According to Argentine authorities two Paraguayan men who were trying to get across the border with a 19th Century gold ingot worth more than $2m have been arrested.
The military exercises around Venezuela are meant to show Venezuela's strength in the face of new U.S. sanctions and accusations. Troops and civilians have been mobilized throughout the nation, practicing invasion drills as well as conducting marches.
The latest round of talks between U.S. and Cuban negotiators ended after just one day on Tuesday, and participants did not disclose how much progress they had made in their attempt to restore diplomatic relations between Havana and Washington.
The U.K. has begun looking for contractors to help develop a laser weapon for the country. Though only a prototype, the project will help launch the U.K.'s laser weapons program.
A street-art initiative brought a group of graffiti artists from Mexico and around the world to transform Mexico City into a hub of urban protest, making the country's social and political issues a permanent visible topic, Fusion reports.
Hundreds of thousands of protesters took the the streets on Sunday in more than 150 Brazilian cities to demand the ouster of Dilma Rousseff, the country's recently re-elected president. The demonstrations followed popular outrage over a sprawling corruption scheme.
President Maduro was given the power to rule by decree until the end of 2015. Though the ruling party views it as a necessity in the face of U.S. aggression, the opposition says it only gives President Maduro more power and distracts the people.
Archbishop Romero of El Salvador, killed in 1980 for his work for the poor in the war-stricken nation, will be beatified in May after decades of appealing to the Vatican.
Rogelio Contreras Rivera, a 20-year-old musician belonging to the group "Los Kumbiamberos RS," was killed in the night from Saturday to Sunday after several men kidnapped him from the stage of a Monterrey bar where the band was performing.
Free Wi-Fi offered at a Havanna cultural center Cuba is allowing a Havana cultural center to offer free public Wi-Fi for the first time on the island, according to the Washington Post.
The CEO of an Andorran bank in Europe has been arrested after the U.S. Treasury accused the bank of money laundering for groups from China, Russia and Venezuela, ABC News reports according to the Associated Press.
During an interview with Mexican television, marking the second anniversary of his election, the Argentina-born pope, said: "I have the feeling that my pontificate will be brief. Four or five years; I do not know, even two or three."
