A commander from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, in the southern province of Tolima ordered the execution of a 13-year-old girl who had been turned over to the guerrillas by her mother on two occasions, an army spokesman said.
Brazil’s Embraer, the world’s fourth-biggest aircraft maker, announced Thursday an agreement with Israel’s Elbit Systems to develop and produce unmanned drones in the country.
The Brazilian government took distance from the ruling Workers Party demand for an urgent implementation of a controversial media bill, arguing the issue was not urgent.
President Barack Obama urged Thursday evening a joint session of the US Congress to end what he calls the political circus in Washington, and move rapidly to approve job creation legislation he is sending to Capitol Hill. There was no official rebuttal from the opposition Republicans.
The U.S. trade deficit in goods and services dropped 13.1% in July to 44.8 billion dollars, the Commerce Department said Thursday.
Two Peruvian families who say the government never paid them compensation for the expropriation of the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu and surrounding lands plan to take their complaint to the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
Fidel Castro has broken a long silence by granting an interview to a Venezuelan television station, his first since rumors began to spread that the former Cuban leader might be sick or near death. A top Cuban official said Thursday that Fidel is in good health.
Uruguay detailed plans to auction 15 offshore exploration blocks on Thursday, part of the energy-short country's efforts to reduce its dependence on imports of oil and natural gas.
Falkland Oil and Gas (FOGL), the exploration company focused on its extensive licence areas to the South and East of the Falkland Islands, reiterated it has signed a contract for the Leiv Eiriksson drilling rig for two firm slots in the first half of 2012.
Three independent investigations in Haiti following the claim of an alleged sexual abuse against a local by five Uruguayan marines from the UN peacekeeping force coincide in that there was “misconduct” of the involved, but no crime was committed.