Venezuela
In Venezuela, newspapers have made the decision of cancelling all printing due to a paper shortage caused by the low access of foreign currency in the country.
Venezuela and Bolivia will meet in an international friendly on Wednesday.
ABC has named Juan Pablo Galavis as the next Bachelor, marking the first time a Latino has ever starred on the show.
Mozilla, the company behind the Firefox web browser and now Firefox OS for smartphones, announced on Thursday that it was launching its smartphones in two South American countries, with more to follow. In a market dominated by two major operating systems, the Latin American launch will be an important proving grounds for Firefox OS.
Juan Gabriel will take the stage in Colombia to celebrate his 40-year-old career as one of Latin America's most celebrated songwriters and entertainers.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro confirmed today that his country has received a formal asylum request from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, who has been at the transit area of the Moscow airport since June 23.
Venezuela will look to re-establish itself among the top four in the CONMEBOL World Cup Qualifiers when it takes on Bolivia Friday.
For the first time in his career, Dioner Navarro hit three homers in a game, leading the 9-3 victory for the Chicago Cubs over the White Sox at Wrigley Field. Besides, the 29-year-old switch-hitter achieved another personal record with six RBI and four runs scored.
Two officials from the U.S. Embassy in Venezuela were shot on Monday night in an incident that occurred at a night club situated in the Bello Campo Mall, in the municipality of Chacao, an upscale neighborhood of the Chacao province in the country's capital Caracas, according to local television chain Globovision.
Nicolas Maduro was sworn in as Venezuela's president on Friday at a ceremony attended by leaders from Iran to Brazil after a decision to widen an electronic audit of the vote took some of the heat out of a dispute over his election.
Seven people have been killed in violence during riots after the Venezuelan election over the weekend.
Vice President Nicolas Maduro has won the presidential election in Venezuela, by a margin of 300,000 votes -– less than 2 percent of the total. His opponent, moderate Henrique Capriles, is demanding a recount.
Argentina sits atop the CONMEBOL table with 20 points and will take on a desperate Venezuelan side that is trying to separating itself from Uruguay and Chile; all three sides are tied with 12 points for the fourth and fifth World Cup berths.
Venezuela has stopped all communications with a top U.S diplomat in wake of the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chazez and ahead of the country's presidential election next month, announced a foreign minister on Wednesday.
The death of President Hugo Chavez has rocked the small South American nation of Venezuela. Chavez was loved by his supporters, particularly by the poor, the military and indigenous peoples -- and vilified by his opponents, both in country and abroad.
