Colombia’s election goes to run-off
Craig TaylorResults from Colombia’s presidential election show incumbent President Juan Manuel Santos will face his main rival, Oscar Zuluaga, in a run-off vote. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
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Repsol ends operations in Argentina
Spanish oil firm Repsol ends its operations in Argentina two years after having its assets in local company YPF seized by the government. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Former Guatemala president sentenced
A court in New York sentences former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo to five years and 10 months in jail for taking bribes from Taiwan. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Cuba blocks dissident newspaper
Access to an online newspaper launched by Cuban dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez is blocked on the communist-run island shortly after it went live. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Colombia mourns bus fire victims
Colombians have been mourning the death of 33 children, who were killed when the bus they were travelling on caught fire in the city of Fundacion. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Colombia children killed in accident
A bus in northern Colombia has caught fire, killing dozens of children who were returning from an event at an evangelical church, police say. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean