He got a standing ovation before the orchestra even played a single note.For weeks now, anticipation has been growing for the arrival of fiery young Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel to take over the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the crowd couldn’t wait to roar its approval at his arrival.
An Argentine Dirty War-era general has been sentenced to life in prison for the killing of five people during the dictatorship.
On the eve of a meeting of Mexico´s top prosecutors and judicial officials in Veracruz state, authorities Wednesday were still trying to determine who left 35 bodies in a busy thoroughfare there — and why.
Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide will end his exile and return to Haiti within the next week or so, ahead of the country’s elections, his lawyer told CNN Saturday.
A female gang member was arrested in connection with the bombing of a bus in Guatemala City that left seven dead, authorities said.
Torrential rains and landslides in Guatemala have killed at least 36 people, and could claim as many as 100 lives, the country’s emergency services agency said Sunday.
This holiday season, the Colombian military is trying a unique angle to get guerrillas to lay down their arms: It is creating Christmas trees deep in the jungle in hopes the holiday spirit will tug the rebels back home.
Charisa Coulter, one of two American missionaries detained for more than a month in Haiti on suspicion of kidnapping 33 children after January 12’s devastating earthquake, was released Monday.
Hurricane Maria picked up speed Friday on its way toward the Atlantic coast of Newfoundland, bringing 80 mph (130 kph) winds and the possibility of up to three inches of rain for the windy and rainy Canadian province.
Mexico’s National Human Rights Commission has opened an investigation into reports that some indigenous communities in the country continue to practice the ancestral custom of selling their daughters.
Elections usually can be counted on to bring change, but in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, there is one constant that a trip to the ballot box seems unlikely to alter.
Mexico’s leading opposition party captured most of the 12 governorships at stake in Sunday’s elections, but that doesn’t mean the party is assured of victory in the 2012 presidential election, analysts said Tuesday.
Hip-hop singer and Haiti presidential hopeful Wyclef Jean pushed back on news reports Thursday that he is not on the list of candidates approved to run in this year’s presidential election.
Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo can be extradited to the United States to face money laundering charges, judges in Guatemala ruled unanimously.
Castaway, turned Cuban media icon, Elian Gonzalez thanked “the American public for helping him return to his father in Cuba.”
Mexico has received the support of parliamentary leaders from 10 nations in opposition to Arizona’s controversial new immigration law, the Mexican Senate president said Wednesday.
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