http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2008 MiamiHerald.com Americas AP 60 Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:44:48 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/797800.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/797800.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:10 EST Former Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt says she feels uncomfortable that Chile's president has nominated her for the Nobel Peace Prize. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/797780.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/797780.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:10 EST Brazilian authorities say a South African engineer who died in Brazil was likely infected with a lethal African virus in Africa and they have begun monitoring nearly 50 people who were in contact with the man. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/797323.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/797323.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:28 EST The volcano on the tiny Caribbean island of Montserrat has burst into action, spewing columns of ash and hurling glowing red rocks that set vegetation and a few buildings ablaze in the island's deserted capital, scientists said Wednesday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/796717.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/796717.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:16 EST Don't cry Argentina: Madonna has postponed the first of four shows in Buenos Aires. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/797969.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/797969.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:48 EST In the first stage of the multi-year Merida Initiative, the U.S. is providing $400 million to Mexico and $65 million to Central America to fight drug gangs. The U.S. State Department says the money will pay for: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/797933.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/797933.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:41 EST It may have seemed like a mirage: Two camels nibbling on a pine tree along a street in this desert metropolis on the Texas border. Police tried lassoing the animals, which lunged at the officers with snapping teeth as onlookers chuckled. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/798214.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/798214.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:32 EST By this point in his long life, Lonesome George should be at least a grandfather. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/797333.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/797333.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:34 EST Brazil's defense minister says his nation is selling 100 aircraft-borne missiles to Pakistan. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/797433.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/797433.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:17 EST Latin American stocks opened lower Wednesday in line with European markets, then rebounded after Wall Street investors calmly absorbed the latest evidence of a still-weakening economy. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/797864.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/797864.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:38 EST Brazil's currency has fallen to its lowest point against the dollar in three years amid fears of a global recession. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/798060.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/798060.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:52 EST The U.S. government finally released the first part of a $400 million aid package Wednesday to support Mexico's police and soldiers in their fight against drug cartels. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/798069.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/798069.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:04 EST A top government official says Brazil will boost infrastructure spending by about 34 percent to counter the effects of the global economic meltdown. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/797618.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/797618.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:28 EST Caracas' new mayor, a leading opponent of President Hugo Chavez, says he wants to battle crime, trash and potholes - the issues that pushed this sprawling, chaotic capital to make a shift to opposition rule. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/797946.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/797946.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:33 EST Search teams slogged up a muddy, densely-wooded mountainside on Wednesday to locate a small plane with three people on board - including two American tourists - that crashed into a fog-shrouded forest east of Puerto Rico's capital. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/797871.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/797871.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:39 EST Costa Rica has replaced two top intelligence officials because a government password apparently was used to loot private bank accounts. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/798088.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/798088.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:17 EST Brazilian authorities say tens of thousands of flood victims have begun returning home in southern Brazil. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/797412.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/797412.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:15 EST Russia said Wednesday it is sending a warship through the Panama Canal for the first time since World War II, a short journey loaded with symbolic weight: the destroyer will dock at a former U.S. naval base, showcasing Russia's growing influence in the region. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/796754.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/796754.html Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:20 EST Representative Xavier Becerra, a California Democrat who once declared U.S. trade policy was broken completely, has been offered the job of President-elect Barack Obama's top trade official, two Democrats close to the transition office said. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/796739.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/796739.html Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:21 EST The family of a student who survived a Colombian military raid on a FARC rebel camp says she is returning to Mexico. Maria Alvarez says her niece Lucia Morett will return to Mexico on Wednesday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/796358.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/796358.html Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:24 EST Brazil is committed to quickly repairing key ports damaged in massive floods in order to recoup millions of dollars in daily losses to the economy, a government official said Tuesday.