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Three former El Salvador military officers were given lengthy prison sentences over the 1982 killings of four Dutch journalists during the country’s civil war. It means former Defense Minister Gen. José Guillermo García, 91, former treasury police director Col. Francisco Morán, 93, and Col. Mario...

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday attended a public demonstration in Sao Paulo to protest against his ongoing Supreme Court trial in the South American country. About two thousand people gathered on Paulista Avenue, one of the city’s main locations, in a demonstration that...

A Japanese court has found a U.S. Marine guilty of sexually assaulting a woman on Okinawa and sentenced him to seven years in prison, in a case that has triggered anger and safety concerns on Japan’s southern island, which has a heavy American troop presence. In sentencing, Judge Kazuhiko Obata said...

At Brazil’s Supreme Court, Lt. Col. Mauro Cid testified against his onetime ally, former Defense Minister Gen. Walter Braga Netto. Cid testified that Braga Netto took part in a meeting in November 2022 during which military officials discussed plans to stop current President Luiz Inácio Lula da...

A judge in El Salvador ordered that a lawyer and well-known critic of President Nayib Bukele remain in jail as his prosecution on charges of money laundering proceeds in a blow to critics pushing back against the government. Enrique Anaya was detained by police earlier this month on money laundering...

The Colombian army says more than 50 soldiers have been seized by civilians in a southwest mountainous area. A platoon of soldiers was the first to be seized during an operation in El Tambo, a municipality that is part of an area known as the Micay Canyon, a key zone for cocaine production and one...

Panama suspended constitutional protections, including the rights to assemble and of free movement, for five days in its northwestern Bocas del Toro province after two months of protests and road blockades turned more destructive the previous night. Presidential Minister Juan Carlos Orillac said in...

Canada’s Liberal government is poised to pass controversial legislation that aims to kick-start “nation building” infrastructure projects but has received widespread pushback from Indigenous communities over fears it tramples on their constitutional rights. The legislation promised by Mark Carney...

A retired Nicaraguan military officer turned outspoken critic of President Daniel Ortega was shot to death at his home in Costa Rica, authorities said. Roberto Samcam, 67, had been living in exile since July 2018 when paramilitaries assaulted his home in Nicaragua. Police say a man entered the...

Brazil auctioned off several land and offshore potential oil sites near the Amazon River as it aims to expand production in untapped regions despite protests from environmental and Indigenous groups. The event came months before Brazil is to host the U.N.’s first climate talks held in the Amazon...