Charisa Coulter, one of two American missionaries detained for more than a month in Haiti on suspicion of kidnapping 33 children after January 12’s devastating earthquake, was released Monday.
A Venezuelan farmer who went on a hunger strike over the occupation of his land by neighboring farmers with the support of the government died Monday night, the government and his family said Tuesday.
With the death of the poet Peter Orlovsky in late May a chapter in America’s cultural life came to a discreet end.
Being on guard might come naturally to many city dwellers, but in some places urban life requires more than just vigilance.
Colombian authorities have proof that high-ranking leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, live in Venezuela, the Colombian government said Thursday.
One of Spain’s most famous matadors was in a stable condition in intensive care Sunday, a day after being severely gored during a bullfight in Mexico, Spain’s official news agency reported.
Juan Manuel Santos was sworn in Saturday as Colombia’s new president, vowing to unify his country around the goals of prosperity for all and of thwarting the nation’s leftist rebels.
A heat wave of historic proportions could strike some northeastern states as forecasters warn of prolonged triple digit temperatures that could trigger “a dangerous situation,” the National Weather Service advised Monday.
A submarine found by anti-drug police in Ecuador last week cost $4 million to build and could have hauled 6 to 10 metric tons of cocaine, a top U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration official said Wednesday.
About 3,200 Mexican federal police have been fired since May for failing to do their work or being linked to corruption, Federal Police Commissioner Facundo Rosas said Monday.
Fidel Castro appeared publicly in his trademark olive green shirt on Saturday for the first time since he fell ill and renounced power four years ago, according to a state-run website.
Movie director, James Cameron has teamed up with environmental campaigners in an effort to help Brazilian tribes’ epic fight against the construction of a controversial dam in northern Brazil.
The Colombian military on Sunday rescued Gen. Luis Mendieta and Col. Enrique Murillo, two top national police officers held by the FARC guerrillas for nearly 12 years, President Alvaro Uribe announced.
Israeli rescuers pulled a 22-year-old man from the ruins of a three-story building on Friday — 10 days after the massive earthquake killed tens of thousands of people.
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