CHILE: THE MISSION CONTINUES — Rescue teams are still working to get the 33 miners out of the San Jose mine. It is expected to rescue the men within the next two months. BRAZIL: GROWING ECONOMY — Brazil’s economy has grown by almost nine percent in the second quarter of this year. The biggest surge [...]
EL SALVADOR: MILLIONAIRE FIND — A multimillionaire trash can was found after authorities in El Salvador got a tip from and informant saying the location of the find. Almost 39 million Dollars was found in the site. MEXICO: POSSIBLE MASSACRE MASTERMIND CAPTURED — A man linked to the Tamaulipas Massacre, where 72 immigrants were killed, [...]
BOGOTA: CHOPPER CRASH — Earlier this morning, an Army’s Helicopter that was carrying President Santos’s security body crashed. Authorities assure that the incident left 3 people injured. COLOMBIA: PEACE WEEK — Today starts the Peace Week in Colombia with a main goal: the reparation to the victims of the violence. This event will finish next [...]
BOGOTA: TRANSMILENIO IN THE 7TH AVENUE — Today was awarded the bid to start the construction of the Transmilenio core over the 7th Avenue. The project will be finished in the second semester of the 2011. BOGOTA: ELECTRICAL STORM SEASON — The National University of Colombia presented an investigation that shows that Colombia is the [...]
MEXICO: 25 ALLEGED GANG MEMBERS KILLED — The men in an army assault in northeastern rural Mexico when soldiers were sent in after an air patrol spotted the armed men outside a building. CHILE: GOOD NEWS FOR THE TRAPPED MINERS? — The 33 trapped miners will get a glass of wine to celebrate the country’s [...]
BOGOTA: ANGRY PASSENGERS PROTEST — In Bogota, more than 140 people protested at El Dorado Airport due to the flight delays. Most of the passengers came from the department of Meta to visit their relatives in San Andres and waited for almost 24 hours in the capitol. BOGOTA: TWO BOYS INJURED BY LIGHTNING STRIKE — [...]
USA: END OF HOSTAGE SITUATION — The hostage situation in Maryland has come to an end. Police shot and killed 43-year-old hijacker James Lee in the Discovery headquarters building. HONDURAS: MASSACRE BODIES ARRIVE HOME — The 16 Honduran bodies recovered from the Tamaulipas massacre in northern Mexico, finally arrived in their homeland to be delivered [...]
BRAZIL: IMPORTANT MEETING IN BRASILIA — President Juan Manuel Santos arrived in Brazil to meet his counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva. According to Santos, strategic alliances are vital to improve diplomatic, trade and economic ties between both countries. BARRANQUILLA: BANDITS KILLED IN ROBBERY ATTACK — A man killed two thieves who tried to mug [...]
SANTOS TALKS ABOUT SECURITY — President Juan Manuel Santos attended a security council meeting in Medellin. The Colombian Head of State talked about improving the justice system in that city so that criminals can be given a proper sentence. HAPPY GRADUATION! — More than a thousand Colombian soldiers graduated from high school in a ceremony [...]
HOSTAGE CRISIS — For more than 5 hours, a 55-year-old man in Cali held his wife hostage, shot her in the head and later killed himself. The woman survived and is now recovering at a local hospital. CHILDREN’S MARCH AGAINST VIOLENCE — Dozens of children who live in neighborhoods affected by gang wars and homicides [...]
