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Protests over media freedom continued in Venezuela Tuesday, a day after two student protesters were killed in separate clashes.
In one of Mexico’s most violent cities, it was a startling scene: clinics closed, with no doctors to treat patients.
Peruvian President Alan Garcia on Monday asked congress to overturn his own controversial presidential decree that critics said would have provided amnesty to human rights violators.
A Mexican TV cameraman abducted in July after reporting on problems at a prison will seek asylum in the United States this week because he fears criminals will kill him, his lawyer told CNN on Tuesday.
He’s the face and voice of Mexico’s strategy against drug trafficking and organized crime. In his capacity as national security spokesman, Alejandro Poire has the unenviable task of telling Mexicans — and the world — about his government’s fight against organized crime, which have been widely criticized. CNN’s Rafael Romo asked Poire 10 questions about the status of Mexico’s war on drugs.
A Mexican woman says she has been on a hunger strike for at least eight days to demand an invitation to the wedding of Britain’s Prince William and Kate Middleton.
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.
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton plans to visit Haiti on Wednesday to discuss the recent cholera outbreak and efforts to rebuild after a punishing earthquake, the Clinton Foundation said.
Raymond Thomas is a jolly man who laughs easily and likes to say “Forget it” a lot.
Bermuda, which hasn’t seen a major hurricane in some seven years, is about to get walloped by Igor, which forecasters termed large and dangerous Saturday night.
A Cuban court has sentenced 13 hospital staff to lengthy prison terms in the deaths of 26 psychiatric patients during a cold snap last year, state media reported Tuesday.
A man pulled alive from the rubble of a building in Haiti’s capital Monday may have been trapped since the January 12 quake that leveled much of the city, doctors reported.
Five gay and lesbian couples were married in Mexico City on Thursday, the first such ceremonies since a law went into effect this month legalizing same-sex marriage in the Mexican capital.
The steeple clock at Port-au-Prince’s St. Pierre Catholic Church is stopped at 4:53, the hour at which a devastating earthquake struck Haiti nearly one week ago.
Like Dr. Evil learned in the Austin Powers movies, a billion dollars isn’t quite what it used to be.
The shooting death of a Mexican journalist last week was not due to his work but was related to a “personal problem,” a Chihuahua state attorney’s office spokesman said Monday.
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