UN experts have called for a probe to determine if Consuelo Porras was involved in illegal adoptions in the 1980s.
An NGO says hundreds of people remain behind bars despite US pressure US to speed up their release.
The annual aficionados' bonanza has been postponed until further notice as shortages affect international travel.
The fire, which Cuban officials say was contained quickly, comes as electricity and fuel supplies dwindle.
The US president wants American energy firms to start extracting the crude but they are reluctant.
Rio de Janeiro's iconic Carnival parades begin with a tribute to Brazil's President Lula, illustrating his rise from poverty to power.
The US accuses the Veronica III of violating a "quarantine" on oil shipments from Venezuela.
Lucas Pinheiro Braathen makes history for Brazil by clinching his nation's first Winter Olympic medal with gold in the giant slalom.
A medallist with Team GB in 2014, bobsleigher Joel Fearon is preparing for his third Winter Olympics after coming out of retirement to compete for Jamaica.
Trump says the US will "run" Venezuela and manage its oil after capturing its president Maduro.
Peter Smith and his wife were on holiday in the Caribbean when a beautiful swim suddenly changed.
As the US and Colombian presidents meet, Orla Guerin joins a police unit tasked with finding and destroying jungle cocaine labs.
A rare phantom jellyfish has been spotted by scientists exploring the deep sea in the South Atlantic.
BBC Senior international correspondent Orla Guerin joined a special operation over Colombia's cocaine heartland, tasked with destroying crude cocaine labs hidden deep in the jungle.
The BBC's Ione Wells looks at the Ecuadorian government's response to the incident, which occurred during a time of heightened tension in the US city.
The BBC's Will Grant is in Cuba's capital, Havana, where people lined the streets to pay tribute.
BBC reporter Norberto Paredes is in Caracas as the Venezuelan government begins to release its political prisoners.
Two people were arrested after a woman was spotted by a drone grabbing a phone from an attendee.
Bob lived in the São Paulo cemetery where his owner was buried for 10 years until his death in 2021.
Juan Pablo Guanipa was recaptured by Venezuela's security forces on Sunday, hours after he and other political prisoners were freed.
Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado says political leader Juan Pablo Guanipa was taken by force in Caracas.
