Tag: South America

A rescued miner, center, is greeted by another miner while being helped by a rescue worker as he leaves the El Comal gold and silver mine in Bonanza, Nicaragua, Friday, Aug. 29, 2014. The first 11 of 24 freelance gold miners trapped by a collapse in a mine have been rescued and crews were working early Saturday to free more, officials said. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Trapped miners rescued in Nicaragua; 5 remain

manuel-galeano, esteban-felixluis · August 30, 2014 10:50 pm

FILE - In this July 2, 2014 file photo, a man works on the rooftop of a home at the Providencia slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Brazil has slipped into recession, with government figures released Friday, Aug. 29, 2014 showing gross domestic product contracting for a second consecutive quarter. Brazil last experienced a recession between October 2008 and February 2009. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

BRIC wall: Brazil’s economy slips into a recession

Brad Brooks · August 30, 2014 12:15 am

Colombian accused in 5,000-plus killings arrested

Colombian accused in 5,000-plus killings arrested

Washington Examiner · August 29, 2014 9:06 pm

Ecuador heralds digital currency plans

Gonzalo Solano · August 29, 2014 8:18 pm

Mauricio Ruiz, 24, sailor of the Chilean Navy, right, comes out publicly as gay during a press conference in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday 27, 2014. Ruiz who was accompanied by Rolando Jimenez, left, president of the Homosexual Liberation and Integration Movement, is the first member of the Chilean armed forces ever to come out publicly as gay with the approval of the High Command of the Chilean navy. (AP Photo/Eva Vergara)

Chile sailor publicly discloses his homosexuality

Washington Examiner · August 28, 2014 3:30 am

Colombian kingpin’s former hit man leaves prison

Joshua Goodman · August 27, 2014 12:35 pm

FILE - This Dec. 9, 2009 file photo shows a sign for Bank of New York Mellon in New York. Bank of New York Mellon, which has played a central role in the legal dispute that pushed Argentina into default last month, is no longer authorized to operate in the South American country, Argentina's government said Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2014. BNY Mellon has no retail operations in Argentina, so the government's announcement appeared to be part of a plan to remove it as a trustee and work around a U.S. court ruling that triggered a default on July 30. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Argentina says US-based BNY Mellon not welcome

Washington Examiner · August 26, 2014 6:45 pm

Carmine Boccuzzi, center, a lawyer representing Argentina, leaves Federal court after a hearing, in New York, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014. Argentina will make its next round of scheduled debt payments, the economy minister said as he defends a new plan to pay creditors locally and avoid the jurisdiction of a U.S. court that forced the country into default last month. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

NY judge scolds Argentina, but no contempt order

Larry Neumeister · August 22, 2014 3:42 am

A masked protester runs away from a water cannon, during a student protest in Santiago, Chile, Thursday, August 21, 2014. Tens of thousands of students protested in the third massive march of the year in Chile. The students are unhappy with the pace of education reform that President Michelle Bachelet has been moving forward. (AP Photo / Luis Hidalgo)

Police tear gas, water cannons at Chilean protest

Eva Vergara · August 22, 2014 12:06 am

A woman walks with her dog past a mural that reads in Spanish "Vultures" in reference to the dispute between the Argentine government and a U.S. hedge fund, known locally as "vulture funds," in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014. The entire graffiti reads "Fatherland or vultures." Argentina's government is proposing to change the way it pays holders of the country's debt, shifting it out of the U.S. financial and legal systems as a way to end the default triggered by a legal battle with U.S. investors. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

Argentina defends plan to pay creditors outside US

Almudena Calatrava · August 21, 2014 12:17 am

In this Aug. 2, 2014 photo, Maria Torero, plays with a group of 175 cats with leukemia in her home in Lima, Peru. Torero says caring for cats with feline leukemia is her responsibility. Anybody else can care for healthy animals. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

AP PHOTOS: Peruvian nurse cares for 175 sick cats

Franklin Briceno · August 20, 2014 11:57 am

Brazil: Socialist pres. hopeful surges in polls

Washington Examiner · August 18, 2014 6:06 pm