Chris Kraul –

Un ataúd con el cuerpo de una persona que supuestmente murió de coronavirus, aparece envuelto en plástico y cubierto en cartón afuera de un bloque de departamentos en Guayaquil, Ecuador, el jueves 2 de abril de 2020.

Los cadáveres agobian a Ecuador, se acumulan en las calles por coronavirus

April 3, 2020 at 1:50 p.m.

QUITO, Ecuador — Los cadáveres agobian a Guayaquil, una ciudad portuaria de 2.8 millones de habitantes en el epicentro de la crisis del coronavirus en Ecuador. En los últimos días, varios cuerpos...

Supporters of Juan Guaido, president of the Venezuelan Parliament, carry a wounded protester in Caracas, Venezuela.

Venezuela: Guaido, flanqueado por miembros de las fuerzas armadas, pide a los militares que abandonen Maduro

May 15, 2019 at 11:46 a.m.

La policía venezolana usó gas lacrimógeno este martes por la mañana para tratar de dispersar a cientos de partidarios del autoproclamado presidente Juan Guaidó, que desde una autopista cerca de...

Miss Universe of 1996 Alicia Machado, center, of Venezuela dances with the 74 contestants of the Miss Universe pageant in Miami Beach.

Donald Trump says Alicia Machado was tied to murder attempt. What happened in Venezuela?

August 21, 2019 at 8:21 p.m.

Alicia Machado, the former Venezuelan beauty queen whose treatment by Donald Trump nearly 20 years ago became a potent political weapon for the Clinton campaign, has had numerous brushes with...

Unrest continues to grip Venezuela as president threatens opposition-controlled legislature

August 21, 2019 at 6:22 p.m.

Venezuela, already reeling from shortages of basic goods and electricity, plunged further into chaos Wednesday as police and opponents of President Nicolas Maduro clashed on the streets of the capital...

Ernesto Montenegro, director of the Colombian Institute of Anthropology and History of Colombia, shows a picture of the shipwreck at a news conference last month in Cartagena.

U.S., Colombian sunken treasure dispute may soon play out at sea

June 22, 2019 at 9:11 p.m.

A long-simmering dispute between U.S. treasure hunters and the Colombian government over rights to a sunken Spanish galleon thought to be laden with billions in gold and silver may soon...

An opponent of the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro takes part in a march in Caracas to mark International Women's Day.

U.S. announces sanctions against Venezuelan officials

June 22, 2019 at 11:45 a.m.

The Obama administration on Monday imposed sanctions on seven Venezuelan officials for alleged human rights violations, calling the country's actions a threat to national security.The sanctions target "Venezuelan officials past...

Gabriel Garcia Marquez talks with former President Bill Clinton in Cartagena, Colombia, in 2007. Clinton and Garcia Marquez knew each since at least 1994, when they attended a dinner party at William Styron's house that Garcia Marquez later wrote about. They debated the works of William Faulkner.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Nobel Prize-winning author, dies at 87

December 17, 2018 at 9:15 p.m.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the Nobel Prize-winning Colombian novelist whose "One Hundred Years of Solitude" enchanted millions of readers around the world and popularized the emerging Latin American literary genre known...

Venezuelan officials identify 7 suspects in slaying of beauty queen

June 17, 2018 at 6:30 p.m.

CARACAS, Venezuela -- Authorities Thursday identified seven suspects arrested in connection with the shooting deaths of former beauty queen Monica Spear and her ex-husband and said some of the victims'...

Portland has beer on its mind

August 23, 2019 at 10:09 a.m.

Over the last couple of decades, the city once called Stumptown and known for its rain, retro culture and venerable Powell's Books has staked out a scintillating new claim to...

Portland has beer on its mind

May 9, 2019 at 8:51 p.m.

Over the last couple of decades, the city once called Stumptown and known for its rain, retro culture and venerable Powell's Books has staked out a scintillating new claim to...

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