Latin America & Caribbean
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 ...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 ...El Salvador confirms first Zika-linked birth defect
El Salvador confirmed its first case of microcephaly in a baby that was linked to a Zika infection in the mother. Microcephaly ...Gunmen kill 11 from same family in Mexico
Gunmen marched into a remote mountain village in Mexico and killed 11 members of the same family, including two children, apparently over ...Anti-gang offensive in El Salvador cuts murder rate
El Salvador, ranked one of the most dangerous countries in the world, has nearly halved its staggeringly bloody monthly murder rate amid ...Mexico rescues kidnapped footballer Alan Pulido
Mexican authorities have rescued football star Alan Pulido following his kidnapping in his crime-plagued home state of Tamaulipas, with the player declaring ...




