Americas
Two Mexican women became the first lesbians to wed in Latin America and Mexico's first gay couple, as they got married in Mexico City on Thursday.
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez mocked U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday as a "blond" version of her predecessor.
Densely populated parts of Chile remained without water service and electricity Sunday night because of Saturday's 8.8-magnitude earthquake. The death count from the quake doubled on Sunday from a day earlier, to 708 deaths.
A massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake rocked Chile early Saturday, killing at least 78 people, toppling buildings and triggering tsunami warnings for the entire Pacific basin.
Haiti earthquake damage estimated up to $14 billion
Haiti's massive earthquake could be the world's most devastating natural disaster since World War II in relation to the country's size and economy, causing as much as $14 billion in damage, according to a study released Tuesday by the Inter-Americ...
4 children killed in Haiti school collapse
At least four children have been killed and several injured after a school collapsed in the town of Cap-Haitien in northern Haiti.
One month after quake, Haitians join to mourn dead
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Thousands of Haitians prayed, wept and danced among tent shelters in the capital's main square on Friday as President Rene Preval asked his people to "dry their eyes" and rebuild a month after the catastrophic earthquake...
Haiti PM: rebuilding could take 10 years
Four weeks after an earthquake shattered its capital, Haiti remains in a precarious situation with no clear idea of how to house 1 million people living in the streets, Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive said on Tuesday.
Man Pulled From Rubble in Haiti Nearly 4 Weeks After Earthquake
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—A 28-year-old man was pulled from the rubble of a market in Port-au-Prince on Monday and has been admitted to the University of Miami's field hospital in the capital, adjacent to the airport, according to hospital officials.
Obama aunt to fight deportation for second time: report
NEW YORK — President Barack Obama's aunt, an illegal immigrant who has cared for his siblings, will fight in federal immigration court Thursday to avoid deportation, the Boston Herald reported.
Kite surfer killed by sharks in Florida
Sharks have attacked and killed a 38-year-old kite-surfer off the eastern coast of Florida.
U.N. warns of violence near food-aid locations in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The United Nations said Tuesday that complaints and violence involving the distribution of food did not signal major problems with the relief effort.
10 American missionaries held after trying to take children out of Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI -- Ten American Baptists who tried to leave Haiti with 33 destitute children were stuck in legal limbo Monday, with Haitian and U.S. officials negotiating over whether the church members should be prosecuted in the United Sta...
Gunmen in Mexico Kill 16 in Attack on a Teenagers’ Party
MEXICO CITY — More than a dozen gunmen sealed off a street in the violent border city of Ciudad Juárez and opened fire on a house where high school students were having a party, killing 16 people, officials said Monday.
Criminals in Haiti 'raping quake survivors'
Bandits in Haiti are preying on vulnerable earthquake survivors, even raping women, in makeshift camps which were set up in the capital of Port-au-Prince after the disaster.
Machu Picchu airlift rescues hundreds of tourists
About 1,400 tourists have been airlifted from near the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu in Peru following floods that destroyed road and rail links.
Haiti Pleads For Better Aid Effort, 16-Year-Old Survivor Found
Haiti appealed to foreign governments and charities on Wednesday to do more to help earthquake victims as rescuers pulled a teenage girl out of the rubble 15 days after her Port-au-Prince home collapsed around her.
Honduras ex-leader Manuel Zelaya begins exile in Dominican Republic
Deposed Honduran leader Manuel Zelaya has arrived in the Dominican Republic, beginning his exile and ending seven months of turmoil in Honduras.
Thousands of tourists stranded at Peru's Machu Picchu
LIMA — Peru used helicopters to airlift foreign tourists trapped by rain and mudslides that killed seven people in and around its famed Machu Picchu ruins, but frustrations grew among the more than 2,500 still stranded.
Man Pulled Alive From Haiti Rubble 14 Days After Quake
A crowd of Haitian looters Tuesday discovered a man buried in the rubble of a store that had been repeatedly scavenged and called for help from U.S. soldiers, who pulled him from the ruins.