The biggest rubbish dump in Brazil has been closed after more than three decades in operation. The dump, near the main airport of Rio de Janeiro, will be replaced by a modern recycling plant. More than 1,700 people are likely to lose their jobs as Paulo Cabral reports from Sao Paulo.

巴西最大垃圾站运行30多年后关闭。这座垃圾站在里约热内卢主机场附近，将由一家现代化回收厂取代。1700多人将因此失去工作，保罗·卡布拉尔在圣保罗报道。

The mountains of garbage that lay on the banks of the Guanabara Bay and along the mangroves have severely contaminated the area. The landfill, however, was also a source of revenue for more than 1,600 scavengers. All of them will receive compensation of approximately $7,000 and have been promised professional training to find work.

瓜纳巴拉湾堤岸红树林旁的垃圾山已严重污染了当地，然而，这座垃圾堆却也是1600多名拾荒者收入的来源。所有这些人将得到赔偿约7000美元，并得到承诺，要为他们找工作进行专业培训。

A top Colombian drug lord, Diego Perez Henao, has been arrested by police in neighbouring Venezuela. He was the leader of Los Rastrojos, a drug cartel that has grown quickly in the past four years, exporting tonnes of cocaine to the United States via Mexico. Arturo Wallace reports from Bogota.

哥伦比亚头号毒枭Diego Perez Henao已被邻国委内瑞拉警方逮捕。他是贩毒卡特尔洛杉·莱斯特罗斯的头目，该团伙在过去4年间迅速壮大，经由墨西哥向美国输送了数吨可卡因。