UK prisoners ‘paying to escape Peru’
A British prisoner who was jailed in Peru for drug smuggling says five other women have used an illegal route to get back into the UK while on parole. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
A British prisoner who was jailed in Peru for drug smuggling says five other women have used an illegal route to get back into the UK while on parole. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
One of the US’s most senior public health officials reveals the “strongest evidence to date” of the effect on babies of the mosquito-borne Zika virus. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
A second report into the disappearance of 43 Mexican students says there is no evidence to support the official version of what happened to them. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
President Michel Martelly of Haiti steps down without a successor in place as tension continues over the election of his successor. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Millions of people celebrate the first day of the annual carnival festivities across Brazil despite concerns about the recent Zika virus outbreak. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Active Zika virus has been detected in the saliva and urine of patients, Brazilian scientists say. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean