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| Archaeologists unearth 3,000-year-old Mayan city in Guatemalan jungle. Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a Mayan city nearly 3,000 years old in northern Guatemala, with pyramids and monuments that point to its significance as an important ceremonial site, the Central American country's culture ministry said Thursday. The Mayan civilization arose around 2000 BC, reaching its height between 400 and 900 AD in what is present-day southern Mexico and Guatemala, as well as parts of Belize, El Salvador and Honduras. The city named "Los Abuelos," Spanish for "The Grandparents," once stood some 21 kilometers (13 miles) from the important archaeological site of Uaxactun, in Guatemala's northern Peten department, the ministry said in a statement. It is dated to what is known as the "Middle Preclassic" period from about 800 to 500 BC and is believed to have been "one of the most ancient and important ceremonial centers" of the Mayan civilization in the jungle area of Peten near the Mexican border, it added. The city, which covers an area of about 16 square kilometers (six square miles) was discovered by Guatemalan and Slovak archaeologists in previously little-explored areas of the Uaxactun park.
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| 'Chespirito: Sin Querer Queriendo' is a tribute to the Mexican comedian who shaped a generation. HBO's new biographical series "Chespirito: Not Really on Purpose" ("Sin Querer Queriendo") has been received with delight by the many fans in the U.S. and Latin America who grew up watching the late Mexican comedian Roberto Gómez Bolaños. The eight-episode miniseries, which debuted Thursday, dramatizes the professional and personal journey of Gómez Bolaños, who transformed comedy in Latin America and whose characters defined a generation for millions of children. Known as "Chespirito," he took his inspiration from Laurel and Hardy as well as another transcendent Mexican comedian who eventually made it to Hollywood, Cantinflas. Chespirito died in 2014 at age 85. Pablo Cruz, who plays Chespirito in the series, told The Associated Press in an interview translated from Spanish that the show is a tribute that tells "a story that we know will connect with a very broad audience and give them an opportunity to further appreciate what they already admire and love." Chespirito's two most famous characters were "El Chavo del Ocho" ("The Boy from Number Eight") and "El Chapulin Colorado" ("The Crimson Grasshopper"). "El Chavo del Ocho" was an 8-year-old boy orphan living alone in a Mexican neighborhood with his barrel, freckles, striped shirt and grayed cap. "El Chapulin Colorado" was a naive superhero dressed in a red bodysuit and hood with antennae that helped him detect danger miles away (despite the name, his yellow shorts and boots gave him more the look of a red bumblebee).
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Brazilian police arrest 2 suspects over bomb plot targeting Lady Gaga's concert in Rio. Two individuals were arrested in connection with an alleged bomb attack plot targeting Lady Gaga's free concert on Copacabana Beach, Brazilian Civil Police confirmed. The suspects -- one adult male detained in Rio Grande do Sul and a teenager arrested in Rio de Janeiro -- are both reported fans of Lady Gaga and were allegedly planning to use improvised explosives, including Molotov cocktails, authorities said. No explosives were found during the operation, according to the police. Authorities say the two are part of an online group that promotes hate speech and attempts to recruit other teenagers while encouraging acts of violence. One of the suspects was also found in possession of child pornography, police allege. The arrests were part of Operation Fake Monsters, a joint investigation led by the Brazilian Justice Ministry, Federal Police, and digital intelligence services. The operation aimed to preempt any threat ahead of the singer's historic performance on Saturday night, which drew over two million fans to Rio's iconic beachfront. Despite the threat, the concert proceeded without incident.
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