Rio governor Pezão arrested on corruption charges
Craig TaylorRio state governor Luiz Fernando Pezão is suspected of taking bribes when he was deputy governor. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
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US sanctions Nicaragua’s Vice-President Rosario Murillo
Rosario Murillo, wife of President Ortega, and her security advisor are accused of human rights abuses. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Migrant caravan: Mexico deports group that stormed US border
Central American migrants tried to cross into the US illegally on Sunday by jumping a border fence. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
River Plate v Boca Juniors Copa Libertadores final postponed after bus attack
The second leg of the Copa Libertadores final is postponed for 24 hours until Sunday after River Plate fans attack the Boca Juniors team bus. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Brazil replaces leaving Cuban doctors – health ministry
Most vacancies left by departing Cuban doctors have now been filled, Brazil’s health ministry says. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Some Justice Finally for the 1982 Dos Erres Massacre
In one of the darker episodes in the Guatemalan civil war, Santos López a member of a US-trained counter-insurgency force “the Kaibiles” exacted a terrible revenge on a village suspected of being sympathetic to the Mayan rebels. Despite thoroughly searching the village and finding nothing incriminating the team proceeded to torture, rape and then murder practically…