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Cuba to free doctors from onerous travel rules
Cuba is eliminating longstanding restrictions on health care professionals' overseas travel as part of a broader migration reform that takes effect ...
Cuba targets racy reggaeton in lyrics crackdown
At 10 o'clock on a Saturday night, the Mariana Grajales park in downtown Havana pulses with a thumping beat. Young men in drooping trousers and women ...
US family builds Haiti orphanage for daughter
An American family who lost their daughter in a massive earthquake in Haiti three years ago has finished building an orphanage in her memory.
Venezuela VP: Chavez could be sworn in by court
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez could be sworn in by the Supreme Court later on if he's not able to take the oath of office before lawmakers next ...
Caribbean storm: Rex Ryan has Mark Sanchez tattoo
With the ink not even dry on the New York Jets' dreadful season, Rex Ryan fled to the Bahamas only to be photographed lounging poolside at a resort ...
Disputes brewing over Hugo Chavez's inauguration
President Hugo Chavez is due to be sworn in for a new term in less than a week and his closest allies still aren't saying what they plan to do if the ...
Venezuela opposition: Chavez secrecy feeds rumors
Venezuela's opposition demanded that the government reveal specifics of President Hugo Chavez's condition Wednesday, criticizing secrecy surrounding ...
Puerto Rico sees hints of baseball revival
On an island where the name of Roberto Clemente is emblazoned on stadiums, streets and schools, baseball is making a rally. In the past year, Major ...
Venezuelans on edge amid shifting news on Chavez
Supporters and opponents of President Hugo Chavez alike nervously welcomed the new year Tuesday, left on edge by shifting signals from the government ...
Chavez suffers new complications in cancer fight
President Hugo Chavez's new complications after cancer surgery prompted his closest allies to call for Venezuelans to pray for him on Monday, ...
A lesson in pop culture via Guantanamo
An Afghan man who is being held with the most significant terrorism suspects in U.S. custody has apparently gained extensive knowledge of western pop ...
Venezuela's official statement on Chavez's health
English translation of statement read by Vice President Nicolas Maduro in Havana on Sunday about the health of President Hugo Chavez: "The Government ...
Venezuela VP: Chavez suffers 'new complications'
Hugo Chavez has suffered "new complications" following his cancer surgery in Cuba, his vice president said Sunday, describing the Venezuelan leader's ...
President's brother speaks out on Colombia talks
A brother of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has revealed that the country's largest guerrilla group had initially proposed to hold peace talks ...
AP's Honduras correspondent navigates violent land
Every Saturday morning, one of my taxi drivers pays about $12 for the right to park his cab near a hospital, about two blocks from a police station.
State Dept. warns Americans about Haiti travel
The State Department has issued a revised Haiti travel advisory, warning Americans planning to travel to the Caribbean island nation about robbery, ...
Venezuela VP in Cuba to visit ailing Chavez
Venezuela's vice president arrived in Havana on Saturday in a sudden and unexpected trip to visit President Hugo Chavez as he recovers from cancer ...
Venezuelans obsess: Will Chavez live or die?
He's getting better. He's getting worse. He's already dead. The whole thing is a conspiracy and he was never sick in the first place. The obsessive, ...
Haitian president to sing with Julio Iglesias
Haiti's singer-turned-president is returning to the international stage. President Michel Martelly will sing two songs with Spanish singer Julio ...
Cuba has much to lose as ally Chavez fights cancer
Cubans who were tuned in to the nightly soap opera on a recent Saturday received a sudden burst of bad news, from the other side of the Caribbean.
VP says Chavez up, walking; doubts persist
Vice President Nicolas Maduro surprised Venezuelans with a Christmas Eve announcement that President Hugo Chavez is up and walking two weeks after ...
NY surfer who survived Sandy drowns in Puerto Rico
A lifeguard widely praised as a hero after Superstorm Sandy for rescuing neighbors endangered by rolling floodwaters and a fire that destroyed several ...
3-day trip becomes 3-week ordeal for 2 Jamaicans
It was supposed to be a three-day fishing trip at most. It turned into a three-week ordeal, drifting under an intense sun for hundreds of miles in the ...
Puerto Rican TV show faces scrutiny amid outcry
A TV station in Puerto Rico that broadcasts a popular news and gossip show featuring a puppet has announced that the program will now be prerecorded.
Venezuela VP hopes Chavez can be sworn in Jan. 10
Venezuela's vice president said on Wednesday that the government is still aiming for President Hugo Chavez to be sworn in for a new term as scheduled ...