Latin America & Caribbean
Nicaragua scraps presidential limits in boost for Ortega
Nicaragua\'s national assembly on Tuesday voted to scrap presidential term limits, which could allow socialist President Daniel Ortega to remain in power ...US executes Mexican man despite diplomatic pressure
A Mexican national has been executed in Texas, despite appeals from the Mexican government and Secretary of State John Kerry.Venezuelan minister targets corrupt police
Venezuela\'s interior minister has given out his personal mobile phone number on live television, and urged police officers to call him directly ...Former Miss Venezuela and British ex-husband shot dead by robbers
A former Miss Venezuela and her ex-husband have been shot dead in front of their 5-year-old daughter as they resisted robbers by ...First legal commercial Key West–Cuba flight in 50 years lands in Havana
The first commercial passenger flight from Key West to Cuba in more than 50 years has landed in Havana, capping several years ...Brazil floods force more than 40,000 to flee homes
Intense rain and flooding in southeast Brazil have killed at least six people and forced 40,000 more to leave their homes.The War on Marriage on Christmas
Very rarely does our government ask us what to have a war ...Ex-president Michelle Bachelet wins Chile poll run-off
Chileans have handed moderate socialist former President Michelle Bachelet a new four-year term with a landslide victory in a runoff election.Uruguay becomes first country to legalize marijuana
Uruguay has become the first nation to legalise the growing, sale and smoking of marijuana after the country\'s Senate gave final approval ...Cuba closes privately owned movie theaters, video arcades
Cuba closed dozens of home-based movie theaters on Saturday and reaffirmed its plans to end the private sale of imported goods as ...