Simeon Tegel
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Sinaloa Cartel May Have Dug a Prison Tunnel to Bust Out a Serbian Drug Lord
The tunnel was 600 feet long and began in a house several blocks from the Castro Castro prison.
A Wave of Women Just Swept Into Power in the 'Country of Rapists'
There is hope that the development could reduce gender-based violence and sexism in the South American nation.
Peru Is About to Appoint Its Third President in 8 Days
Manuel Merino, who was interim president for five days, is under investigation for the violent repression of protesters.
A Notorious Rebel Leader Just Got Peru's President Impeached From Prison
Martín Vizcarra was fighting corruption hard. It got him fired.
Police in Paraguay Seize Biggest Cocaine Stash Ever
The haul narrowly eclipses the nation's previous national record but is a way from some of Latin America’s biggest cocaine seizures, including 23 tons in Mexico in 2007 and 12 tons in Colombia in 2017.
Country With Highest COVID Death Rate Has Been Using a Dangerous 'Stone Age' Treatment
Peru's government backed down from using the medicines for inpatients, but is still recommending it for COVID sufferers who have not been hospitalized.
Ex-Vice President Kidnapped in Revenge Strike by Communist Rebels Plaguing Paraguay
Hope is fading for the former politician, even though his family says they have complied with demands from his captors.
The Next Lethal Disease to Sweep the Planet Could Be Lurking in the Amazon
The Amazon basin has all factors that can generate new “zoonotic” diseases, and on a scale unprecedented in human history.
13 Clubbers Flouting Lockdown Killed in Police Raid, Stampede in Peru
Officials called the incident "willful homicide motivated by profit,” but survivors questioned police tactics during the raid.
Lack of Scientists Thwarts COVID Response in One of the World's Worst Hit Countries
By some counts, Peru’s COVID-19 per capita death tally is the highest in the world.
Peru Just Fired Its Whole Cabinet in the Middle of a COVID-19 Surge
The Congress members' motive could be more about their ties to lucrative but low-quality private universities.
Bolivia ended its drug war by kicking out the DEA and legalizing coca
Though the US said this month that Bolivia has "demonstrably failed" to fulfill its counter-narcotics commitments, there is less violence, less cocaine, and even less coca in Bolivia than there was before.