Hostage drama ends peacefully in Guatemala - 43 hostages unharmed

Thankfully the crisis ended without any loss to live and property. " A hostage drama ended peacefully in Guatemala overnight after the 29-year-old hostage-taker released the 43 people he had held for more than four hours, Spanish media reported Tuesday. The man,...

Reporter flees Colombia threats

"A foreign correspondent in Colombia has fled the country after being criticised by President Alvaro Uribe over a book and receiving death threats. Mr Uribe accused Gonzalo Guillen of being "a professional slanderer". In the space of three days Mr Guillen said he received 24...