Trump halts plan to designate Mexican drug cartels as terrorists
Craig TaylorThe US president vowed to label Mexican drug gangs as terrorists after US citizens were ambushed. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
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Evo Morales: Overwhelming evidence of election fraud in Bolivia, monitors say
October’s disputed poll was rigged to favour then-President Evo Morales, an independent audit says. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
German WWI wreck Scharnhorst discovered off Falklands
Armoured cruiser SMS Scharnhorst was sunk by the British in the 1914 Battle of the Falkland Islands. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Berta Cáceres murder: 50 years in jail for activist’s killers
Honduran environmental activist Berta Cáceres was shot dead in 2016 after opposing a dam project. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Mexico violence: Hunt for gunmen behind deadly shoot-out
Twenty-one people are confirmed to have died when gunmen attacked the mayor’s office in Villa Unión. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Brazil’s Bolsonaro says DiCaprio gave cash ‘to set Amazon on fire’
The Hollywood actor dismisses Jair Bolsonaro’s claim he “gave money to set the Amazon on fire”. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean