
Brazil plummets to No. 22 in FIFA rankings
Five-time World Cup winner Brazil dropped to a historic low of No. 22 in the FIFA rankings on Thursday only one year before hosting the showpiece ...

Photo show on pope's pastoral work in Argentina
A photo exhibition in Argentina's capital features 25 images of Jorge Bergoglio doing pastoral work and conducting religious ceremonies before he ...
Gitmo detainees claim genitals being searched
Lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainees urged a federal judge Wednesday to stop what they describe as new "genital searches" for detainees who want to ...

Bach proposes changes to Olympic sports process
IOC presidential candidate Thomas Bach is calling for "flexibility" in determining which sports are in the Olympics and proposing a review of the host ...

Ailing Portugal up against it in Euro qualifying
The prospect of Cristiano Ronaldo missing the 2014 World Cup will creep ever closer if Portugal fails to beat Russia in the biggest match of the ...
Guyana drops threat charge; Irish teen relieved
An Irish teen expressed regret and relief Wednesday following the dismissal of criminal charges for a drunken threat to Guyana's president.
IOC reports on bid cities for 2018 Youth Olympics
Medellin and Glasgow appear slightly favored over Buenos Aires in an IOC evaluation of the cities bidding to host the 2018 Youth Olympic Games.

Amnesty Int'l: Disappearances in Mexico a 'crisis'
The number of unsolved disappearances in Mexico constitutes a national scandal and a human rights crisis, Amnesty International said Tuesday, citing ...
Ill woman denied abortion recovers after C-section
An ill Salvadoran woman who delivered a baby without a brain through a cesarean section after being denied a medical abortion is recovering well and ...

Food rationing to begin in big Venezuelan state
In a sign Venezuela's food shortages could be worsening, restrictions on the sale of 20 basic items subject to price controls, including toilet paper ...

Cubans try out new public Internet centers
Cubans lined up Tuesday to try out computers newly wired to the World Wide Web as authorities began offering Internet at more than 100 public access ...
Rationing to begin in Venezuelan state
In a sign Venezuela's food shortages could be worsening, restrictions on the sale of 20 basic items including toilet paper and chicken subject to ...

Ecuador oil spill pollutes Amazon tributary
Ecuador's state oil company resumed pumping through the country's main pipeline on Tuesday, four days after it was damaged by a landslide. But crude ...
Colombia minister rules out NATO membership
Colombia's defense minister on Tuesday backed away from a suggestion by President Juan Manuel Santos that the country might be looking at membership ...

Japan 1st team to qualify for 2014 World Cup
Japan became the first team to qualify for the 2014 World Cup, tying Australia 1-1 Tuesday night on Keisuke Honda's penalty kick in the first minute ...
West Indies beat Sri Lanka by 17 runs in CT warmup
West Indies rebounded from a drubbing from Australia in beating Sri Lanka by 17 runs in a Champions Trophy warmup game at Edgbaston on Tuesday.
Drug trafficking ring dismantled in Brazil
Brazilian police say they have dismantled an international drug trafficking ring that for almost two years sent cocaine to Europe hidden in crates ...

US experts: Townley could not have killed Neruda
U.S. experts on Chile's dictatorship-era human rights violations said Monday that a judicial investigation into the death of poet Pablo Neruda risks ...

Raul Castro turns 82, with heir-apparent on deck
Cuba's Raul Castro marked his 82nd birthday Monday in another reminder that time is running out for the aging generation that has led the country ...

Neymar signs 5-year contract with Barcelona
Neymar became the eighth most expensive signing in football history by moving to Barcelona in a deal worth 57 million euros on Monday, uniting the ...

China drawn to Mexico's opening economy
China has invested heavily in resource-rich Latin America in recent years, striking major trade deals with governments from Venezuela to Argentina.

Australia beats Windies by 4 wickets in warmup
Shane Watson slammed 135 to lead Australia past West Indies by four wickets with 11.1 overs to spare in a warmup one-dayer for the Champions Trophy ...

China president makes first ever visit to Trinidad
Chinese President Xi Jinping met for the first time with officials in Trinidad and Tobago Saturday on the first stop of a four-country regional tour.
US denies Mauritania got 2 Guantanamo prisoners
The United States Department of Defense denied claims by a prisoner's rights group in Mauritania, which announced on Saturday that the U.S.