Americas
Plane Crash in the Amazon Kills 24
SÃO PAULO, Brazil (AP) — Four people at the rear of a plane that crashed in a muddy river in the Amazon on Saturday managed to open an emergency door and swim to safety as the aircraft sank, dragging at least 24 others to their deaths.
Report: Argentine seminary ousts Holocaust denier
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — An Argentine news agency is reporting that a local seminary has dismissed a Roman Catholic bishop whose denial of the Holocaust led the Vatican to demand he recant.
Catholic mission in Venezuela hit with tear gas
Tear gas canisters were lobbed into the Vatican's diplomatic compound in Caracas on Wednesday, the head of the mission said, days after armed men vandalized a synagogue in the capital.
Released Colombian hostage meets his families
Former Colombian governor Alan Jara arrived at a provincial airport Tuesday after being released by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in a rural place in southern country.
FARC rebels release 4 Colombian hostages
A Colombian soldier and three police officers were released from captivity by leftist guerrillas Sunday night, completing the first stage of a three-step release of hostages.
Chavez condemns attack on synagogue
President Hugo Chavez on Sunday condemned a recent attack on a Venezuela synagogue, suggesting that his political foes were responsible for the incident.
Canadian Government Survives, Again
Canada’s parliamentary turmoil abated, at least temporarily, on Wednesday after an opposition alliance backed down from its efforts to defeat the government.
Miss World finalist whose hands and feet were amputated dies
A model who was a finalist to represent Brazil in the Miss World contest and had her hands and feet amputated after contracting a severe urinary infection has died.
Three families of firefighters killed at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11 want to meet with President Barack Obama to urge him to reverse his decision to suspend the trial of five detainees in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who admit roles in the terror ...
Argentine president meets Fidel Castro in Cuba
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez met with Fidel Castro behind closed doors in Cuba on Wednesday, easing rumors that the ailing former leader's health had badly deteriorated.
Anti-Chavez students return with protests
An opposition student movement is back at the center of Venezuela's political stage with small but high-profile protests against a proposal that would let leftist President Hugo Chavez run for re-election.
In Cuba, Cellphone Calls Go Unanswered
Tatiana González stood transfixed before the glass display case watching a single cellphone spin around and around on a carousel at the government-run store. It was a Nokia 1112, a simple, boxy gray workhorse of mobile telecommunications technolog...
Woman may have fallen from cruise liner
The Coast Guard on Friday began a search for a woman who may have fallen off the cruise ship Norwegian Pearl while off the coast of Cancun, Mexico, that morning.
Mexican says cops threatened him with lion
MEXICO CITY – A gardener detained along with more than a dozen members of an alleged drug trafficking ring testified that police threatened him to feed him to lions and tigers during a raid at a Mexico City mansion, a newspaper reported Friday.
Latin America summit excludes U.S. and welcomes Cuba
COSTA DO SAUIPE, Brazil (Reuters) - Latin American leaders on Tuesday blamed the global economic crisis on rich countries and welcomed Communist-run Cuba at a summit meeting designed to weaken U.S. influence in the region.
Raul Castro visits "nephew" Chavez on first trip
CARACAS (Reuters) - Cuban leader Raul Castro strengthened his relationship with his "nephew" and biggest benefactor, President Hugo Chavez, symbolically starting his first foreign trip as president in Venezuela on Saturday.
Raul Castro to visit Venezuela on 1st trip -Chavez
Cuban President Raul Castro will soon visit Venezuela, the communist-run island's main trade partner, on his first oversees trip since assuming power from his brother Fidel Castro.
Plane skids off runway in Honduras, 5 dead
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - A Salvadoran passenger plane skidded off a rain-soaked runway on landing at Tegucigalpa airport in Honduras on Friday, killing five people and injuring 38 as it veered onto a road and smashed into cars and a building.
FARC commander surrenders in Colombia
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA -- A high-ranking Colombian rebel leader has given herself up, the latest defection that suggests the government's efforts to strike at the group's leadership is succeeding.
Wave of organised crime kills 21 in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AFP) — Sixty gunmen stormed a ranch, killing 10 people, as a surge of organized crime across Mexico left at least 21 dead. Gunmen with automatic weapons stormed the ranch of prominent landowner Rogaciano Alba Alvarez, who was the targ...