Latin America & Caribbean
Protesters mark May Day across the globe
Labor and trade unions across much of the world organize demonstrations to mark International Workers\' Day on May 1.Violence erupts in Rio slum near Olympic venues
Violence erupted in a Rio de Janeiro favela as angry residents set fires and showered a busy avenue in the city\'s main ...Riot police, protesters clash in Venezuela
Hundreds of students and opposition supporters have clashed with police forces in the Venezuelan capital Caracas as they staged a rally demanding ...Air strike kills 13 suspected militants in central Yemen
Thirteen people, including three civilians, were killed on Saturday in a U.S. drone attack on suspected al-Qaeda rebels in the central Yemeni ...Powerful earthquake rattles Mexico, shakes buildings
A powerful, magnitude-7.5 earthquake shook central and southern Mexico on Friday. The U.S. Geological Survey said it was centred northwest of the ...Nobel Laureate Gabriel García Márquez dies at 87
Nobel Prize-winning novelist Gabriel García Márquez, who was praised as the most popular Spanish-language writer since Cervantes, died Thursday in Mexico City ...Chile declares disaster as fire storms historic port city
Four people have died in a fire raging in Chile, whose President Michelle Bachelet has declared a disaster area as the conflagration ...Strong earthquake rocks Nicaragua
A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck Nicaragua on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.Volcano erupts in Ecuador
The Tungurahua volcano just outside of the Ecuadorian capital Quito has erupted, sending a plume of ash up to 10 kilometers into ...Strong 7.8-magnitude aftershock strikes near northern Chile day after powerful earthquake
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck in northern Chile Wednesday, U.S. seismologists reported, just a day after another powerful tremor off the South ...