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 2009 MiamiHerald.com Americas AP 60 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:01:54 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/1327311.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/1327311.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:11 EST Police rescued four suspected kidnappers from a town hall surrounded by hundreds of angry residents who wanted to punish them themselves. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/1327286.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/1327286.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:41 EST A Mexican mayor known for his tough anti-crime proposals and seeming advance knowledge of the death of a purported kidnapper said Tuesday that he has received threats and now has a security escort. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/1327276.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/1327276.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:16 EST Lawmakers overwhelmingly gave final approval to Jean-Max Bellerive as Haiti's new prime minister Tuesday, making him the sixth person to hold the post since 2004 in this politically unstable nation. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/1327148.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/1327148.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:16 EST Venezuela's health minister says an outbreak of swine flu among isolated Amazon Indians has been contained. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/1327030.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/1327030.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:26 EST Brazil emerged early Wednesday from a widespread power outage that plunged its major cities into darkness for hours, prompting concern from residents about another black eye for a country hosting the 2016 Olympic Games. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/1326971.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/1326971.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:51 EST A senior U.S. diplomat flew in Tuesday to try to revive a U.S.-brokered pact between Honduras' deposed president and the coup-imposed government ahead of elections this month. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/1326814.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/1326814.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:26 EST Colombian authorities say they have seized $19 million in forged U.S. currency so far this year, five times the amount confiscated last year. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/1326729.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/1326729.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:01 EST Gunmen burst into an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting and opened fire in a violence-plagued Mexican border state, killing one person and wounding four others, authorities said. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/1326724.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/1326724.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:51 EST Brazil and the U.S. urged Colombia and Venezuela on Tuesday to talk out their differences after Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez ordered his military to prepare for a possible war with his neighbor. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/1326455.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/1326455.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:49 EST Brazil's case of the pink mini-dress that went viral on the Internet has left many scratching their heads: How could it be that an outfit, no matter how short, would cause such an uproar in a tropical nation where skimpy clothing and tiny bikinis barely raise an eyebrow? http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/1325980.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/1325980.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:51 EST At least 10,000 Salvadorans are in urgent need of food aid after floods and mudslides destroyed huge swaths of crops during harvest season, the U.N. World Food Program said Tuesday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/1325883.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/1325883.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:11 EST Colombia says at least nine soldiers have been killed and four wounded in combat with leftist rebels in a mountainous western region. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/1325848.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/1325848.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:51 EST A former dive shop owner convicted of killing his wife on a Caribbean scuba outing in 1999 was sentenced Tuesday to 25 years in prison for what prosecutors called a near-perfect crime motivated by his desire to pursue another woman. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/1325477.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/1325477.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:47 EST Gunmen shoot a priest and two seminary students in the back. Federal police storm a Mass to capture a suspected drug kingpin. Priests pray with the families of murdered men, then face killers in the confessional. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/1325321.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/1325321.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:22 EST Israel's president called Tuesday on Brazil, where Iran's president will be welcomed in less than two weeks, to raise its voice against the "terror" he accused Tehran of supporting. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/1325258.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/1325258.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:52 EST The U.S. State Department issued a statement late Monday decrying attacks on three Cuban bloggers, including one who has gained international attention for her searing observations about life on the communist island. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/1325184.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/1325184.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:57 EST The Mexican government has declared parts of the Gulf coast state of Tabasco disaster zones due to flooding from days of heavy rains, freeing up federal relief funds for the area. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/1325074.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/1325074.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:02 EST Venezuela and Russia say they are working on a series of agreements for Moscow to provide the South American country with technology for the development of industries ranging from robotics to biochemistry. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/1325059.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/1325059.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:47 EST Rock-throwing supporters of Nicaragua's governing Sandinista party have attacked a small protest march by the opposition. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/1325036.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/1325036.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:17 EST Prosecutors in the Mexico state of Baja California say they freed a U.S. citizen who was kidnapped last week near the border.