Tag: South America

Chilean military chief who followed Pinochet dies

Chilean military chief who followed Pinochet dies

Washington Examiner · August 17, 2014 8:42 pm

Brazil party replacing candidate who died in crash

ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON · August 16, 2014 11:39 pm

Officials work at the crash site of a small plane that was carrying Brazilian presidential candidate Eduardo Campos and several campaign officials, in the port city of Santos, Brazil, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014. All seven people aboard the plane, including a campaign photographer and press advisor, as well as two pilots, died in the crash, City Hall press officer Patricia Fagueiro confirmed. (AP Photo/Nelson Antoine)

No recording of crash that killed Brazil candidate

Washington Examiner · August 15, 2014 9:23 pm

A worker binds magazine pages inside the R.R. Donnelley & Sons printing plant, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. The global printing company based in the U.S. shuttered its plant Monday amid tough economic times in the South American country. About 200 workers decided to keep working, despite not being paid, until union leaders, in talks with the Labor Ministry, find a solution to reverse the plant layoffs. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Argentina seeks charges in US firm’s plant closing

Washington Examiner · August 15, 2014 1:04 am

Candidate’s sudden death transforms Brazil race

ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON · August 14, 2014 3:58 pm

US fund says no deal to end Argentina default

US fund says no deal to end Argentina default

Washington Examiner · August 14, 2014 3:44 pm

Gunmen wreak havoc in Caracas emergency rooms

Hannah Dreier · August 14, 2014 4:06 am

Energy and Environment

Brazil’s biggest city faces rationing amid drought

ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON · August 13, 2014 10:21 pm

Colombia: We never agreed to border closure

Colombia: We never agreed to border closure

Washington Examiner · August 13, 2014 10:06 pm

Few Nicaraguan child migrants join in trek to US

Few Nicaraguan child migrants join in trek to US

Washington Examiner · August 13, 2014 6:06 pm

Pilots strike in Argentina, stranding thousands

Washington Examiner · August 12, 2014 5:53 pm

Estela de Carlotto, president of Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo, right, and her grandson Ignacio Hurban hold a news conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Aug. 8, 2014. A provincial music teacher in Argentina, Hurban, is making his first public appearance since he was dramatically identified as the long-sought grandson of the country's leading human rights activist, Estela de Carlotto. The activist spent 36 years searching for the child taken from her daughter, who was executed by the military during the country's military dictatorship. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Grandson lost during Argentina ‘dirty war’ emerges

Ben Fox · August 8, 2014 11:08 pm