Rising sea levels threaten Caribbean region

The effect of climate change is anything but hypothetical to retired Colombian naval officer German Alfonso. Just ask him about the time...

 

Venezuela's Chavez has praise for 'bad guys'

President Hugo Chavez is praising Ilich Ramirez Sanchez -- a.k.a. "Carlos the Jackal," the imprisoned Venezuelan once notorious for a series...

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Traveling in Mexico despite drug violence, H1N1 flu

Mexico's drug war is entering its fourth year. Its H1N1 flu outbreak began with dozens of deaths and global headlines last spring. This...

Brazil raises cane over U.S. ethanol tariff

Brazil raises cane over U.S. ethanol tariff

Who could resent the attention being showered on electric cars? Stylish and clean, they're the darling of the renewable-energy crowd,...

U.S. official on panel for Honduras

The U.S. secretary of Labor and a former Chilean president were named Sunday to a commission to monitor the creation of a power-sharing...

Mexican farmworker activist, 14 others slain

A flamboyant farmworker organizer who called himself a modern-day Emiliano Zapata has been slain in a brazen ambush that also killed 14...

Honduras leader could be restored

Honduras leader could be restored

In the end, it took direct, explicit U.S. pressure to force the de facto government of Honduras to reverse the position it had stubbornly...

Colombia increases U.S. access to bases

Colombia increases U.S. access to bases

In a private, low-key ceremony, the U.S. ambassador and three Colombian ministers signed a pact Friday giving American personnel expanded...

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...