After-hours e-mails may make Brazilians eligible for overtime
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Brazilians who receive work e-mails or phone calls after office hours could be eligible for overtime, according to a new labor law.
An American citizen jailed in Havana over a year ago has been charged with “acts against the independence and integrity” of Cuba and could face up to 20 years in prison, Cuban state media reported Friday.
The United Kingdom has “no doubt” about its sovereignty of the Falkland Islands, a British government minister said Tuesday.
Tropical Storm Harvey weakened Saturday as it moved across northern Guatemala, while Tropical Storm Irene formed east of the Leeward Islands.
A Cuban prisoner who went on a hunger strike because he was not part of the government’s recent mass pardon has died, a human rights leader said Tuesday.
President Barack Obama will lay out the U.S. view of the “seismic change” seen around the world in the past year, particularly in the Arab world, when he speaks to the United Nations on Wednesday, aides said.
Bolivia’s president could face high political costs after a policy change last month that sent gas and food prices soaring for several days in the South American country, analysts say.
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet toured the battered seaport of Talcahuano on Thursday, five days after a tsunami caused by an 8.8-magnitude earthquake roared through parts of the city.
Leftist rebels are expected to release two Colombian soldiers — one of whom has been held for 12 years — this weekend, the International Committee of the Red Cross said Wednesday.
The U.S. government will be hit with a class action lawsuit on behalf of 700 Guatemalans who were infected with syphilis unless it offers a way to settle claims before Friday, the plaintiffs’ attorneys said.
The storm recently known as Jova has dissipated over western Mexico, but its rains and flooding were responsible for at least six deaths, officials said.
A weapon that was used in the fatal attack on a U.S. immigration agent in Mexico originated in the United States, Mexico’s state-run Notimex news agency reported, citing a U.S. official.
The mayor of Colombia’s capital was suspended Tuesday while authorities investigate accusations that he mishandled public contracts, the country’s attorney general said.
Federal prosecutors in Brazil have filed suit against former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and a former Cabinet minister, charging them with misusing public funds to send more than 10 million letters to retirees telling them about low-interest payroll loans from Banco BMG, according to the state-run Agencia Brasil.
Violence in the United States is not related to illegal Mexican immigrants, but violence in Mexico is connected to vast shipments of weapons from the United States, Mexico’s foreign minister told CNN Thursday.
Once it clears the Yucatan Peninsula, Tropical Storm Karl could emerge in the Bay of Campeche and became a hurricane by Friday, the National Hurricane Center said Wednesday evening.
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