Death toll in El Salvador storms rises to 192
Salvadoran authorities say at least 192 people were killed by floods and landslides that swept through the country last week.
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Ousted Honduran president won't recognize vote
Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya insisted late Saturday that he will not accept any deal to restore him to office if it means he must recognize elections later this month.
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Hugo Chavez invites Fidel Castro to trade summit
President Hugo Chavez is inviting former Cuban leader Fidel Castro to next month's meeting of the regional ALBA trade bloc being held in Havana.
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Colombia to return Venezuela national guard troops
Four soldiers from Venezuela's National Guard captured in Colombian territory will be repatriated in a bid to ease tensions between the South American neighbors, President Alvaro Uribe's government said Saturday.
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US health agency to take 'fresh look' at Vieques
A U.S. agency has overturned its 2003 research that said no health hazards were caused by decades of military exercises on Vieques, a bombing range-turned-tourist destination off Puerto Rico's east coast.
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15 people killed in 1 day in Mexican border city
Authorities say a 7-year-old boy, three women and a university professor are among 15 people who were killed in a single day in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez.
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Colombia chef school concocts dessert with Viagra
A Colombian cooking school has concocted a "love dessert" made with passion fruit - and Viagra.
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Chavez blames US pact with Colombia for tensions
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez lashed out at an agreement for American troops to use more Colombian military bases on Friday, accusing the U.S. of aiming to start a conflict and urging his military to be prepared.
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Guantanamo detainees by the numbers
A look at numbers for detainees past and present at the detention center that opened in 2002 at the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba:
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Brazil says it will cut carbon by at least 36 pct
Brazil says it will voluntarily reduce carbon emissions by 36.1 percent to 38.9 percent by 2020.
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Castro as commentator on US politics
Think you're obsessed with President Barack Obama and the many challenges he faces at home and abroad?
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Forbes: Mexico kingpin among world's most powerful
Mexico's most-wanted drug lord escaped prison by hiding in a laundry truck nearly a decade ago, and his legend and fortune seem to grow with each passing day he eludes capture.
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Grenade fired at building with Honduran ballots
Assailants fired an anti-tank grenade toward the building housing ballots for the upcoming Honduran presidential elections, which are taking place under the shadow of a four-month crisis caused by a coup, police said Friday.
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Earthquake shakes northern Chile
A strong earthquake struck northern Chile early Friday, briefly knocking out power to a city but otherwise causing no major damages, authorities said.
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Bolivia: Lake Titicaca at dangerously low levels
Evaporation blamed on global warming has reduced Lake Titicaca, one of the world's highest navigable lakes, to its lowest level since 1949, authorities said Thursday.
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Brazil: Deforestation sees biggest drop in 20 yrs
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon dropped nearly 46 percent from August 2008 to July 2009 - the biggest annual decline in two decades, the government said Thursday.
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Cuban blogger's husband out to avenge her assault
The husband of an internationally known dissident Cuban blogger is challenging the presumed state security agents who roughed up his wife to a verbal duel on a Havana street corner.
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Rio pledges 'power island' immune from blackouts
Organizers of the 2016 Olympics are pitching host city Rio de Janeiro as a potential "power island" immune from blackouts like the one that left 60 million Brazilians in the dark, though experts questioned Thursday whether a safe energy haven for the games is possible.
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Mexico border city groups call for UN peacekeepers
Business groups in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez said Wednesday they are calling for United Nations peacekeepers to quell the drug-related violence that has given their city one of the highest homicide rates in the world.
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Forbes: Mexico kingpin among world's most powerful
Mexico's most-wanted drug lord escaped prison by hiding in a laundry truck nearly a decade ago, and his legend and fortune seem to grow with each passing day he eludes capture.
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