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.
The No. 2 leader in a Marxist guerrilla group that has been at war with the Colombian government since the 1960s has been killed in a bombing raid, President Juan Manuel Santos said Thursday.
An accused international arms dealer known as “The Merchant of Death” is expected to make a court appearance Wednesday afternoon in New York after his extradition from Thailand.
Venezuelan cable television providers dropped a channel Sunday that has been critical of President Hugo Chavez, citing violation of broadcast laws.
It was the type of move that only a head of state could get away with.
The death toll from Saturday’s 8.8-magnitude earthquake in Chile has risen to 708, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet said.
The Mexican government has apologized to the families of two students killed early Friday who officials initially said were drug gang members.
Protesters angry over the government’s handling of a cholera outbreak clashed Monday with peacekeepers in two towns in northern Haiti, where the outbreak began last month.
U.S. diplomats have called a meeting with relatives of Cuban political prisoners who have refused to fly to Spain as part of an agreement to win their freedom, dissidents said Monday.
Most of the little ones outside the Quisqueya Church are in playpens beneath trees.
Hip-hop artist Wyclef Jean says he has submitted the necessary paperwork to run for president of Haiti, a country he left when he was a child.
Hate crimes from beatings to murders are rising in Honduras but investigations and prosecutions are rare with few victims receiving help, according to the gay community.
Six Haitian orphans, seized by national authorities last week as they prepared to journey to the United States, will be able to leave the earthquake-devastated country Wednesday.
After the killer earthquake in January, public health officials feared the worst for humanity in Haiti. Among the top concerns was the potential for disease outbreaks, particularly water-borne infections — like cholera.
A trial started Wednesday for a former Costan Rican president and eight others accused of taking bribes to award a $150 million government mobile phone contract.
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