Colombian President Gustavo Petro and Venezuelan acting President Delcy Rodriguez on Friday agreed to military cooperation to tackle crime on their shared border. Petro's visit marked the first to Caracas by a foreign leader since the US ouster of Nicolas Maduro.
A US Army Special Forces soldier has been charged with using classified information to make more than $400,000 (€342,480) betting on an online prediction market tied to the January operation that captured former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, the US Justice Department said on Thursday.
The city of Logan, Utah, a college and dairy farming town, is seen from the hillside on the Utah State University campus, Wednesday, April 22, 2026.
Mexican authorities on Tuesday said a gunman who killed one person and injured several others at the Teotihuacan pyramids in central Mexico had carried materials related to attacks in the United States. One Canadian tourist was killed while visitors from Canada, Colombia, Russia, Brazil and the United States were among those injured in the Monday shooting.
MEXICO CITY — Mexico's government said it was beefing up security at tourist sites after a man opened fire on tourists at pyramids outside of Mexico City less than two months before the FIFA World Cup.
A shooting at Mexico's Teotihuacan pyramids, a famous tourist and archaeological site, killed one Canadian woman and injured several others on Monday, Mexican authorities said. The shooter later killed himself at the site, which lies outside Mexico City.
Forensic workers carry the body of a victim down a pyramid after authorities said a gunman opened fire, in Teotihuacan, Mexico, Monday, April 20, 2026.
The US military said it killed three men in a strike on an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the Caribbean on Sunday This is the latest in a controversial campaign that has killed at least 180 people since last year, according to the AFP news agency.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Sunday that his country's strong economic ties to the US have turned from strength into weakness.
Spain, Brazil and Mexico have pledged to boost aid efforts for Cuba to ease a humanitarian crisis they say is the result of a US blockade against the Caribbean island nation.
The US Navy's Southern Command has resumed attacks on what US President Donald Trump's administration says are "drug boats," claimed to be smuggler vessels used by cartels to transport narcotics from South America to the US. This brings the total number of ships sunk to over 50 since September 2025, according to various media reports.
Brazil is presenting itself with confidence at the Hannover Messe, the world's largest trade fair for the manufacturing industry, opening on April 20 in Hannover, Germany.