Subversive reggaetoneros Calle 13 were the big winners at the 10th Latin Grammy Awards on Thursday night, while elderly Cuban diva Omara Portuondo made history by not only being the first Cuban artist from the island to appear on the telecast, but the first to win an award on the air.
An outspoken critic of the Obama administration's handling of the crisis in Honduras late Thursday dropped his opposition to two State Department nominees, saying the administration has reversed course.
Supporters of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya say lawmakers are stalling efforts to bring him back to office before a Nov. 29 election.
Do-gooders are stepping up to help Guatemala as it struggles to recover from a drought that has pushed many to the brink of starvation.
After a decade, Latin music's most important awards show still falls short of its original goals -- bringing greater visibility to Latin artists and musical styles.
Pro-government demonstrators rocked the U.S. Embassy as opposition leaders complained the president is undermining Nicaragua's democracy in his effort to remain in power.
Weapons purchases in Latin America are soaring as nations cast a wary eye on their neighbors.
A deal was struck to end the political crisis in Honduras, but the deposed president must get a nod from Congress to get old job back.
U.S. and Colombian officials Friday signed a pact for U.S. military access to Colombian bases that has been vociferously denounced by Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and other leftist Latin American presidents as a regional threat negotiated in secret.
President Hugo Chávez's popularity has fallen as frustrated Venezuelans protest over a lack of water and electricity.
A legal paper exploring the origins of the June removal of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya sparked a political row in Congress.
The vote was 187-3, with two abstentions, as the United Nations once again denounced the U.S. embargo of Cuba.
Two new massacres in Venezuelan territory could raise the number of Colombians killed in recent weeks in Venezuela to at least 20, according to officials in both countries.
Charles Shapiro, the senior advisor for economic initiatives in the State Department's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, is slated to be among the dozens of speakers at a three-day conference starting Wednesday in Miami Beach on Cuba and other international issues.
Juanita Castro was recruited by the CIA in 1961 through her friend Virginia Leitao de Cunha, wife of the Brazilian ambassador in Havana, but refused to conspire in any attempts on the lives of her brothers Fidel and Raśl Castro
Fidel Castro's younger sister, Juanita, now living in Miami, reveals in a Univisión-Noticias 23 report on her new book that she worked with the CIA while living in Cuba.
The Pan American Development Foundation will raise money for Haiti and recognize regional heroes at a Saturday luncheon.
A congressional hearing in Washington focused on the persecution of human rights defenders in Colombia.
An exhibit in Bogotá features harrowing images from Colombia's decades of conflict, all painted by people who saw it firsthand -- former combatants.
Supporters of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya say the waning attention to their rallies underscores a new urgency for their mission.
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