Nominee for Haitian PM clears first hurdle

Haitian senators have taken a key first step toward replacing the prime minister they ousted a week ago.

3 Colombians die in anti-personnel mine blasts

Colombian officials say three adults have been killed and two children wounded in two related anti-personnel mine blasts in the country's northwest.

Polices patrol near the National Congress during a protest of supporters of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya in Tegucigalpa, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. Congress has to decide whether to reinstate Zelaya under an accord forged last week with the help of U.S. diplomats to create a unity government aimed at ending Honduras' political standoff.

Honduras leadership in limbo as accord dissolves

They can't both be right. Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya says a deal that could have returned him to power is defunct. Roberto Micheletti, who took power after a coup, says the same deal has been successfully accomplished. Photo Gallery Available

Former Panamanian leader Manuel Solis dies at 91

Manuel Solis, who served briefly as president during Manuel Noriega's military regime, died Friday. He was 91.

Police commander slain in Mexico's deadliest city

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

This NOAA satellite image taken Friday, Nov. 6, 2009 at 12:00 a.m. EST shows cloud cover streaming northward into the Gulf of Mexico as tropical storm Ida weakens over Central America. A few clouds linger in the Northeast as low pressure moves to the Atlantic.

Ida spurs tropical storm warnings in Caribbean

Tropical storm warnings have been issued for parts of Mexico and Cuba as Ida rapidly gains strength over Caribbean waters. Video Available Photo Gallery Available

Mexican mother reunited with allegedly sold baby

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

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.

Mexican environmentalists denounce beach ruling

Environmentalists expressed outrage Thursday after a Mexican judge upheld a requirement that they post a $1.1 million bond to pursue a suit against a project to rebuild Cancun beaches with tons of sand extracted from the Caribbean.

Venezuela sends 15,000 troops to Colombia border

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

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

Zelaya: US-brokered pact for Honduran crisis fails

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. Photo Gallery Available

Ida drenches Central America, might approach U.S.

Former Hurricane Ida drenched Central America as a tropical depression on Friday and forecasters said it had some chance of regaining force and heading toward the U.S. Video Available Photo Gallery Available

EU leader: Cuba must make human rights gestures

The European Union's development commissioner wants Cuba to show signs it's serious about protecting fundamental human rights.

10 arrested in Mexican police chief's killing

Five police officers and five other suspects were arrested Thursday in the investigation into the assassination of an army general who had been appointed police chief of this northern Mexican town over the weekend. Photo Gallery Available

9 suspects in Mexico Indian village massacre freed

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. New trials were ordered for 16 others.

3 Mexican doctors accused of selling newborns

Three doctors and a nurse have been arrested for allegedly selling newborns after telling mothers their babies had died at a private hospital in Mexico City, authorities said Wednesday.

El Salvador sends 2,500 soldiers to fight crime

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.

Tropical Storm Ida batters Nicaraguan island

Tropical Storm Ida uprooted trees, knocked down power lines and forced the evacuation of 300 people on Nicaragua's Corn Island after forming Wednesday and quickly gaining strength in the southwestern Caribbean.

Dutch islands offer amnesty to illegal immigrants

The Netherlands Antilles has launched an amnesty program that will provide residence and working papers for thousands of illegal immigrants.

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