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Gunmen open fire on a vehicle carrying Colombian mayoral candidate Karina García, killing her, her mother, a candidate for the municipal council, and three activists.
2019-09-2

The number of people displaced globally totals 65.6 million after an addition of 10.3 million people displaced in 2016. Syria, Colombia, Afghanistan, Iraq and South Sudan are the countries in the top five.
2017-06-19

Bolivia's aviation authority suspends the operating license of LaMia. Investigation into the crash in Colombia, which killed 71 people, continues.
2016-12-1

Texas confirms its first case of locally transmitted Zika virus by mosquitoes, becoming the second U.S. state to report a local transmission of the virus after Florida. The Texas Department of State Health Services says the case involves a woman living in Cameron County, who is not pregnant.
2016-11-28

Puerto Rico declares a state of emergency due to the ongoing Zika virus outbreak. At least 22 people have been reported to have been infected with the Zika virus in the U.S. territory.
2016-02-5

The Government of Honduras declares a state of emergency with 3,649 suspected cases of the Zika virus in the past three months.
2016-02-2

Jamaican health officials confirm the country's first case of the Zika virus in a 4-year-old child who recently returned from a trip to Texas.
2016-01-30

More than 2,100 pregnant Colombian women are infected with the mosquito-borne Zika virus.
2016-01-30

Virologists find the Zika virus in Australian tourists returning from South America.
2016-01-26

A bus in Fundación, department of Magdalena, Colombia, ignites while transporting children from a religious service, killing 31 children.
2014-05-18