Another shooting rocks the nation and leaves three dead and four wounded. Just weeks after a shooting in a Kansas Jewish community center and hospice home left two dead, a shooting embroils a southern state.
Bolivia fired 700 soldiers and then decided to reinstate about 400, but protests continue. In 2006, the Bolivian people elected their first indigenous president, Evo Morales, hailing from the Aymara people.
Three months since protests began rocking Venezuela, the Maduro government continues to battle unrest as well as hardships angering the protesters. However, the government's latest actions are not enough to quell the ire of protesters and have instead incited further international discontent.
The United States government's attempt to create a fictitious social media network to undermine the Communist regime in Cuba continues to anger one Central American nation. The government's silence on the issue and further revelations by The Associated Press' investigation has caused tensions between the U.S. and Costa Rica.
Condoleezza Rice's commencement speech at Rutgers protested by students. Commencement speeches given every year at college graduations and they tend not to garner much attention unless the speaker is famous.
More has to be done, according to the United Nations, to curb carbon emissions. As global temperatures are set to rise in the coming years, and having experienced extreme weather patterns in past few years, the global community has been attempting to curb the amount of emissions released into the atmosphere.
President Juan Manuel Santos' lead in the polls dwindle, according to new survey. Next month, Colombians will go to the polls and elect a new president or choose to remain with the current one.
The process of becoming a saint in the Catholic Church is one that takes decades, even centuries, to finalize. However, two recent popes' journey to sainthood has been accelerated and will reach fruition today in Rome.
Drugs and poverty have heightened violence and crime in various Central American nations. Though Venezuelan cities, for example, have seen a rise in crime over the last couple of years, the bloodiest cities are found in five Central American nations. Guatemala is one of them, and recent events add to that nation's hardships.
Since 2008, the Peruvian government has been battling illegal miners. Amidst the wilderness of the Amazon jungle, explosives ravage the land, illegal prostitution oppresses the local population and disease spreads unmonitored.
In 2012, the Peruvian government passed legislation to curb the illegal gold mining rampant in its Amazonian departments. However, it did not fully enforce them until now. A deadline, which expired on April 25, allowed for illegal miners to register with the government. According to the AP, the government of President Ollanta Humala has vowed to enforce this latest deadline and will move against the remaining illegal miners.
Venezuela looks for support in its left-wing allies in South America. Although protests in Venezuela continue, the Maduro government has not budged to the opposition's demands.
Protesters in Venezuela continued to march over Easter weekend against the Maduro government. Although the crowds marching on Caracas' streets are not the same as they were back in February when the protests began, the student protesters' demands remain the same. Three months of protests have not changed much in the South American nation, and the student protests this past weekend demonstrated the opposition's emotional reaction to the lack of progress.
An understated fruit, always present when most wanted, will be in short supply in the foreseeable future. The dwindling number of limes available has led to companies changing menus and recipes shining light on the drug war in Mexico. How companies will cope remains up in the air.
