Two adjacent buildings collapsed Wednesday night in the historic center of Rio de Janeiro, injuring at least four people, Mayor Eduardo Paes told reporters.
Manuel Gonzalez was eager to get the rescue operation under way as he descended the shaft to the darkness where 33 miners had been trapped since August 5.
At least 14 people were killed in the western Mexican state of Michoacan — including 10 slain during a shootout with soldiers — authorities said Friday.
The death toll from severe flooding in two states in northeastern Brazil has grown to 44, with more than 600 people still missing, the government-run news agency reported.
In a rare interview, Fidel Castro gives new details about his health four years ago when emergency surgery forced him out of power, saying he didn’t think he would make it and still has difficulty walking.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Saturday he might be willing to return his decree powers early, lashing out at critics who contend the move was just a blatant grab for more power.
Conditions from Hurricane Igor are expected to deteriorate Saturday as the “very large hurricane” stays on track to approach Bermuda this weekend, the National Hurricane Center said.
Venezuela’s new prisons minister believes that 40% of the country’s inmates do not belong behind bars, the El Nacional newspaper reported.
Impassable roads, a bottleneck at the damaged airport, an unreachable dock and not enough equipment to unload supplies kept much of the world’s help Friday from desperate Haitians.
Mexican federal police announced Wednesday the arrests of two suspects in the killing of the son of one of the most vocal critics of President Felipe Calderon’s battle against drug cartels.
Officials say about 40 people were buried in two landslides here. Four of them were Carlos Coti’s family members.
Hurricane Jova was not as damaging as other storms have been, but for small Mexican villages, it was hardly benign.
With the death of the poet Peter Orlovsky in late May a chapter in America’s cultural life came to a discreet end.
Tropical Storm Alex became a minimal hurricane with top winds of 75 mph Tuesday night as it headed toward the Gulf Coast near the U.S.-Mexico border, the National Hurricane Center reported.
Federal authorities have arrested one of the alleged leaders of a drug cartel thought to be behind the August attack and arson at a Monterrey casino that left 52 people dead, Mexico’s news agency reported Tuesday.
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0 struck Wednesday in southern Canada, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
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