Fidel Castro told a visiting American journalist that the “Cuban model” no longer works, an apparent admission of failings in the communist economic model introduced by his revolution more than 50 years ago.
The Mexican government has apologized to the families of two students killed early Friday who officials initially said were drug gang members.
Gunmen opened fire on two U.S. immigration agents in Mexico on Tuesday, killing one and injuring the other, officials said.
The U.N.’s human rights chief urged Mexican officials Friday to intensify their investigation into the disappearance of dozens of Central American migrants who were abducted while travelling north on a freight train.
The death toll has risen to at least 1,344 in the cholera outbreak in Haiti that has sickened nearly 57,000 people, the Haitian government said Monday.
Cuban President Raul Castro told legislators Saturday that the country’s economy would undergo significant change in the coming year, but added that the measures aimed to bolster socialism — not make Cuba a capitalist nation.
A Brazilian cameraman died in a Rio de Janeiro slum while covering a police raid targeting organized drug militias, police said Sunday.
Venezuela’s top human rights official on Thursday disputed findings of a report issued by an Organization of American States commission, and accused the panel of unfairly distorting statistics to show a pattern of political repression and abuses by the government.
As the flow of international aid into quake-stricken Haiti gained momentum Friday, a health official pleaded for arriving teams to be self-sufficient in food, water, equipment, supplies and shelter.
Pollsters in Peru said Sunday that left-leaning Ollanta Humala looks poised to win the presidency, defeating rival Keiko Fujimori in a polarizing runoff election that pits the county’s left and right against each other.
The first couple of weeks had to be the hardest.
Matthew weakened into a tropical depression Saturday but continued to drench Central America, bringing with it a threat of flash floods and mudslides, forecasters said.
Rescuers in Chile expect to reach 33 trapped miners as early as mid-October — sooner than previously expected.
Some gave a thumbs-up, waved Chilean flags, and hugged their loved ones. One dropped to his knees and prayed, while another asked about his dog. One led the crowd in a cheer for Chile. And then they were all wheeled away on stretchers.
Gunmen ambushed and killed three state prosecutors in front of a school in the border city of Juarez on Wednesday, authorities said.
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