Four people died in Costa Rica during the devastation of Hurricane Otto, whose epicenter has now moved into the Pacific Ocean, while Nicaragua's Cardenas municipality on the Costa Rican border awoke Friday morning unable to contact the outside world, without electricity and with overflowing rivers.

U.S. first lady Michelle Obama received Friday, together with her nephews and the two family dogs, Bo and Sunny, the Christmas tree that will be displayed in the Blue Room of the White House this year.

Mexican actor, television host and songwriter Renato Lopez was found dead of gunshot wounds in the central state of Mexico, authorities said Friday.

Chilean state-owned copper giant Codelco, the world largest producer of the red metal, turned a profit for the second straight quarter but still posted an $18 million loss for the first nine months of 2016.

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said if he were James Rodriguez he would not leave Real Madrid, noting that the player will have minutes in the next games.

The European Space Agency announced on Friday it will ask its member states for just over 400 million euros ($424 million) to finance the agency's next Mars mission, scheduled for 2020.