Brazil’s orange harvest is nearing its end as workers in the state of Sao Paulo pluck late-blooming fruit from the trees.
A Peruvian court has given American activist Lori Berenson permission to travel to the United States for the holidays, her mother and attorney said Friday.
The 33 Chilean miners who were trapped underground for more than three months after a mine collapse in northern Chile will get lifetime pensions.
Caught up in questions raised by a newspaper investigation into the sudden swelling of his wealth, Brazil’s Cabinet chief resigned Tuesday, a hit against President Dilma Rousseff.
Chile’s Chaiten volcano has been placed under red alert due to an increase in seismic activity for three weeks, the Chilean government said.
The top cop in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, escaped a “sneak attack” by gunmen early Thursday while on patrol in the city, the Juarez mayor told reporters.
Canadian authorities are trying to determine what caused a jetliner to crash near the remote Arctic outpost of Resolute Bay, killing 12 people.
Five days after the earthquake in Port-au-Prince, the fear of going back inside has subsided. But the plazas and the parks are still full.
Venezuela recalled its ambassador to Colombia on Friday as it rejected Colombia’s assertion that Colombian rebels are living in Venezuela.
Costa Rica and Nicaragua both must refrain from sending or maintaining civilians, security forces or police in a disputed border area, the International Court of Justice ordered Tuesday.
Hundreds of pro-government demonstrators in Havana, Cuba, chanted “this street belongs to Fidel” as they surrounded a slow-moving march of human rights protesters Thursday.
Three years after the killing of Mexican journalist Armando Rodriguez, his colleagues said they are more determined than ever to write about the nation’s drug cartels despite the risks.
Rina was on the verge of strengthening into a major Category 3 hurricane Wednesday as it inched closer to the popular Mexican resort town of Cancun, forecasters said.
At least 53 people were killed and eight others injured in a reported grenade attack Thursday at a casino in Monterrey, Mexico, the capital of Nuevo Leon, Red Cross officials said.
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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