By Ana María Roura, Daniel Wittenbeg & Blanca Moncada
GUAYAQUIL — Paul has been in a gang for around half his life, since he was 15.
"Things are dangerous right now. Death can come from anywhere," Paul tells us. Small, skinny and about 30 years old, (...)
A "sophisticated Internet fraud syndicate" has been uncovered in Zambia, leading to the arrest of 77 people, including 22 Chinese nationals.
It was a "significant breakthrough in the fight against cybercrime", the authorities said after a (...)
Police in Peru have raided President Dina Boluarte's home as part of a corruption inquiry dubbed "Rolexgate".
Authorities were searching for more than a dozen Rolex watches President Boluarte had allegedly not declared.
The investigation began after (...)
A huge ancient city has been found in the Amazon, hidden for thousands of years by lush vegetation.
The discovery changes what we know about the history of people living in the Amazon.
The houses and plazas in the Upano area in eastern Ecuador were (...)
Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa has declared an "internal armed conflict" in the country, ordering security forces to "neutralize" several criminal groups accused of spreading extreme violence in the Latin American nation.
The decree came shortly (...)
Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa on Monday declared a state of emergency for the South American nation after a notorious gang leader escaped from prison, heightening security fears as authorities struggle to control the bloodshed of a bloody (...)
In one corner: Pope Francis, who insists on a merciful Catholic Church open to everyone, a "field hospital" ready to bind up the wounds of a suffering humanity. In the other corner: a small but vocal minority that has set itself against the Pontiff (...)
Peru's former President Alberto Fujimori was released from prison on Wednesday ahead of the completion of his sentence for authorizing the operation of a death squad in his country, according to court documents and images of the ailing ex-leader (...)
"They can smell us," said Dr. Clare Strode.
She is carefully carrying a mesh cage of mosquitoes across her lab in Lancashire, north-west England. To be more precise, these are Aedes aegypti, one of two species known to carry and transmit the dengue (...)
An indigenous community has won a court battle to regain ownership over its ancestral homeland in the Ecuadorian Amazon, more than 80 years after they were displaced because of war.
An Ecuadorian appeals court backed the Siekopai nation's claim over (...)
SAN JOSE — Saudi Arabia and Costa Rica held on Wednesday a first round of political consultations.
The first round of the political consultations was held in the Costa Rican capital San Jose during a meeting between Saudi Arabia's Vice Foreign (...)
US actors' union Sag-Aftra says it has agreed a tentative deal with Hollywood studios to end a months-long strike.
Sag-Aftra reached agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and TV Producers (AMPTP) in a unanimous vote, ending the 118-day (...)
A British model and TikToker has been jailed for nearly seven years in Peru after he was caught trying to smuggle cocaine out of the country.
Modou Adams was stopped at the Jorge Chávez International Airport on 30 September with 2.9kg (6.4lb) of (...)
Businessman Daniel Noboa is to become the youngest president in Ecuador's history, at 35 years old.
Noboa won Sunday's election with 52.3% of the vote, ahead of Luisa González's 47.7%. She conceded defeat and congratulated her rival.
The (...)
Ecuadoreans are voting in the run-off of a presidential election that has been overshadowed by a crime wave which has turned the country into one of the most violent in the region.
The first round of the election was held just days after (...)
A man attempting to row across the Pacific Ocean in a homemade boat has been rescued by a cruise ship after his boat capsized.
Tom Robinson, 24, hoped to become the youngest person to complete the feat.
He was found sitting on top of his boat with (...)
More than 1,000 people have died from dengue in Bangladesh's worst outbreak on record, official data shows, with rising temperatures due to the climate crisis driving the ongoing spread as more cases are reported away from dense urban centers for (...)
The Venezuelan government invited journalists to tour the Tocoron Penitentiary Center in Aragua state on Saturday — days after security forces reclaimed control of a prison that has spent many years under the control of gangs.
The Tocoron prison, (...)
Water levels at Lake Titicaca – the highest navigable lake in the world and South America's largest – are dropping precipitously after an unprecedented winter heat wave. The shocking decline is affecting tourism, fishing and agriculture, which (...)
Some farmers in Taif province are choosing to cultivate some rare plants, such as the pepino dulce fruit, a species of evergreen shrub native to South America that has a sweet taste similar to that of mangos and melons.
The highly productive fruit (...)
A candidate in Ecuador's forthcoming presidential election who campaigned against corruption and gangs has been shot dead at a campaign rally.
Fernando Villavicencio, a member of the country's national assembly, was attacked as he left the event in (...)
The eight countries that share the Amazon basin have fallen short of an agreed goal to end deforestation.
Delegates from the countries are meeting in the Brazilian city of Belém for a two-day summit on the issue, the first such gathering in 14 (...)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has sent a cable of congratulations to President Dina Boluarte of Peru on the anniversary of her country's Independence Day.
In his cable, the King wished the president good health and happiness, and the (...)
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وتعدّ ساعة Big Bang Unico Nespresso Origin الأولى من نوعها المُصنّعة من كبسولات (...)
وحّدت العلامتان السويسريتان الرائدتان هوبلو ونسبريسو جهودهما لمشروع ابتكار ساعةBig Bang Unico Nespresso Origin المصنوعة من تفل القهوة وكبسولات نسبريسو المعاد تدويرها.
وتعدّ ساعة Big Bang Unico Nespresso Origin الأولى من نوعها المُصنّعة من كبسولات (...)