Tag: South America

Members of the Air Force shout slogans as they protest in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, April 22, 2014. Hundreds of low ranking soldiers from Bolivia's Armed Forces marched against the military high command's dismissal of four of its leaders who defended their call for more career opportunities. Soldiers who study three years to be sergeants and then warrant officers want the opportunity to rise in rank, according to Felix Jhonny Gil, president of the National Association of Warrant Officers and Sergeants. The soldiers' wives started a hunger strike in solidarity. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

500 Bolivian soldiers on strike over dead end jobs

Washington Examiner · April 22, 2014 6:35 pm

2 inmates killed in Paraguay juvenile prison riot

2 inmates killed in Paraguay juvenile prison riot

Washington Examiner · April 22, 2014 3:56 pm

FILE - In this April 20, 2006, file photo, a group of Alpacas run while the Ubinas Volcano, background, 760 kilometers (470 miles) southeast of the capital of Lima, Peru, spews acid-laden ash and vapors. Peruvian authorities have orderedtheis Thursday April 17, 2014, the preventative evacuation of 4,000 people living near the Ubinas volcano, which has been spouting ash clouds up two miles high. (AP Photo, File)

Peru volcano prompts evacuation of 4,000

Washington Examiner · April 17, 2014 7:02 pm

Anti-government protesters carry a cross covered with photos of government officials and supporters under the Spanish word "Traitors" at a demonstration during Holy Week in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, April 16, 2014. The opposition wants President Nicolas Maduro's government to free jailed opponents and create an independent truth commission to determine responsibility for deaths tied to protests that have rocked the nation since February. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Progress in Venezuela talks, but protests continue

Washington Examiner · April 17, 2014 2:40 am

Uruguay’s leader declares $322,883 in wealth

Leonardo Haberkorn · April 16, 2014 8:20 pm

Inmates rock Peru prison with ‘Superstar

Inmates rock Peru prison with ‘Superstar

Associated Press · April 16, 2014 7:43 pm

In this March 27, 2014 photo, a poster of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez stands in the Petare shanty town of Caracas, Venezuela. Many in Petare, a sprawling hillside slum of crumbling brick buildings on the eastern outskirts of Caracas, have come to rely on Cuban physicians for free health services in a country where private care is too expensive for the poor and public hospitals have a dismal reputation. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Cuban doctors in eye of Venezuelan hurricane

Andrea Rodriguez · April 16, 2014 4:37 am

Uruguay’s leader declares $322,883 in wealth

Leonardo Haberkorn · April 16, 2014 3:36 am

A woman walks through the remains of a house destroyed by a wildfire, in Valparaiso, Tuesday April 15, 2014. A raging fire leaped from hilltop to hilltop in this port city, killing more than a dozen people and destroying thousands of homes. (AP Photo/Luis Hidalgo).

Chile leader to relocate Valparaiso fire victims

Eva Vergara · April 16, 2014 2:19 am

Venezuela opposition resumes talks with government

Joshua Goodman · April 15, 2014 9:48 pm

A man stands behind a wall as an out of control forest fire destroys homes in the city of Valparaiso, Chile, Sunday April 13, 2014. Firefighters struggled for a second night to contain blazes that reached this port city, killing at least a dozen people, destroyed hundreds homes and has forced the evacuation of thousands. (AP Photo/Luis Hidalgo)

Fires still besiege Chile port; 15 dead, 500 hurt

Eva Vergara · April 15, 2014 1:43 am

Children lie on mattresses on sidewalks outside stores near their homes after several earthquakes in Managua, Nicaragua, just after sunrise Monday, April 14, 2014. The government is recommending people sleep outside after an earthquake occurred a bit further away from Managua Sunday morning, following quakes on Thursday and Friday. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

String of earthquakes puts Nicaraguans on edge

manuel-galeano, alberto-arceluis · April 14, 2014 8:42 pm