At a privately run farm west of Havana, Cuban farmer Jesus Rodriguez is looking for some changes.
Only when flying over the treetops of the Brazilian Amazon was I finally able to comprehend the scale of the forest.
Mexican police arrested five heavily armed men and one woman near Cancun as the nation marked its bicentennial year.
The Bahamas worked to return to normal Thursday evening after the worst of Hurricane Irene hammered the Caribbean island chain.
The alleged leader of the Beltran Leyva drug trafficking organization was killed in a shootout with federal forces in northern Mexico, state media reported.
At least 24 people have died as heavy rains continue to batter parts of the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo, authorities said.
Parents panicked, rushing to rescue their children from schools they feared were under attack. Traffic jammed. Cars crashed. And online, rumors flew.
Mexican authorities said they found and detained more than 500 illegal immigrants from Central America and Asia who were crammed inside two tractor-trailers heading toward the United States on Tuesday.
Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro appeared on the island’s state-run television for the second time in less than a week on Friday, using the forum to again blast U.S. foreign policy and warn against nuclear war in the Middle East.
Leaders in commerce who met Thursday at the United Nations say they expect a significant shift in global business practices that focus on social responsibility.
Hurricane Irene churned just north of the Dominican Republic early Tuesday, lashing the Caribbean nation with 100 mph winds and heavy rain, the National Hurricane Center 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.
Venezuelan authorities have arrested a key ideological leader of the FARC leftist guerrilla group who is known as “The Singer” for his role as a musician promoting the rebel movement, officials said Wednesday.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is urging countries in the Gulf region to support Iraq’s newly created government as she prepares to head to an international forum on development and the environment.
An Organization for American States body expressed “deep concern” Thursday over the violence engulfing the Caribbean nation of Jamaica and wants an inquiry into the unrest that has left at least 67 dead.
A military jury at the U.S. detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Wednesday recommended a 14-year prison term for Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al Qosi, a Sudanese man who served as cook and driver for Osama bin Laden.
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