
Brazil officials reverse subway, bus fare hike
Leaders in Brazil's two biggest cities said Wednesday that they reversed an increase in bus and subway fares that ignited anti-government protests ...
Venezuela: Plane that disappeared in '08 found
Venezuelan authorities say the undersea wreckage of a small plane that disappeared five years ago with 14 people aboard has been found.

Comparison of mass protests in Brazil and Turkey
Large-scale protests have engulfed Turkey and Brazil, which are thousands of miles apart, but share some traits such as being new democracies with a ...

Brazil protesters keep up pressure on government
About 50,000 protesters energetically returned to the streets of Brazil's biggest city Tuesday night, a demonstration of anger toward what they call ...

Valcke wants FIFA chief Blatter to stand again
The prospect of Sepp Blatter reversing a previous pledge and standing again for the FIFA presidency is growing. Before being re-elected unopposed in ...

Protesters back in streets of Brazilian cities
More than 100,000 people took to the streets in largely peaceful protests in at least eight cities Monday, demonstrations that voiced the deep ...

AP PHOTOS: Chilean torture center becomes shelter
Just days after Chile's bloody 1973 military coup, popular songwriter and theater director Victor Jara was dragged down to the basement of an indoor ...

Venezuelan president seeks canonization for doctor
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has asked Pope Francis to canonize a doctor who tended to the poor in Caracas and is considered a saint already ...

Colombia's long-elusive goal: land reform
Caught in the crossfire between far-right militias and leftist rebels, 40 families abandoned the farm they shared in the foothills of Colombia's ...

Venezuela's cardinal: Pope should urge coexistence
Pope Francis should pressure Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to focus on promoting democracy and peaceful coexistence to ease tensions with the ...

Brazilians protest high cost of hosting World Cup
At least 500 protesters complaining against the high cost of staging the World Cup rallied Saturday in front of the National Stadium in Brasilia just ...

Police free Spanish couple from Colombia kidnap
Two Spanish tourists kidnapped in Colombia were rescued by police Saturday in a rural area near the northeastern border with Venezuela after being ...
Pellegrini Fact Box
Highlights in the career of Manuel Pellegrini, who has been hired as manager of Manchester City: 1953 — Born Sept. 16 in Santiago, Chile. 1973 — ...

Argentine train wreck kills 3, injures hundreds
A speeding commuter train slammed into another that had stopped between stations during the morning commute Thursday in suburban Buenos Aires, killing ...

7 years in prison for Argentine ex-leader Menem
Former President Carlos Menem was sentenced to seven years in prison Thursday for illegally smuggling weapons to Ecuador and Croatia in violation of ...
Danish supermarket got drugs instead of bananas
Drug traffickers back in Colombia must be going bananas over how their shipment ended up at Danish supermarkets and not on the streets. Police say ...
Russian minister: No asylum request from Snowden
Russia's foreign minister says his nation hasn't received an asylum request from the American who has identified himself as the person who leaked ...
German tourist shot in Rio slum recovers
A Brazilian hospital spokeswoman says a German tourist has been discharged after recovering from the gunshot wounds he received last month while ...
Italy is taking the Confed Cup seriously this time
Expect Italy to treat the Confederations Cup more seriously this time. Four years ago, the Azzurri went to the World Cup warm-up tournament in South ...

Tahiti 'playing with the big boys' at Confed Cup
It has become the standard for teams from the Oceania Confederation to be the source of curiosity and amused speculation when they qualify to play in ...

Andres Iniesta awed by chance to play in Brazil
Even with World Cup and European Championship titles behind him, Spain's midfielder Andres Iniesta is still over-awed by the chance to play in Brazil.

Spain aims to complete trophy case with Confed Cup
Spain can complete its trophy case with an elusive Confederations Cup title when it heads to Brazil next month. Since winning the first of two ...

Portugal wins, Italy draws in WCup qualifying
Portugal revived its World Cup qualifying campaign by beating Russia 1-0 while Mario Balotelli was red-carded for Italy in a 0-0 draw at the Czech ...