Haiti’s capital seemed to spring back to life Wednesday, more than a week after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake flattened many parts of the city and killed tens of thousands.
The Haitian government has declared the search-and-rescue phase over for the survivors of the massive quake, the United Nations said Friday.
Mexico’s lower chamber of Congress has voted overwhelmingly to strip a lawmaker accused of ties with drug traffickers of his legislative duties, opening up the possibility of prosecution.
One person was killed and four police officers were wounded Saturday when police in Brazil traded fire with gunmen who fled into a luxury hotel and took people hostage, police said.
Mexico will accelerate the purge of corrupt elements within its federal attorney general’s office, President Felipe Calderon said Friday, as he reaffirmed his conviction to fight the country’s drug cartels with all the nation’s might.
The El Galpon farmers market is one of the few places in Buenos Aires where a variety of natural products are all available under one roof.
A lawyer for Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the former Haitian leader living in exile in South Africa, on Saturday pressed the government his client once led to show it is actively taking steps to bring him home.
Tropical Depression Karl continued dissipating across southern Mexico on Saturday, but threats of flash floods and mudslides remain, forecasters said.
At a privately run farm west of Havana, Cuban farmer Jesus Rodriguez is looking for some changes.
Early returns in Argentina’s presidential primary Sunday showed President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is likely to win, moving her closer to re-election.
A federal appeals court in Argentina has ruled that a grandmother must stand trial for growing two marijuana plants in her backyard.
Ousted ex-Honduran President Manuel Zelaya inked an accord Sunday with the country’s current president that will allow him to return to Honduras after almost two years in exile, officials said.
When we landed in Rio Gallegos, Argentina it didn’t take me long to spot Richard Fenton.
We found him on a Sunday morning, as an outdoor service came to a close at what was once the Notre Dame cathedral. When the hymns faded, we picked through the carcass of the building, and there he was among the collapsed walls, his slender body framed by piles of rubble and blue sky attempting to peek through after a hard rain.
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