Rescue operations were set to continue Thursday in Peru after a possibly overloaded ferry capsized in the Amazon River, killing at least 12 of the officially listed 152 people on board, the state-run Andina news agency reported.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, landed in Havana Monday for a private visit aimed at lowering tension between the Cold War enemies and seeing firsthand the economic reforms sweeping the communist island.
Former first lady Sandra Torres took her bid for the presidency to Guatemala’s Supreme Court on Friday, arguing that running for the top post is her “political, legal and human right.”
Two officials in a small Argentinean town resigned and a third was relieved of his duties Monday after a fatal traffic accident led a mob to burn down city hall and other government buildings, authorities said.
As Sunday night fell on Chile, heavily populated parts of the country were without water and electricity, and reports of looting raised fears about security in some areas.
Carlos Vielmann, a former Guatemalan interior minister wanted on charges of extrajudicial killings, turned himself in to authorities in Spain Thursday morning, his attorney told CNN.
The leader of Colombia’s main leftist rebel group — the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia — died in a military operation in the country’s southwest, President Juan Manuel Santos said Saturday.
Former Cuban President Fidel Castro slammed the method used to kill Osama bin Laden on Thursday, saying there is no excuse for “assassinating” an unarmed man in front of his family.
The creation of new power capacity from renewable energy has exceeded new fossil fuel power generation in the United States and Europe for the second year running, according to two United Nations reports published Thursday.
Colombia’s main leftist rebel group shot and killed four hostages held for more than a decade, President Juan Manuel Santos said Saturday, vowing to fight the rebels with everything in reach.
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.
The portrayal of alien life on far-flung planets has been a favorite storyline for filmmakers down the years and is a perennial hit with audiences. “Avatar” has proved no different with the film doing record business at the box-office.
Brazil’s Supreme Tribunal has affirmed a decision by the country’s former president to reject the extradition of Italian fugitive Cesare Battisti. The court ruled that Battisti should be freed from Brazilian prison immediately.
A Cuban court Tuesday commuted the sentence of the nation’s only prisoner facing the death penalty, and instead sentenced him to 30 years in prison, according to the official Cubadebate website.
Almost 500 Sri Lankan migrants who spent three months on a cramped ship before being taken into Canadian custody appear to be in good health, officials in British Columbia said Saturday.
Castaway, turned Cuban media icon, Elian Gonzalez thanked “the American public for helping him return to his father in Cuba.”
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