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13 gunmen killed in clash with Mexican soldiers

Authorities say Mexican soldiers killed 13 gunmen in a clash in the northern state of Zacatecas.

  • Venezuela announces hard-currency auction

    Venezuela's central bank says that on Friday it will begin selling dollars at auction for only the second time since Hugo Chavez died in March.

  • In this June 4, 2013 photo, Lenin Carballido poses for a portrait during his campaign in Oaxaca, Mexico. Mexican prosecutors are investigating how Carballido certified as dead was elected mayor of a village in southern Mexico. Carballido narrowly won Sunday's election in San Agustin Amatengo, near the colonial city of Oaxaca. But then a death certificate surfaced, indicating that Carballido had died in 2010 of a diabetic coma. Prosecutors say one of Carballido's relatives used the death certificate to convince detectives to drop an arrest warrant for an alleged 2004 rape.

    'Dead' candidate elected in south Mexico village

    Prosecutors are investigating how a man certified as dead got elected mayor of a village in southern Mexico.

  • Guantanamo hunger strike may have reached peak

    The long-running hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay may be showing the first signs of tapering off.

  • Thousands protest in nationwide strike in Chile

    Chile's largest labor union called a nationwide strike on Thursday to demand improved labor conditions and tax reform, but officials said only a small percentage of workers participated.

  • A demonstrator, wearing a mask in the likeness of Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff, waves from a bus during a protest in front of the Planalto presidential palace, in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, July 11, 2013. Tens of thousands of workers across Brazil walked off their jobs on Thursday in a peaceful nationwide strike demanding better working conditions and improved public services. Metalworkers, transportation and construction workers as well as teachers and civil servants adhered to the "Day of Struggle" organized by Brazil's biggest trade union federations.

    Thousands of workers on strike in Brazil

    Tens of thousands of workers across Brazil walked off their jobs on Thursday in a mostly peaceful nationwide strike demanding better working conditions and improved public services in Latin America's biggest nation. Photo Gallery Available

  • Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff speaks at the launching of a health program that aims to improve public care and the education of Brazilian doctors, at the presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, July 8, 2013. The Brazilian government began an investigation Monday into whether telecommunications firms operating in the country cooperated with the U.S. as part of a spying program that has collected data on billions of telephone and email conversations.

    Brazil lawmaker: US spying won't hurt relations

    Disclosures alleging that the United States has collected data on billions of telephone and email conversations in Latin America's biggest country will not affect Brazil-U.S. relations, the head of Brazil's joint congressional committee on intelligence said Wednesday. Photo Gallery Available

  • This NOAA satellite image taken Wednesday, July 10, 2013 at 01:45 PM EDT shows Tropical Storm Chantal is moving over Haiti and gradually weakening. Haiti is receiving periods of heavy rainfall and strong winds.

    Tropical Storm Chantal weakens to tropical wave

    Tropical Storm Chantal was downgraded Wednesday to a tropical wave as its scattered clouds drifted quickly westward toward Jamaica. But heavy rains from the weakened system continued to drench parts of Haiti and the Dominican Republic and force the evacuation of thousands from flood-prone areas. Photo Gallery Available

  • In this undated photo released by the family of Anibal Barrow on Tuesday, July 9, 2013, journalist Anibal Barrow poses for a portrait at an unidentified location. On Wednesday, July 10, 2013, Honduran authorities confirmed that the charred and mutilated body found a day earlier at a field on the outskirts for San Pedro Sula is that of missing journalist Anibal Barrow. The 62-year-old journalist had a popular daily morning news show called "Anibal and Nothing More" on Globo television in San Pedro Sula. Heavily armed men kidnapped Barrow on June 24.

    Honduras: Charred body belongs to journalist

    The charred and mutilated body of a man found on the bank of a lagoon in the northern city of San Pedro Sula is that of a missing journalist, Honduran authorities confirmed Wednesday. Photo Gallery Available

  • In this two photo combo image, Catholic priest Hernando Fayid speaks during an interview, left, as his white Mercedes Benz E200 convertible bears a for sale sign while parked just outside the San Miguel cemetery in Santa Marta, Colombia, Wednesday, July 10, 2013. Pastor of the cemetery, Father Fayid says he's going to sell his car following Pope Francis' recent statement that it wounded his heart to see a priest in a luxurious car. Fayid told a local news television reporter that he got the car as a gift from his brother.

    Colombia priest heeds papal call, sells Mercedes

    It may be back to a bicycle for a Colombian priest who's heeding Pope Francis' call for austerity. Photo Gallery Available

  • Colombia will ask US to explain reported espionage

    Colombia's government says it will ask the United States to explain alleged spying on its citizens.

  • Chile's president: pregnant girl shows 'maturity'

    Chile's president praised an 11-year-old girl on Tuesday for her "depth and maturity" after she said in a recent TV interview that she wants to give birth to the baby who was conceived when she was raped by her mother's partner.

  • Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff speaks at the launching of a health program that aims to improve public care and the education of Brazilian doctors, at the presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, July 8, 2013. The Brazilian government began an investigation Monday into whether telecommunications firms operating in the country cooperated with the U.S. as part of a spying program that has collected data on billions of telephone and email conversations.

    Brazil lawmaker: US spying won't hurt relations

    Disclosures alleging that the United States has collected data on billions of telephone and email conversations in Latin America's biggest country will not affect Brazil-U.S. relations, the head of Brazil's joint congressional committee on intelligence said Wednesday. Photo Gallery Available

  • Brazil: Plebiscite proposal not immediately viable

    The leader of Brazil's House of Representatives said Tuesday a proposed plebiscite that is among President Dilma Rousseff's key responses to last month's wave of mass protests is unfeasible, but he's pushing a public referendum on any future political reform legislation that passes.

  • US eases some Guantánamo conditions for Ramadan

    A U.S. military spokesman says more prisoners at Guantánamo are being allowed to live in communal units for the first time since a clash with guards in April.

  • This image provided by NASA shows Tropical Storm Chantal taken at 1 p.m. EDT Monday July 8, 2013. The fast-moving tropical storm raced toward the small islands of the Lesser Antilles on Tuesday, with residents of St. Lucia shuttering schools and preparing to close the island's two airports as it neared. The storm was centered about 75 miles (120 kilometers) east of Barbados around 5 a.m. EDT Tuesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said. The storm had maximum sustained winds near 50 mph (85 kph), and was moving west-northwest at 26 mph (43 kph).

    First death from Tropical Storm Chantal

    Tropical Storm Chantal skirted the southern coasts of the Dominican Republic and Haiti on Wednesday, losing force but heavy rain still posed a threat to some of the region's most vulnerable people. Photo Gallery Available

  • Honduras: Charred body may be missing journalist

    There is "strong evidence" a charred and mutilated body found Tuesday in the northern city of San Pedro Sula is that of a Honduran journalist missing since last month, police said.

  • Correction: Chile-Pregnant Child story

    In a story July 5 about an abortion debate in Chile, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the country outlawed all abortions in 1973. They were banned in 1989.

  • In this June 25, 2013 photo, protected by an umbrella, a homeless woman walks in the rain at an intersection in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Nearly 80 percent of previous cases involving homeless people were tied to drugs, but that financial and family problems now play a bigger part. "We're seeing more women on the street," said the Puerto Rico Pro Homeless Coalition of Coalitions' executive director.

    Puerto Rico sees surge in homeless population

    Caridad Colon had never known what it was like to be hungry, homeless or unemployed in her 47 years living in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico. Photo Gallery Available

  • Cuba economy czar: Reforms entering critical phase

    Communist-led Cuba's experiment with limited capitalism is entering a crucial and transformative phase this year with the decentralization of bloated state-run businesses, the island's economic czar said Tuesday.

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