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Haiti's prime minister targeted for ouster by lawmakers
Haitian senators want to oust the country's prime minister, claiming she has moved too slowly in addressing crucial problems.
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President Hugo Chavez's popularity has slipped and a majority of Venezuelans view the situation in their country negatively, according to a poll published Tuesday.
Haitian senators want to oust the country's prime minister, claiming she has moved too slowly in addressing crucial problems.
Facing a severe and protracted economic downturn, Cuba's government is scaling back socialism in an attempt to save it.
A Cuban blogger who has become an international sensation for offering frank criticism of her country's communist system said she was denied government permission Monday to travel to New York to receive a top journalism prize.
Bills in Congress to allow all travel to Cuba are increasingly drawing support among U.S. lawmakers and the public -- but they still face an uncertain future.
Argentina's president and the nation's largest media conglomerate square off over a media-reform bill that could have a big impact on press freedom.
The two sides in the Honduran political conflict had direct talks for the first time in almost three months.
A trio of South Florida Republican lawmakers said Tuesday that the remedy to the post-coup woes in Honduras lies in U.S. support of next month's scheduled elections.
A U.S. president has limited ways to ease the embargo on Cuba -- unless he or she certifies that Havana is moving toward democracy or Congress overturns U.S. laws on the sanctions, according to a report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
A top Obama administration official urged Honduras' political leaders to accept a deal aimed at ending their crisis.
Costa Rican leader Oscar Arias said a restrictive decree suspending some civil rights in Honduras remained in place despite promises by the nation's de facto leader.
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton said Haiti enjoyed the backing of its Latin American neighbors more than ever on Tuesday as he spoke on the opening day of the Americas Conference.
Honduras' fallen leader told The Miami Herald he is being subjected to mind-altering gas and radiation -- and that `Israeli mercenaries' are planning to assassinate him.
Ousted Honduran President Manuel ``Mel'' Zelaya prepared to spend a second night holed up in the Brazilian embassy Tuesday as police fought running battles with his supporters and world leaders called for a peaceful solution to the dramatic standoff. Defying arrest orders, Zelaya slipped into Honduras on Monday and took refuge at the diplomatic compound. As his followers surrounded the building, his rival and de facto President Roberto Micheletti imposed a curfew, shut down the airport and border crossings, and called on Brazil to hand Zelaya over on charges of treason and abuse of power.
In a surprise wrinkle that could change Honduras' political landscape, Manuel Zelaya sneaked back into his country, taking up residence at the Brazilian Embassy.
Hundreds of thousands of revelers filled Havana's Plaza of the Revolution on Sunday for Juanes' historic mega-concert, while in Miami, exiles watched on TV with mixed emotions.
Many Cubans see politics behind Sunday's concert by Colombian rocker Juanes, but they expect the event to attract a large crowd.
Nicaraguan Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann steps down Tuesday after a controversial year as president of the United Nations General Assembly.
President Barack Obama extends the U.S. trade embargo on Cuba for another year in a symbolic step used by past presidents.
Business leaders in Haiti have welcomed the U.S. State Department's revision of its travel advisory, but say the language should be changed further to encourage new growth.