U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon will meet with Chilean President Michele Bachelet and her successor on Friday, to reassure the earthquake-battered nation of the international commitment to aid.
The lawyer for Joran Van der Sloot, the Dutch national accused of killing a 21-year-old woman in Lima, Peru, last year, said Monday he has asked the court to charge his client with the lesser offense of manslaughter.
In patches across the Haitian capital, many earthquake survivors are not waiting for an international clearing and rebuilding effort to begin. They are pulling out shovels, wood and cement to slowly repair and rebuild themselves.
The sole survivor in last week’s massacre of 72 Central and South American migrants in northern Mexico has been released from a hospital and returned to his native Ecuador, Mexican officials said Monday.
After 69 days and a cost as high as $20 million, 33 miners have finally been extracted from the bowels of the earth. To roaring applause, Chilean President Sebastian Pinera placed a metal cap on top of the rescue hole early Thursday morning — and marked the end of a rescue operation that captivated the globe.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Sunday said his country will stop exporting oil to the United States if there is a military attack stemming from escalating tensions between Venezuela and Colombia.
Brazil “will not bend” to U.S. pressure to seek sanctions against Iran, Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim said after a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Brasilia.
Brazil’s new president-elect vowed to continue her predecessor’s move to fight against inequality and promote human rights and fight poverty in her victory speech Sunday night.
Heavy rains and flooding Wednesday prompted the closing of the Panama Canal for only the third time in its storied 96-year history.
After Haiti’s devastating earthquake, Georges Nader picked up Hector Hyppolite’s oil-on-cardboard painting like a father would a wounded child. He could barely hold back his tears.
Authorities in Peru hope to rescue the last stranded travelers Friday from a town near one of South America’s most popular tourist destinations, a state-run news agency reported.
A major earthquake struck southern Haiti on Tuesday, inflicting a catastrophe on the impoverished Caribbean nation. Here are some facts about Haiti:
Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier, Haiti’s former dictator, returned unexpectedly Sunday to the country after some 25 years in exile.
Michelle Bachelet, the former president of Chile, will head a new U.N. agency created to promote gender equality around the world, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday.
Laws must be obeyed, even if you’re the mayor of one of the largest cities in South America.
After hiking along the Amazon River for more than two years, Ed Stafford is suddenly in a rush.
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