Honduras' ousted leader declares pact 'totally dead'

Honduras' ousted leader declares pact 'totally dead'

The political crisis in Honduras deepened Friday after ousted President Manuel Zelaya declared "totally dead" a U.S.-brokered agreement that...

 
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Song banned, band pulls out

Song banned, band pulls out

Los Tigres del Norte, Mexico's superstar norteƱo band, abruptly canceled its participation Wednesday in a major awards show after it...

Venezuela finds 11th body in massacre

Venezuela finds 11th body in massacre

Venezuelan authorities Wednesday recovered the body of the 11th and last man who was kidnapped near the Colombian border and killed...

Obama's Cuba policy faces a world of expectation

Obama's Cuba policy faces a world of expectation

It is an annual ritual: The United Nations today will vote to condemn the U.S. embargo on Cuba, much as the world organization has done for...

A Guatemalan grandmother's secret is revealed

A Guatemalan grandmother's secret is revealed

It isn't every day that a 50-year-old family secret comes tumbling out of the closet.

Mexico divided over video of alleged robbers being abused

The video of the beating and sexual abuse of five young alleged thieves at the hands of vigilantes has provoked widespread outrage here. But...

Venezuela accuses Colombia of spying on it

President Hugo Chavez's government accused Colombia on Monday of using its state security agency to spy on Venezuela while purportedly...

Uruguay election heads to runoff

A blunt-talking former guerrilla seeking to maintain the left's hold on power in Uruguay easily got the most votes in presidential elections...

In drug trafficking hub, artist is in demand

In drug trafficking hub, artist is in demand

With a gilded, 4-foot statue of the Virgin of Guadalupe tucked under his arm, Jose Espinoza clambers up the Italian-marble staircase, past...

Probe of Mexican drug cartel leads to hundreds of U.S. arrests

Drug agents swept through Los Angeles and dozens of other locations Wednesday and Thursday, arresting more than 300 people and seizing large...

Death toll rises in Rio violence

Death toll rises in Rio violence

Reporting from Bogota, Colombia, and Sao Paulo, Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro police on Wednesday announced seven more deaths and 17 arrests as...

Dole can't be forced to pay judgment by Nicaraguan court, U.S. judge rules

Dole Food Inc. can't be forced in the U.S. to pay a $97-million judgment ordered by a Nicaraguan court, a federal judge said.