Tag: South America

Bolivian club seeks presidential recruit

Bolivian club seeks presidential recruit

Washington Examiner · May 18, 2014 7:54 pm

A member of the Homeless Workers Movement carries a Brazilian flag past burning tires during a protest against money spent on the World Cup near Itaquerao stadium which will host the international soccer tournament's first match in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday, May 15, 2014. Brazilians are angry at the billions spent to host the World Cup, much of it on 12 ornate football stadiums, one-third of which critics say will see little use after the big event. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Brazil police clash with anti-World Cup protesters

ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON · May 16, 2014 2:33 am

FILE - In this Nov. 26, 2013, file photo, photo, Ancash Gov. Cesar Alvarez talks on his cell phone in Lima, Peru. A Peruvian judge ordered the arrest of Alvarez, Thursday May 15, 2014, on murder charges in the March gangland-style slaying of a political rival who had accused him of running a corrupt, violent mini-dictatorship in a rich mining state. (AP Photo/Edwin Julca, File)

Peru governor faces arrest on murder charges

Frank Bajak · May 16, 2014 12:45 am

Argentine dino find: long-necks survived Jurassic

Washington Examiner · May 15, 2014 8:21 pm

FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2010, file photo, Peru's Amazon leader Alberto Pizango looks on during an act after announcing his candidacy for Peru's 2011 presidential elections in Lima, Peru. Pizango and 52 others went on trial Wednesday in the killing of a dozen police officers after security forces fired on protesters opposed to plans to open the Amazon to widespread logging and oil drilling. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)

Peru Indian leader on trial for highway massacre

Franklin Briceno · May 15, 2014 1:41 am

Peru lawyer: jailed Van der Sloot to be a father

Franklin Briceno · May 14, 2014 5:01 pm

Paraguay expels Ecuador VP’s father in sex case

Paraguay expels Ecuador VP’s father in sex case

Washington Examiner · May 14, 2014 4:40 pm

Uruguay: Prisoner taps US ambassador cellphone

Uruguay: Prisoner taps US ambassador cellphone

Washington Examiner · May 13, 2014 8:08 pm

FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2013 file photo, a presidential guard officer provides security as people visit the government palace or "Palacio de Los Lopez" in Asuncion, Paraguay. The Public Works Ministry said Monday, May 12, 2014 that the west wing of the palace is infested with termites, but the main wooden structure is not endangered for now. The Lopez Palace is the seat of Paraguay's government and home and office to President Horacio Cartes. The neoclassic building dates back to 1857. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz, File)

Paraguay’s president palace bugged _ by termites

Washington Examiner · May 12, 2014 9:40 pm

People watch machinery used to dig in search or survivors at a collapsed illegal gold mine in Santander de Quilichao, southern Colombia, Thursday, May 1, 2014. The bodies of three miners have been recovered and an unknown number remain missing, said Temistocles Ortega, governor of the Cauca state. (AP Photo/Oswaldo Paez, El Pais)

Illegal Colombia mine collapse: 3 dead

Libardo Cardona · May 2, 2014 2:21 am

In this photo taken Wednesday, April 23, 2014, police officers and forensics look at the body of British citizen Henry Miller, 19, on a road outside Mocoa, in Colombia's southwestern state of Putumayo. Miller died after he drank a hallucinogen during a tribal ritual, his body left by the side of the road by two frightened young local men, said Saturday local police commander Ricardo Suarez. (AP Photo/Jose Horacio Villarreal)

Colombian shaman has no remorse in UK teen’s death

JOSHUA GOODMANMARKO ALVAREZ · May 1, 2014 10:13 pm

Raw: May Day Protest Turns Violent in Chile

Raw: May Day Protest Turns Violent in Chile

Washington Examiner · May 1, 2014 9:27 pm