http://www.mail.com/int/locations/1412-latin-america-caribbean.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/int/locations/1412-latin-america-caribbean.html http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2099504-death-toll-turkish-balloon-crash-reaches-3.html ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Officials say another Brazilian tourist has died of injuries sustained after a hot air balloon crashed to the ground, raising the number of tourists killed to 3. The balloon collided with another balloon mid-air and crashed during a sightseeing tour of volcanic rock formations in Turkey's Cappadocia region on Monday. The governor's o... Tue, 21 May 2013 11:08:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2099504-death-toll-turkish-balloon-crash-reaches-3.html 2013-05-21T11:08:20Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2099240-guatemala-top-court-overturns-genocide-conviction.html GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala's top court has thrown another curve into the genocide case of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt, overturning his conviction and ordering that the trial be taken back to the middle of the proceedings. The ruling late Monday threw into disarray a process that had been hailed as historic for delivering the first guilty verdic... Tue, 21 May 2013 06:06:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2099240-guatemala-top-court-overturns-genocide-conviction.html 2013-05-21T06:06:34Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2097586-large-earthquake-strikes-coast-chile.html SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A magnitude-6.5 earthquake struck off the coast of Chile on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but Chilean officials said it was not felt on land and discarded the possibility that it might unleash a tsunami. The quake was recorded at 5:49 a.m. local time (EDT; 0949 GMT) Monday, at a shallow depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles),... Mon, 20 May 2013 13:16:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2097586-large-earthquake-strikes-coast-chile.html 2013-05-20T13:16:11Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2095160-chiles-tullo-leads-madeira-3rd-round.html SANTO ANTONIO DA SERRA, Portugal (AP) — Mark Tullo of Chile shot a 4-under 68 Saturday to take a one-shot lead after the third round of the Madeira Islands Open. Tullo birdied four of his last eight holes on the Clube de Golf do Santo da Serra course for a 12-under total of 204. Overnight leader Craig Lee of Scotland and American Peter Uihlein were tied f... Sat, 18 May 2013 19:46:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2095160-chiles-tullo-leads-madeira-3rd-round.html 2013-05-18T19:46:26Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2093984-ap-photos-cubas-lgbt-community-celebrates.html HAVANA (AP) — A week of drag shows, colorful marches and social and cultural events in Havana culminates Friday with celebrations of the International Day Against Homophobia. Hundreds of activists have taken part in the activities organized by a sex education center headed by first daughter Mariela Castro. "Join (us) to educate families about their great ... Fri, 17 May 2013 22:50:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2093984-ap-photos-cubas-lgbt-community-celebrates.html 2013-05-17T22:50:28Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2093012-argentine-dictator-videla-dies-prison-age-87.html BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Former dictator Jorge Rafael Videla, who took power over Argentina in a 1976 coup and led a military junta that killed thousands of his fellow citizens in a dirty war to eliminate so-called "subversives," died quietly in his sleep Friday while serving life in prison for crimes against humanity. He was 87. Federal Prison Serv... Fri, 17 May 2013 20:40:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2093012-argentine-dictator-videla-dies-prison-age-87.html 2013-05-17T20:40:44Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2093284-venezuelas-military-enters-high-crime-slums.html PETARE, Venezuela (AP) — Stern-looking soldiers clutching assault rifles wave down the beat-up Chevy Caprice entering this sprawling slum on the outskirts of Caracas. Flashlights in his face, the driver steps out and places his hands on the roof while the soldiers frisk him for drugs and weapons. He's clean, and a hand gesture from the commanding officer ... Fri, 17 May 2013 20:10:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2093284-venezuelas-military-enters-high-crime-slums.html 2013-05-17T20:10:48Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2082480-correction-honduras-death-squads-story.html TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — In a story May 13 about suspects disappearing or dying after being in the custody of the Honduran National Police, The Associated Press misquoted U.S. Assistant Secretary of State William Brownfield as suggesting that the Honduran armed forces have engaged in vigilantism. In fact, Brownfield was speaking of the danger of communities carrying out ... Fri, 17 May 2013 19:03:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2082480-correction-honduras-death-squads-story.html 2013-05-17T19:03:23Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2093610-homesick-pope-vatican-opens-argentine-gaucho.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — If Pope Francis is feeling a bit homesick these days, he need only go downstairs to St. Peter's Square. The Vatican on Friday opened an exhibit on Argentine gauchos, the legendary horsemen of the pampas — a show that's been years in the works and coincidentally opened under the first Argentine pope. Officials weren't sure when Francis ... Fri, 17 May 2013 18:06:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2093610-homesick-pope-vatican-opens-argentine-gaucho.html 2013-05-17T18:06:10Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2090186-germany-includes-4-newcomers-squad-us-tour.html FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Coach Joachim Loew has called up four newcomers for Germany's friendlies against Ecuador and the United States, with the stars of Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund absent because of their Champions League final. Real Madrid's Mesut Oezil and Sami Khedira also will miss the trip because the Spanish season won't be over. A total ... Thu, 16 May 2013 14:09:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2090186-germany-includes-4-newcomers-squad-us-tour.html 2013-05-16T14:09:06Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2090154-tale-mexican-drug-violence-rattles-cannes.html CANNES, France (AP) — The Cannes Film Festival has had its first shock to the system, in the shape of Mexican director Amat Escalante's unsparingly violent drug war drama "Heli." The story of the devastation wreaked by narco-violence on an ordinary Mexican family, the movie paints such a bleak picture that one journalist told its director Thursday that sh... Thu, 16 May 2013 13:47:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2090154-tale-mexican-drug-violence-rattles-cannes.html 2013-05-16T13:47:26Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2090128-nasri-gourcuff-uruguay-brazil-matches.html PARIS (AP) — France coach Didier Deschamps recalled midfielders Yoann Gourcuff and Samir Nasri on Thursday for two friendly matches against Uruguay and Brazil next month. FC Porto defender Eliaquim Mangala and Saint-Etienne midfielder Josuha Guilavogui were among the surprise selections as Deschamps uses the matches to test out younger players. But Patric... Thu, 16 May 2013 13:47:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2090128-nasri-gourcuff-uruguay-brazil-matches.html 2013-05-16T13:47:06Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2084788-eviction-fears-haunt-haiti-camps-attacks.html PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Attorney Reynold Georges showed up with a judge and a police officer on a recent afternoon at Camp Acra, a cluster of tents and plywood shelters scattered across rocky hills dotted with trees in the heart of the Haitian capital. The lawyer told the camp of some 30,000 people that they were squatting on his land and had to leav... Tue, 14 May 2013 18:49:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2084788-eviction-fears-haunt-haiti-camps-attacks.html 2013-05-14T18:49:56Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2084644-uran-wins-1st-mountain-leg-nibali-giro-lead.html ALTOPIANO DEL MONTASIO, Italy (AP) — Colombian rider Rigoberto Uran won the first big mountain stage of the Giro d'Italia on Tuesday, and Vincenzo Nibali held onto the overall lead after the 10th leg. Pre-race favorite Bradley Wiggins dropped further behind on the steep, uphill finish, while defending champion Ryder Hesjedal dropped out of contention on t... Tue, 14 May 2013 18:31:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2084644-uran-wins-1st-mountain-leg-nibali-giro-lead.html 2013-05-14T18:31:27Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2082976-nicaragua-police-expel-news-photographer-afp.html MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Nicaraguan police say a Chilean photographer working for the French news agency Agence France-Presse has been deported because he entered a restricted area near President Daniel Ortega's office. Police spokesman Fernando Borges says photographer Hector Retamal violated a security cordon around the presidential residence and was d... Mon, 13 May 2013 22:32:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2082976-nicaragua-police-expel-news-photographer-afp.html 2013-05-13T22:32:30Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2081704-ex-guatemalan-cop-faces-murder-charges-austria.html VIENNA (AP) — Austrian prosecutors have charged a former senior Guatemalan police official with murder in connection with the shooting deaths of seven prison inmates in his homeland, authorities announced Monday. Prosecutor Alois Ebner said Javier Figueroa, the ex-deputy chief of a division of Guatemala's national police, has been charged in connection wi... Mon, 13 May 2013 15:22:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2081704-ex-guatemalan-cop-faces-murder-charges-austria.html 2013-05-13T15:22:43Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2081340-carlos-jackal-ex-enigma-mired-court.html PARIS (AP) — Carlos the Jackal, the flamboyant terrorist and self-proclaimed revolutionary who was once one of the Cold War's most wanted men, is appealing his life sentence for orchestrating bombings in France two decades ago. Carlos, whose real name is Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, is serving two life sentences in France for a triple murder in 1975 and for the bombings in 1982 an... Mon, 13 May 2013 13:27:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2081340-carlos-jackal-ex-enigma-mired-court.html 2013-05-13T13:27:09Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2080748-project-to-track-megacities-carbon-footprints.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Every time Los Angeles exhales, odd-looking gadgets in the mountains above the city trace the invisible puffs of carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases that waft skyward. Halfway around the globe, similar contraptions atop the Eiffel Tower and elsewhere around Paris keep watch on emissions from smokestacks and automobile tai... Mon, 13 May 2013 04:47:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2080748-project-to-track-megacities-carbon-footprints.html 2013-05-13T04:47:09Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2080866-venezuelas-carlos-jackal-seeks-repatriation.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A lawyer representing the convicted terrorist known as "Carlos the Jackal" is urging Venezuela's government to demand that France return her Venezuelan-born client to his homeland. Attorney Isabelle Coutant-Peyre says Venezuela should press for the repatriation of Illich Ramirez Sanchez on the grounds that he was illegally detain... Mon, 13 May 2013 00:54:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2080866-venezuelas-carlos-jackal-seeks-repatriation.html 2013-05-13T00:54:30Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2080114-psg-wins-1st-french-league-title-1994.html PARIS (AP) — David Beckham and Zlatan Ibrahimovic kept possession in the corner of the pitch, playing down the clock as they closed in on winning the league title in a fourth different country. For Paris Saint-Germain, it was to be its first in 19 years. After spending more than 250 million euros ($329 million) on players by its cash-rich Qatari owners, P... Sun, 12 May 2013 23:01:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2080114-psg-wins-1st-french-league-title-1994.html 2013-05-12T23:01:57Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2079922-pope-francis-church-hundreds-saints.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday gave the Catholic Church new saints, including hundreds of 15th-century martyrs who were beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam, as he led his first canonization ceremony Sunday in a packed St. Peter's Square. The "Martyrs of Otranto" were 813 Italians who were slain in the southern Italian city in 1480 for de... Sun, 12 May 2013 13:15:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2079922-pope-francis-church-hundreds-saints.html 2013-05-12T13:15:42Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/2079932-saints-canonized-pope-francis.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has made hundreds of new saints at his first canonization ceremony in St. Peter's Square. Here is a look at the people receiving the Catholic Church's highest honor: ANTONIO PEZZULLA AND 812 FELLOW MARTYRS In 1480, some 20,000 Turkish troops overran the citadel of Otranto in what is n... Sun, 12 May 2013 12:58:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/2079932-saints-canonized-pope-francis.html 2013-05-12T12:58:38Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2079608-prison-ex-dictator-soothes-guatemala.html GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt spent his first full day as a convict Saturday in a 16-by-13 foot cell with a small bed, bathroom and window, after receiving a landmark 80-year sentence for genocide and crime against humanity. It was a steep fall for the now-86-year-old former strongman who ruled Guatemala from March 198... Sun, 12 May 2013 03:08:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2079608-prison-ex-dictator-soothes-guatemala.html 2013-05-12T03:08:07Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2079228-eu-to-help-guyana-fight-flooding-problem.html GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — The European Union is funding a study to help the South American country of Guyana control flooding. The EU said in a statement Saturday that it will help Guyana review its sea defense system, since most of the country's population and infrastructure are on a narrow coastal belt that is already below sea level and floods often. ... Sat, 11 May 2013 19:03:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2079228-eu-to-help-guyana-fight-flooding-problem.html 2013-05-11T19:03:36Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2079142-nz-sole-team-to-london-sevens-day-1-unbeaten.html LONDON (AP) — World series champion New Zealand was the only team to finish the first day unbeaten in the rugby London Sevens at Twickenham on Saturday. The Kiwis, who clinched their 11th series in 14 seasons last weekend in the Glasgow Sevens, easily beat Canada and Wales in their pool but found themselves 17-0 down at halftime to Kenya. They won 31-17, ... Sat, 11 May 2013 18:19:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2079142-nz-sole-team-to-london-sevens-day-1-unbeaten.html 2013-05-11T18:19:56Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2078980-world-grapples-with-rise-cyber-crime.html LONDON (AP) — International law enforcement agencies say the recent $45 million dollar ATM heist is just one of many scams they're fighting in an unprecedented wave of sophisticated cyberattacks. Old-school robberies by masked criminals are being eclipsed by stealth multimillion dollar cybercrime operations which are catching companies and investigators b... Sat, 11 May 2013 15:57:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2078980-world-grapples-with-rise-cyber-crime.html 2013-05-11T15:57:07Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2077970-ex-dictator-convicted-genocide-guatemala.html GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Former dictator Efrain Rios Montt's conviction of genocide is a historic moment in a country still healing from a brutal, three-decade civil war and his trial offered Guatemala's oppressed indigenous communities their first chance to be heard, human rights activists said. Relatives of those killed and activists celebrated the 80-year... Sat, 11 May 2013 05:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2077970-ex-dictator-convicted-genocide-guatemala.html 2013-05-11T05:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2078064-rios-montt-army-to-dictatorship-to-courtroom.html GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Efrain Rios Montt ruled as Guatemala's dictator, served as president of Congress, preached as an evangelical pastor and now, at 86, has become the first Latin American strongman to stand trial and be convicted on genocide charges in his own country. A three-member tribunal also found Rios Montt guilty of crimes against humanity and s... Fri, 10 May 2013 23:37:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2078064-rios-montt-army-to-dictatorship-to-courtroom.html 2013-05-10T23:37:36Z