Latin America News

Ida spurs tropical storm warnings in Caribbean

AP - 1 hour 41 minutes ago

MIAMI - Tropical storm warnings were issued Saturday for parts of Mexico and Cuba as Ida rapidly gained strength over Caribbean waters, and the storm could start affecting the U.S. Gulf Coast by Tuesday. More »

  • US tourist dies 'car surfing' in Puerto Rico

    AP - 2 hours 42 minutes ago

    SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Police say a U.S. tourist who was pretending to be surfing on the hood of a friend's moving car was killed when he fell and broke his neck in a popular Puerto Rican beach town.

  • Air France crash memorial in Rio amid criticism

    AP - 2 hours 31 minutes ago

    RIO DE JANEIRO - Scores of relatives of the 228 people killed in the June 1 Air France jet crash dedicated a memorial in an upscale beach neighborhood Saturday amid strong criticism that the airline has failed to provide them with the answers or compensation they were promised.

  • Paraguay president explains military shake-up

    AP - Saturday, November 7

    ASUNCION, Paraguay - Paraguay needed a military shake-up to create opportunities for young officers with a proven commitment to democracy, President Fernando Lugo said Friday in his first explanation for removing his top commanders this week.

  • Vatican official seeks more access to Cuban media

    AP - Saturday, November 7

    HAVANA - A senior Vatican official said Friday he has asked Cuba's government to allow the Roman Catholic Church more access to mass media, saying Cubans are a religious people and should be given broadcast access to their pastors.

  • Police outside the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa. Honduras sunk into further disarray after President Manuel Zelaya, ousted in a military-backed coup, said a US-brokered deal to end the nation's four-month crisis had collapsed.

    Honduras crisis deepens after collapse of deal

    AFP - Saturday, November 7

    TEGUCIGALPA (AFP) - - Honduras sunk into further disarray after President Manuel Zelaya, ousted in a military-backed coup, said a US-brokered deal to end the nation's four-month crisis had collapsed.

  • Tens of thousands of homes flooded in Mexico

    AP - Saturday, November 7

    VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico - A week of torrential rain has flooded the homes of more than 200,000 people along Mexico's Gulf coast, officials said Friday.

  • News group: Latin American gov'ts restrict press

    AP - Saturday, November 7

    BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Populist leaders around Latin America are increasingly making legal and political moves to silence their media critics, the president of the Inter American Press Association said Friday.

  • Police commander slain in Mexico's deadliest city

    AP - Saturday, November 7

    CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico - Authorities say gunmen have killed a police commander in Mexico's deadliest city, where a dismembered, decapitated body was found hours before.

  • Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo (L) speaks with the commander of Paraguay's armed forces, Rear Admiral Ciber Benitez, during a military ceremony in Asuncion on November 4. Lugo sacked the head of Paraguay's armed forces on Friday, two days after firing a trio of top military commanders amid rumors of a potential coup, government sources said.

    Paraguay army chief sacked amid coup rumors

    AFP - Saturday, November 7

    ASUNCION (AFP) - - President Fernando Lugo sacked the head of Paraguay's armed forces on Friday, two days after firing a trio of top military commanders amid rumors of a potential coup, government sources said.

  • Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya holds a meeting at the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa. A deal aimed at ending Honduras' months-long crisis has

    Honduran agreement has failed: Zelaya aide

    AFP - Saturday, November 7

    TEGUCIGALPA (AFP) - - A deal aimed at ending Honduras' months-long crisis has "failed," an aide to ousted President Manuel Zelaya said Friday, after the interim leader formed a government without his participation.

  • Mexican mother reunited with allegedly sold baby

    AP - Friday, November 6

    MEXICO CITY - A 1-year-old girl is back with her mother a year after the Mexico City doctors who delivered her allegedly sold her to another woman.

  • Peru rebels attack army outpost, killing 1 soldier

    AP - Friday, November 6

    LIMA, Peru - Peru's defense minister says Shining Path rebels attacked a military outpost in the country's coca-producing highlands, killing one soldier and wounding three.

  • Zelaya: US-brokered pact for Honduran crisis fails

    AP - Saturday, November 7

    TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said Friday that a U.S.-brokered pact failed to end a four-month political crisis after a deadline for forming a unity government passed.

  • Venezuela sends 15,000 troops to Colombia border

    AP - Friday, November 6

    CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez's government is sending 15,000 soldiers to the border with Colombia, saying the military buildup is needed to increase security, combat drug trafficking and root out paramilitary groups.

  • Paraguayan president hit with 3rd paternity suit

    AP - Friday, November 6

    ASUNCION, Paraguay - A third woman has filed a paternity claim against Paraguay's Roman Catholic bishop-turned- president, her lawyer confirmed Thursday.

  • 9 suspects in Mexico Indian village massacre freed

    AP - Thursday, November 5

    MEXICO CITY - Mexico's highest court ordered the release of nine more people convicted in a 1997 massacre of Indians, ruling Wednesday their convictions were based on illegally obtained evidence.

  • Swine flu reaches Yanomami Indians in the Amazon

    AP - Thursday, November 5

    CARACAS, Venezuela - Swine flu has appeared among Venezuela's Yanomami Indians, one of the largest isolated indigenous groups in the Amazon, and a doctor said Wednesday that the virus is suspected in seven deaths, including six infants.

  • El Salvador sends 2,500 soldiers to fight crime

    AP - Thursday, November 5

    SAN SALVADOR - El Salvador's defense minister says the army will send an additional 2,500 soldiers to crime-plagued parts of the country to increase security.

  • Man appears alive at own funeral in Brazil

    AP - Thursday, November 5

    RIO DE JANEIRO - A Brazilian bricklayer reportedly killed in a car crash shocked his mourning family by showing up alive at his funeral.

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