The Copa America is just around the corner, kicking off on Friday when the US and Colombia face off.Every major tournament comes with major surprises. Who would have thought that Spain would be the first team eliminated from the 2014 World Cup after almost a decade of dominance? Who would have expected Costa Rica to be the little engine that could for a while or that Brazil would get demolished 7-1 at home as it fell from grace? Or even last summer when Peru became a Copa America darling, finishing third. Or who would have expected Lionel Messi to score a total of zero goals in leading Argentina to the final of the Copa?Yet many people likely predicted some of these outcomes, bold as those Prophesies might have been. Here are five bold predictions for this Copa America.
Colombia will test out its sea legs when it takes on Haiti in a friendly on Sunday.The Colombians are seen as a team that can potentially take the world by storm in the upcoming Copa America. The team was a disaster a year ago in this very tournament, scoring a whopping one goal in four matches while getting eliminated in the quarterfinals by Argentina.
The Copa America Centenario gets underway in just a few weeks and will feature the best teams from Latin America and North America.Group A is an intriguing situation featuring the US against a few teams that are primed to give it some big trouble in the group round. Will the home team emerge from this tricky situation?
The remains of a meteorite believed to be the culprit behind the mass extinction of dinosaurs 66 million years ago have been found. The rock fragments were found on the island of Gorgonilla.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has devised a new strategy to address the country's major power crises. All workers will now have an extended furlough.
The National Liberation Army, Colombia’s second largest leftist group, has attacked the Cano-Limon Covenas pipeline. The ELN’s two bomb attacks have suspended the pipeline's operations.
Sick Venezuelans plead for help from Colombia’s medical facilities amid a lingering border dispute. This is despite the fact that the two governments remain at a war.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed UN envoy Jean Arnault of France to head the organization’s political mission in Colombia. It will monitor and verify a future peace deal between the Colombian government and the FARC.
Colombia’s Mines and Energy Minister Tomás González Estrada has resigned from his position. The country is swamped with energy problems due to the drought caused by the El Niño weather phenomenon.
Gone are the days when people are required to attend tedious classes and undergo physical training to acquire professional skills. With the continuing rise of the digital age, it's no wonder that education platforms are also innovating.
When it comes to history and culture, the Latin America region can hold its own against the world’s greatest. Some of man’s finest and most significant historical and archaeological feats were accomplished in these lands and the opportunity to get a glimpse still exists for travelers making the trip.
The popular Latin American retailer will no longer sell in Colombia due to poor sales in 2014. On Feb. 18, Ripley, a Chilean department store, announced the closing of all stores in Colombia because of struggling sales in Latin America's third largest economy.
Diego Rodriguez almost did not make it to where he is today, but he is now in charge of over 2,000 employees in the FBI's largest field office in New York City. He leads investigations from terrorism to public corruption in the greatest city in the world and eight counties in the state of New York.
Dismembered bodies of prisoners and visitors were discovered in drain pipes at a jail in Colombia. Dismembered bodies of prisoners and visitors were discovered in drain pipes at a jail in Colombia.
