Americas
Chavez: Venezuela to return ambassador to Colombia
CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez said Saturday he's returning his ambassador to Colombia, moving to resolve rising diplomatic tensions after weapons sold to Venezuela were found in a rebel cache.
Honduran generals defend exiling ousted president
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras' military leadership defended its decision to force the ousted president into exile — a move the interim government has suggested was wrong even as it stands by the role of civilians in unseating President Manuel Z...
Boat with Haitian migrants capsizes off Turks and Caicos; 113 saved, 2 dead, 85 missing
U.S. Coast Guard officials continued to scour the waters off the Turks and Caicos Islands, about 100 miles north of Haiti, Tuesday morning for up to 85 missing Haitian migrants.
Honduran army repositions as ousted president seeks sanctions
OCOTAL, Nicaragua — The head of the Honduran military said his troops will not fire on supporters of ousted President Manuel Zelaya, as the deposed leader spent a third day across the border in Nicaragua plotting his return.
Ousted Honduran leader dips a toe across border
Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya pushed through a crowd made up mostly of journalists and some supporters, lifted the chain that divides Nicaragua and Honduras, and stepped into his homeland Friday, nearly a month after he was deported in a...
Ousted President Zelaya begins caravan back to Honduras
Behind the wheel of a sport utility vehicle, deposed Honduran President Jose Manuel Zelaya on Thursday started his journey from Managua, Nicaragua, to the country's border with Honduras. A caravan of Zelaya supporters and reporters headed north to...
Honduras' interim government sends lobbying team to US
The soldiers, politicians and businessmen who ousted left-leaning President Manuel Zelaya are taking their battle from Honduras into the U.S. political arena, waging a lobbying campaign to paint themselves as a bulwark against "dictatorship" and "...
6,000 British Columbia fire evacuees head home
About 6,000 residents of West Kelowna, B.C., began returning home Tuesday morning, after large parts of the Okanagan community were evacuated Saturday because of forest fires.
Tasered man 'burst into flames'
A man in Western Australia was engulfed in flames when police officers fired a Taser stun gun at him. The police say they used the Taser on Ronald Mitchell, 36, when he ran at them carrying a container of petrol and a cigarette lighter.
Thousands flee western Canadian wildfires
Emergency crews made slow progress Sunday to contain wildfires that have forced thousands of residents of a western Canadian community to flee their homes.
As talks aimed at resolving Honduras' three-week political crisis ended in a stalemate Sunday, chief negotiator and Costa Rican President Oscar Arias asked both sides for 72 hours to avoid the specter of civil war and violence.
Ousted Honduran leader Manuel Zelaya has said he will return to the country whether or not a deal is reached to end the political crisis. Zelaya's wife said midnight on Saturday was the deadline for a deal to be reached at talks in Costa Rica betw...
The chief negotiator for the political standoff in Honduras said Thursday that the two camps in the crisis had agreed to a number of compromises, including the formation of a so-called unity government and amnesty for crimes committed by both sides.
Resignation a possibility, interim Honduran leader says
Provisional Honduran President Roberto Micheletti told reporters Wednesday that he would be willing to step down as long as ousted President Jose Manuel Zelaya ceases his claims to the presidency.
Ousted president calls for Honduras insurrection
Deposed Honduran leader Manuel Zelaya called for a popular insurrection in his country so he can be returned to power after soldiers removed him at gunpoint in June.
Honduras leader may allow Zelaya amnesty, curfew off
Honduras' interim president held out the possibility of an amnesty for ousted President Manuel Zelaya Sunday after the lifting of a curfew that had been imposed on the country since the June 28 coup.
Honduras crisis may spur Latin America coups - Fidel Castro
Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro predicted that Latin America would be swept by a wave of military coups if Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was not returned to power after his ouster in a June 28 coup.
No breakthrough in Honduras peace talks
Rivals for power in Honduras held to their conflicting and seemingly intractable positions on Friday as hopes faded for a quick negotiated solution to the crisis triggered by last month's coup.
Deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, ahead of planned discussions Thursday with the man who ousted him and the host country's president, vowed not to negotiate.
The ousted president of Honduras and the leader who has succeeded him in the nation’s de facto government agreed Tuesday for the first time to negotiate a resolution to the political crisis polarizing their country.