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Venezuela wrestles over truth of bombing claims
Hours after barely winning Venezuela's presidential election, the ruling party started to flood state media with accusations that opposition ...
Military says Guantanamo hunger strike rises to 92
A U.S. military spokesman says the number of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay labeled as hunger strikers has been raised to 92 based on evaluations by ...
Cuban dissidents pick up EU prize, 8 years later
Eight years after winning Europe's top human rights prize, members of a Cuban opposition group on Tuesday finally picked it up after securing ...
Amnesty criticizes Haiti over evictions from camps
Haiti has violated international human rights obligations by failing to protect people who have been forced to leave the impromptu settlements that ...
UN lowers 2013 Latin America growth forecast
The economy of Latin America and the Caribbean is expected to grow by 3.5 percent this year, less than previously forecast, because of uncertainty ...
US military says 84 on hunger strike at Guantanamo
A U.S. military spokesman says 84 prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay are on hunger strike. Army Lt. Col. Samuel House says four hunger strikers are in ...
Trinidad PM says Jack Warner quits Cabinet post
Ex-world soccer powerbroker Jack Warner resigned as national security minister of Trinidad & Tobago some 48 hours after a regional soccer group's ...
Half of Guantanamo prisoners on hunger strike
The U.S. military says just over half of the prisoners at Guantanamo Bay are on hunger strike. A military spokesman says 84 prisoners have been ...
Trinidad opposition seeks Jack Warner resignation
The leader of Trinidad's main opposition party is seeking the resignation of former world soccer vice president Jack Warner, who currently serves as ...
After long period of quiet, Guantanamo grows tense
The morning routine started before dawn with a prisoner chanting the Muslim call to prayer through a small opening in the heavy steel door of his cell ...
Doctors flee Puerto Rico for US mainland
Going to the doctor in Puerto Rico has for years often meant getting in line. Now, it might mean getting on a plane. A medical exodus is taking place ...
Brazil official: World Cup, Olympics will be safe
Brazilian officials said Tuesday they were closely following the investigation into the explosions at the Boston Marathon as they consider whether to ...
FIFA head: Boost security after Boston blasts
A top FIFA official says the international football organization will be stepping up security for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil as a result of the ...
Maduro certified as election winner amid protests
Venezuela's government-friendly electoral council quickly certified the razor-thin presidential victory of Hugo Chavez' hand-picked successor Monday, ...
Judge denies Gitmo detainee's bid for relief
A federal judge Monday denied an emergency motion for relief filed by a Guantanamo Bay prisoner on a hunger strike, despite pleas from the man's ...
Foreign holdings of US debt rose to $5.66 trillion
Foreign demand for U.S. Treasury securities rose to a record level in February, indicating that international investors remain confident in U.S.
Chavez heir barely wins; opposition rejects count
Hugo Chavez's hand-picked successor, Nicolas Maduro, won a razor-thin victory in Sunday's special presidential election but the opposition candidate ...
Rubio: Beyonce trip to Cuba 'hypocritical'
Sen. Marco Rubio says entertainers Beyonce and Jay-Z missed a chance while in Cuba to see firsthand the effects of political oppression.
Matt Damon, wife to renew vows in St. Lucia
A former top government official in St. Lucia says actor Matt Damon and his wife, Luciana Barroso, are renewing their wedding vows of eight years with ...
Boy triplets a sensation at top Cuba ballet school
Visitors to the elite feeder school for Cuba's renowned National Ballet might be forgiven for thinking they're suddenly seeing triple.
Barrick suffering big setbacks in Latin America
A Chilean court's halt to construction of Barrick Gold Corp.'s $8 billion, border-straddling mine on the high spine of the Andes is only the latest ...
Grandparents: Fla. boys unaware of kidnapping
Two young boys seem unaware their parents kidnapped them and believe their sailboat trip to Cuba was only a vacation, not an attempt by their mom and ...