Vanessa Buschschlüter

London

Latin America and Caribbean Editor at BBC

Latin America and Caribbean Editor, BBC News website. Views are mine, not the BBC's.

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Crates full of Nazi documents found in Argentine court's basement

2 days ago | bbc.com | Vanessa Buschschlüter

Crates full of Nazi documents found in Argentine court's basementVanessa BuschschlüterReutersThe boxes contained what appear to be membership booklets for Nazi-affiliated organisationsCrates containing documents from Nazi Germany have been rediscovered in the basement of Argentina's Supreme Court. The unusual find was made as workers were clearing the building's basement ahead of its archives being moved to a newly created museum.
Curfew in Peru province after 13 mine workers killed

1 week ago | bbc.com | Vanessa Buschschlüter

Peru imposes curfew in province where 13 mine workers were killed Vanessa BuschschlüterReutersThe minders were killed after being kidnapped by criminal gangs, authorities allegeThe Peruvian government has imposed a night-time curfew in Pataz province, where 13 kidnapped mine workers were killed last week. President Dina Boluarte also ordered that mining activities be suspended for a month while extra police and soldiers are deployed to the region.
Mexican mayor arrested over alleged links to cartel training camp

1 week ago | bbc.com | Vanessa Buschschlüter

Mexican mayor arrested over alleged links to cartel training campVanessa BuschschlüterReutersForensic teams gathered evidence at the siteProsecutors in Mexico have arrested the mayor of Teuchitlán in western Jalisco state as part of their investigation into a nearby cartel training site. The mayor, José Murguía Santiago, is suspected of colluding with the New Generation Jalisco Cartel (CJNG), which he has denied.
Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas dies at 116

1 week ago | bbc.com | Vanessa Buschschlüter

Football-loving Brazilian nun, world's oldest person, dies at 116Vanessa BuschschlüterReutersSister Inah Canabarro Lucas was born in 1908The world's oldest person, Brazilian nun Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas, has died at the age of 116. Born on 8 June 1908 in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, Inah Canabarro Lucas became a Catholic nun in her early 20s.
Targeted attacks on Colombian security forces leave 27 dead in two weeks

2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Vanessa Buschschlüter

Targeted attacks on Colombian security forces leave 27 dead in two weeksVanessa BuschschlüterColombian ArmyThe bodies of six soldiers were found at the site of an ambush in Guaviare, the body of a seventh missing soldier was found laterThe Colombian government says 15 police officers and 12 soldiers have been killed over the past two weeks in targeted attacks it blames on armed groups.
Opposition sails to victory

2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Vanessa Buschschlüter

Opposition sails to victory in Trinidad and Tobago Vanessa BuschschlüterEPAKamla Persad-Bissessar led her UNC party to victoryThe opposition in the Caribbean twin-island nation of Trinidad and Tobago has won a decisive victory in Monday's parliamentary election, preliminary results suggest. The win by the centrist United National Congress (UNC) party means that Kamla Persad-Bissessar will be appointed as the next prime minister.
Colombia declares health emergency after dozens die

3 weeks ago | bbc.com | Vanessa Buschschlüter

Vanessa BuschschlüterBBC NewsColombia has declared a nationwide health emergency after at least 34 people died of yellow fever, according to official figures. Yellow fever is caused by a virus transmitted to humans by infected mosquitoes. It can be prevented by a vaccine which in most cases provides lifelong protection.
Peru's ex-President Ollanta Humala guilty of money laundering

4 weeks ago | bbc.com | Vanessa Buschschlüter

Vanessa BuschschlüterBBC NewsPeru's former president, Ollanta Humala, has been found guilty of money laundering and sentenced to 15 years in prison. A court in the capital, Lima, said that Humala had accepted illegal funds from the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht to bankroll his election campaigns in 2006 and 2011. His wife, Nadine Heredia, who co-founded the Nationalist Party with Humala, has also been found guilty of money laundering and sentenced to 15 years.
Relatives press charges against owner

4 weeks ago | bbc.com | Vanessa Buschschlüter

The parents and wife of one of the people who died when the roof of a nightclub collapsed in the Dominican Republic last week have become the first to press charges against the club's owners. Police lieutenant Virgilio Rafael Cruz Aponte was one of the 231 people killed when the roof of the Jet Set music venue collapsed during a merengue music concert. A lawyer for the Cruz Aponte family said they had brought manslaughter charges against the owner and managers of the Jet Set club.
Dominican Republic nightclub collapse: Despair as death toll rises

1 month ago | bbc.co.uk | Vanessa Buschschlüter

Media caption, Dominican Republic: Search for survivors continues after nightclub roof collapseHundreds of rescue workers in the Dominican Republic have been searching through the night for survivors of a roof collapse at a nightclub in the capital, Santo Domingo. At least 113 people died and more than 150 were injured in the incident, which happened just before 01:00 local time (05:00 GMT) on Tuesday at the Jet Set club, officials said.