The move will make it easier for the banks to conduct transactions in dollars.
Alexandre Ramagem was sentenced to 16 years in jail for plotting a military coup in Brazil but had already fled the country.
The 42-year-old gold miner was standing in waist-high water when rescuers found him in a flooded tunnel.
The new bill will make it easier for provincial governments to allow mining projects in glacier regions.
An investigation is under way into what led to the deaths of 25 people at Laferrière Citadel on Saturday.
The first trial - which saw members of Maradona's medical team accused of poor care - collapsed after a judge let cameras into the court.
Technical and logistical problems mean Peruvians choosing a new president and members of Congress continue to vote on Monday.
A controversial law to ease protections for the glaciers has passed, opening the doors for mining.
Chevron is now importing 250,000 barrels of crude per day from Venezuela.
Almost nothing was known about the Royal Hill casino until the Thai military took control of it in December.
The centuries-old Fanti Carnival returned to Nigeria on Monday with a burst of colour and spectacle.
African and Caribbean nations want countries which benefited from slavery to pay compensation but it will not be straightforward.
Around 80 firefighters and 20 fire trucks tackled the blaze, the state's military fire department said, adding that no one was hurt.
The BBC's Will Grant speaks to two women experiencing starkly different realities as the country's energy crisis impacts their pregnancies.
The BBC was in the New York courtroom to watch the ex-Venezuelan leader argue for ability to fund his defence with Venezuelan government funds.
More than 10 million people are enduring power cuts after Cuba's national electrical grid collapsed again.
The BBC's Will Grant reports from the island days after the entire national electric grid collapsed.
The incident occurred at a "tourist event attended by many young people", Haiti's prime minister says.
