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Uruguay's marijuana proposal compared to US states
A look at a proposal to legalize marijuana in the South American nation of Uruguay, compared with the new laws approved by voters this month to ...
Solar cars roll across Earth's driest desert
The second annual Solar Challenge has begun in Chile's Atacama desert, where 15 solar-powered cars rolled out of an old salt mine Thursday.
Vargas Llosa says he tried '50 Shades' fiction
Mario Vargas Llosa may be a Nobel laureate, but he says he has tried to write erotic novels "without the same success" as EL James, who wrote the ...
Sao Paulo could face gang war with truce collapse
A tenuous six-year truce between police and gang members is over in Sao Paulo — that much seems clear to shopkeeper Vanuza Alves da Silva, who has ...
Venezuela deports alleged drug lord to Colombia
Venezuelan authorities deported a prominent drug-trafficking suspect to Colombia on Wednesday, nearly two months after his capture at a payphone in ...
Rat kill in Galapagos Islands targets 180 million
The unique bird and reptile species that make the Galapagos Islands a treasure for scientists and tourists must be preserved, Ecuadorean authorities ...
Cabrera a fan favorite in Venezuela
Even before Miguel Cabrera made the major leagues, coaches and scouts in Venezuela were predicting he would be a big star. They were proven right in ...
Uruguay congress considers same-sex marriage law
Uruguay's congress is considering a gay marriage law that would give same-sex couples all the same rights and responsibilities of heterosexual married ...
The empty chair at Colombia's peace talks
There will be an empty seat at the negotiating table when Colombians plunge into talks next week on ending a conflict that has bled the South American ...
US re-elected to UN Human Rights Council seat
The United States was re-elected Monday to another three-year term on the U.N. Human Rights Council in the only contested election for the ...
Former Falklands governor Rex Hunt dies at 86
Sir Rex Hunt, who was governor of the Falkland Islands at the time of the Argentine invasion in 1982, has died. He was 86. Prime Minister David ...
Chile searches for 3 missing European tourists
Three days of searching has found no trace of three European tourists who went missing while hiking at one of this South American nation's most active ...
Argentine crew prevents Ghana from moving ship
Sailors aboard an Argentina navy sailing ship seized in a billion-dollar international debt controversy brandished weapons to block Ghanaian officials ...
Paraguay action film thrills and challenges
A new action movie featuring a poor delivery boy whose life depends on the mysterious cargo in his wheelbarrow has Paraguayans excited and proud to ...
Argentine anti-government protesters flood streets
Angry over inflation, crime and corruption, hundreds of thousands of Argentines of all ages flooded the capital's streets for nearly four hours to ...
Argentines protest in huge anti-government march
Thousands of people flooded the streets of Argentina's capital for hours Thursday night and many others marched in cities worldwide in the country's ...
EU, Latin American nations end 'banana dispute'
The infamous 'banana dispute,' an international trade battle that started over two decades ago, has finally ended. The European Union and 10 Latin ...
Microsoft to invest $100 million in Rio IT hub
Microsoft says it is investing $100 million in a new technology center in Rio de Janeiro. The center is to house an advanced technology laboratory, ...
Obama victory a relief for Latin American left
From Caracas to Havana to La Paz, President Barack Obama's re-election victory was welcomed with a sigh of relief by many on Latin America's left, ...
Brazil's Truth Commission to investigate church
The Truth Commission investigating human rights abuses committed by Brazil's former dictatorship will also look into the role Catholic and evangelical ...
Brazil to distribute oil revenues more evenly
Brazil's House of Representatives has approved a controversial proposal to share profits from the country's growing oil production sector more evenly ...
Architect Niemeyer back in Rio hospital
Celebrated Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer has been admitted to a hospital in Rio de Janeiro for dehydration. The Hospital Samaritano said in a ...
Bolivia returns tiny mummy to Peru
The mummified toddler seized from antiquities traffickers is at least 700 years old and sits, spine curved forward, only about a foot tall. It was ...
French, Brazilian defense ministers discuss planes
French Defense Minister Jean Yves Le Drian arrived in Brazil on Monday to promote the sale of Rafale jet fighters to the South American nation.
Brazil's 'pop-star priest' gets mammoth new stage
Brazil's "pop-star priest" is already packing in the crowds at the newly opened mammoth sanctuary that he built for his campaign to stem the exodus ...