, Canada and Mexico pushed back Wednesday on calls for walling off their nations from free trade, ...Canada to lift visa for Mexican visitors
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday that Canada will lift visa requirements for Mexican visitors as of December 2016, removing a major ...69 million children to face early death by 2030
The number of children who do not attend school is rising, child marriage has not dropped in decades and millions of young ...Colombia, FARC rebels sign historic ceasefire
The Colombian government and the FARC rebel force signed a ceasefire and disarmament agreement Thursday, one of the last steps toward ending ...Colombia to complete talks with FARC rebels by July 20 -president
Colombia will have completed negotiations with leftist FARC rebels by July 20, President Juan Manuel Santos said on Monday, in what would ...No food, no teachers, violence in failing Venezuela schools
Maria Arias slipped her notebooks into her backpack, scrounged for a banana to share with her brother and sister, and set off ...Millions of Latin Americans could fall back into poverty: UN
A third of Latin Americans who have risen out of poverty over the past 15 years could fall back into it due ...Chile defeats Panama 4-2, advances to Copa quarterfinals
Eduardo Vargas and Alexis Sanchez each scored twice and Chile advanced to the Copa America Centenario quarterfinals with a 4-2 win over ...