Latin America
Colombia Quake Toll Reaches 285 as Search Ends
Officials have moved from rescue to recovery with 379 still missing, as the government faces criticism for initially turning down foreign rescue teams.
Category: Latin America
Colombia Quake Toll Passes 160 on Second Day
Rescue teams worked overnight with excavators and bare hands as reported deaths climbed above 160, with at least 85 in Cali and a curfew…
Colombia Earthquake Kills at Least 132
A magnitude 7.4 quake centred in Choco has brought down buildings across western Colombia, with hundreds missing and a state of emergency now declared.
Jorge Messi, Father and Agent of Lionel, Dies at 68
The man who took his 13-year-old son to Barcelona for the trial that changed football has died in Rosario after a long illness, his…
Laser Survey Maps Lost Amazon Civilisation
Almost 400 undocumented monuments found beneath the canopy suggest the Aquiry supported up to three million people in a region long thought to be…