The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it had detained shipments of orange juice and concentrate from Brazil and Canada after finding traces of the unapproved fungicide carbendazim.
Two adjacent buildings collapsed Wednesday night in the historic center of Rio de Janeiro, injuring at least four people, Mayor Eduardo Paes told reporters.
The U.S. government will be hit with a class action lawsuit on behalf of 700 Guatemalans who were infected with syphilis unless it offers a way to settle claims before Friday, the plaintiffs’ attorneys said.
A loyalist of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, lawmaker Freddy Bernal, and three others have been added to the U.S. Treasury Department’s list of international drug traffickers.
A weapon that was used in the fatal attack on a U.S. immigration agent in Mexico originated in the United States, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said Tuesday.
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Relatives of seven Americans missing since a tourist boat capsized off the coast of Mexico over the weekend remain hopeful that their loves ones will be rescued, a family spokesman said.
A gunman clashed with soldiers in three separate incidents in the northern Mexican state of Tamaulipas, leaving 13 people dead, the state news agency reported Saturday.
The Dutch man suspected in the 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway has sued the Chilean government for more than $13 million, alleging his human rights were violated when Chile extradited him last year to Peru to face charges in the death of a Peruvian woman.
Colombia’s Supreme Court of Justice sentenced the nation’s former intelligence chief to 25 years in prison Wednesday for his connections with paramilitary groups.
Argentines will vote Sunday in the country’s first-ever presidential primary, expected to serve as a litmus test of the popularity of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
After intensifying into a hurricane, Tomas was nearing the northern Windward Islands on Saturday, taking aim at St. Lucia and St. Vincent, forecasters said.
Michel Martelly is not used to being confined to his home.
Colombians will go to the polls on Sunday in a tight presidential race that many didn’t expect would be so close just a few months ago.
The 33 miners trapped inside a Chilean mine since August 5 have been told “clearly,” for the first time, that they will be stranded in the mine for three to four months, given the current rescue plan timetable, Andre Sougarret, the head of the rescue operation, said Friday.
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