Vanessa Buschschlüter

For the first time in almost three decades Colombia loses its certification as a US ally in the war on drugs.

Ecuadorian officials say they found no evidence the man had committed a crime, and so had freed him.

Three reported dead in Jamaica as meteorologists warn of "life-threatening winds, flooding and storm surge".

The air strike comes after the US accused the Colombian president of allowing the drugs trade to expand.

The US has been ramping up pressure on the Venezuelan leader since Trump took office last January.

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, who lives in hiding, is reportedly on her way to Oslo.

General Javier Marcano Tábata was the commander of the inner circle of guards tasked with protecting Maduro.

A complaint has been filed by Ecuador, whose consular staff prevented the agent from entering.

The death of the most-wanted Jalisco cartel chief sparks retaliatory violence in at least a dozen states in Mexico.

Alexandre Ramagem was sentenced to 16 years in jail for plotting a military coup in Brazil but had already fled the country.