Several high-end tourist resorts in Mexico have been accused of serving their guests contaminated alcohol, leading to unconsciousness, injury, theft and extortion.
President Donald Trump has issued a determination ordering the shooting down of any aircraft suspected of being involved in the smuggling of illegal drugs in the airspace of the nation of Columbia, according to a presidential memorandum released by the White House.
Unmanned Systems, which designs and manufactures unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), thinks that Latin America's market has a great potential, Supercam UAV brand development specialist Dmitry Ivanov told Sputnik Friday.
A nationwide strike declared by the Venezuelan opposition ahead of the next week’s legislative vote descended into violence on Thursday, killing at least two young men, prosecutors said.
Mexican marines and federal police killed on Thursday the leader of a recently-formed Tlahuac-Chalco drug cartel that has controlled drug sales in the eastern Valley of Mexico, according to the local media.
The Venezuelan permanent representative to the UN on Thursday distanced himself from a dissident fellow diplomat, Isaias Medina, who had to quit over his criticism of the nation’s president.
A young man died and three others were injured in the suburbs of the Venezuelan capital Caracas after opposition called for a general strike this Thursday, according to local authorities.
Argentina's Foreign Minister Jorge Faurie on Thursday stated the possibility of introducing new sanctions against Venezuela within the framework of the Mercosur bloc.
A Brazilian court has granted a freezing order on assets of Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva after he was found guilty of corruption and money laundering, media reported.
Venezuela’s foreign minister said Wednesday the country will skip the summit of the South American Mercosur trade bloc in Argentina over policy violations and hostility of its members toward Caracas.
Soldiers will be deployed throughout Venezuela next week when the crisis-hit nation votes on a constituent assembly, Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez said Wednesday.
Luis Almagro, the head of the Organization of American States (OAS), has thrown his weight behind targeted sanctions on Venezuela’s struggling government, in a testimony on Wednesday.
The Venezuelan opposition party Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD) on Wednesday presented its plan of action if it succeeds in securing the resignation of President Nicolas Maduro, local media reported.
The Venezuelan government has prolonged the economic emergency in the country for 60 days since July 13, the presidential order published by the Gaceta Oficial government newspaper said on Wednesday.
Bolivian President Evo Morales said on Tuesday he believed the United States was preparing a plot against the Venezuelan authorities in order to seize the country’s oil.
The administration of US President Donald Trump is prepared to take an economic action against the Venezuelan government before the country’s planned national election on July 30, a senior administration official told reporters on Tuesday.
The United States does not rule out barring imports of Venezuelan oil when taking action to address the situation in the country, a senior administration official told reporters on Tuesday.
The US has come to an agreement with Panama to destroy a stockpile of mustard gas left over from secret human tests conducted by the Americans during and shortly after World War II.
Venezuela will reconsider its relations with the United States, if Washington takes strong economic measures against Caracas over plans of the government of Nicolas Maduro to impose its Constituent Assembly on July 30, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Samuel Moncada said Tuesday.
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