It is looking like former First Lady of Guatemala Sandra Torres will not be able to run for president even though she divorced her husband, Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom, so that she can be considered for the nation’s highest office.

After suspected cocaine smugglers from Peru raided a jungle area in western Brazil, a lost Indian tribe that claimed the area as its home vanished according to Brazilian officials. Indian affairs experts in the largest South American country believe that the tribe might have run away in fear after the suspected smugglers raided a Brazilian guard post that was protecting them. Almost 50 pounds of cocaine were found in the area by police officials and, according to a statement, a man who had been deported for drug trafficking this past March was arrested.

Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez revealed that he is battling cancer and recently had a tumor removed in Cuba, making his political future uncertain.

The politician appeared on television Thursday evening looking quite thin as he read a prepared speech with a serious and at times sad expression. He said he is resolved to "be victorious in this new battle that life has placed before us."

As you may have heard, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony have created their own musical reality show, called Q' Viva: The Chosen. Over the next few months, the power couple will embark on an extensive 21-country search for the best new musical talent in Latin America, dancing, singing, intrumental—they're looking to build the next huge Latin superband. For this special mission they are joined by American Idol's creator, Simon Fuller, and world-renowned director and choreographer, Jamie King.