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In the latest sign of compromise between Cuba and church leaders, Cuba’s Roman Catholic Church says the government has agreed to free one jailed dissident and relocate six others to prisons closer to their homes.
Officials in Costa Rica worked Friday to mop up the damage after heavy rain and mud slides buried homes and killed at least 23 people in the Central American country, authorities said.
A popular presidential candidate whose supporters took to the streets of Haiti to protest what they deemed a fraudulent election proposed Tuesday that a fresh round of voting take place.
A Colombian rebel group is expected to release three hostages Sunday — one more than previously announced — according to a former senator who helped coordinate the humanitarian mission to free them.
Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro weighed in on the Arizona mass shooting that killed six and injured 14, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, in a column distributed Monday.
Mexican President Felipe Calderon has asked the nation’s Senate to amend the law so that military suspects would be liable in civilian courts for cases involving forced disappearances, torture and rape.
Cuba has created a “climate of fear” among political activists and journalists working on the island nation, according to a report released Wednesday by the human rights group Amnesty International.
Commuter battle lines in one of Brazil’s biggest cities are drawn on the ground, underground and also, in the air.
Federal aid is flowing to rain-ravaged areas of northeastern Brazil and the number of missing has diminished to less than 140, but more than 150,000 people remained homeless or displaced Friday, the government said.
A strong earthquake rattled the Pacific coast of southwestern Mexico on Monday evening, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
A tourist bus collided with a truck carrying a heavy load of wood in southern Brazil Saturday, killing 26 people and injuring 21 others, Santa Catarina state officials said.
Tropical Storm Matthew was strengthening Friday and could become a hurricane — bringing heavy rains, flash floods and mudslides to Central America, forecasters said.
Residents of a center-city neighborhood in Guatemala City, Guatemala, are still in shock after a massive sinkhole opened last weekend, gobbling several buildings and nearly an entire intersection, according to local officials.
Hedging their bets, officials in Chile said on Sunday they will set up an oil drill as a third option to rescue the 33 miners trapped underground since August 5.
What was trumpeted as an expected photo-finish in last Sunday’s presidential election in Colombia turned out to be not so close, something that caught the two leading campaigns off guard, their respective candidates told CNN.
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