Latin America & Caribbean
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 ...Powerful earthquake strikes off Chile, triggers tsunami
A magnitude-8.2 earthquake struck off Chile\'s northern coast on Tuesday night, causing landslides and setting off a small tsunami that forced an ...Brazil forces occupy favela ahead of World Cup
More than 1,400 police officers and Brazilian Marines rolled into a massive complex of slums near Rio de Janeiro\'s international airport before ...Cuba approves law aimed at attracting foreign investment
Cuban parliament on Saturday approved a new foreign investment law aimed at attracting badly needed capital through tax cuts, a measure officials ...Magnitude 6.2 earthquake hits northern Chile
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the northern coast of Chile on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate ...Turkey blocks access to Twitter website
Turkey blocks access to Twitter. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to block Twitter because the site refuses to adhere to ...42 African migrants drown off Yemen coast
Forty-two African migrants have drowned when their boat capsized off the coast of Yemen, according to officials.Voters in El Salvador, Colombia choose president, lawmakers
Polls have closed in the second round of El Salvador\'s presidential election, with a former far-left fighter favoured to win the runoff ...Climate change could mean more malaria in Africa, South America
British and American researchers predict that global warming could mean the spread of the deadly disease malaria to places where it is ...