Latin America News Headlines
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US strike on an alleged drug boat kills 2 in the eastern Pacific Ocean
The U.S. military has attacked another boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two men
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Pro-Trump candidate takes spotlight in Colombia's presidential race with vow of crime crackdown
Pro-Trump lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella has taken the lead in Colombia’s presidential race after the first round of elections over the weekend
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US commander meets with Cuban military officials as Trump pressures island nation
The top U.S. commander in Latin America has met with Cuban military leaders in a “brief exchange on operational security matters” near the U.S. Navy base in Guantanamo Bay
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Former head of Iowa school district sentenced to 2 years for falsely claiming to be a US citizen
The former superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district who was arrested last year in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown has been sentenced to two years in prison
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Hantavirus-stricken cruise ship docks in the Netherlands for disinfection
A cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak has docked at the Dutch port of Rotterdam for disinfection
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France says cruise ship Andes virus matches known South American viruses
France’s Pasteur Institute has fully sequenced the Andes virus found in a French passenger from the MV Hondius cruise ship


