Capital flight in Argentina doubled in the first nine months of the year.

A total of 8.4 billion dollars left the country between July and September, the fastest pace in at least 10 years, reports MercoPress.

That brings the total for the year to $18 billion. The Central Bank's capital reserves have shrunk to $48.6 billion, from a record high of $52.6 billion in January.

Inflation and a weakening peso have fueled fears about South America's second-biggest economy.

Peru's Shining Path rebel group has been defeated, according to an interview with one of its leaders.

Once one of the most powerful groups in Latin America, the Shining Path murdered tens of thousands in its quest to found a communist state.

In all, an estimated 70,000 people were killed in the rebellion and the government's resulting anti-insurgency campaign.

The group was seriously diminished after the capture of Abimael Guzman, its leader. Thousands of fighters surrendered. 

There was actually an international plot to smuggle one of Gaddafi's sons into Mexico. 

This sounds a little bit far-fetched, but there it is, coming from Mexico's interior secretary, Alejandro Poire.

Saadi Gaddafi was considered the playboy of the family, and he's still wanted by Interpol.

Britain wants to extend the marine protection zone around South Georgia Island, located near the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.

The 386,000-square-mile zone around South Georgia Island is full of penguins and killer whales, as well as walruses and seals. It would be one of the largest marine protection zones in the world.

“Argentina, like the United Kingdom, is a signatory of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Living Resources so we would like to think that common interest in conservation will carry more weight than the dispute over sovereignty,” a Whitehall source told The Times of London, which first reported the news.