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• THE AMERICAS

  Malnutrition rises in drought-stricken Guatemala

  Relief workers fear that the rainy season in Guatemala hasn't done enough to stem a drought that's exacerbating malnutrition.

• DIPLOMACY

  Cuba allows U.S. access to jailed dual citizens

  While Cuba recently gave a State Department official permission to visit jailed U.S.-Cuban citizens, travel restrictions remain in place.

• CUBA

  Faced with a deep recession, Cuba tries socialism lite

  Facing a severe and protracted economic downturn, Cuba's government is scaling back socialism in an attempt to save it.

• CURACAO

  Help sought in case of missing U.S. diplomat

  Investigators in Curacao are asking the public for help solving the disappearance of an American diplomat whose bloodied clothes were found last month on one of the Caribbean island's beaches.

• SEX TOURISM

  Costa Rica draws sex trade

  The global recession has attracted more prostitutes and patrons to Costa Rica, where sex tourism thrives.

• CUBA

  Blogger can't come to U.S. for prize

  A Cuban blogger who has become an international sensation for offering frank criticism of her country's communist system said she was denied government permission Monday to travel to New York to receive a top journalism prize.

• TOURISM

  U.S.-Cuba travel picking up steam

  Bills in Congress to allow all travel to Cuba are increasingly drawing support among U.S. lawmakers and the public -- but they still face an uncertain future.

• ARGENTINA

  Controversial media-reform bill in Argentina faces vote

  Argentina's president and the nation's largest media conglomerate square off over a media-reform bill that could have a big impact on press freedom.

• HONDURAS

  OAS diplomats get talks started in Honduras crisis

  The two sides in the Honduran political conflict had direct talks for the first time in almost three months.

• U.S. CONGRESS

  South Florida Republicans, back from Honduras, call for U.S. backing of elections

  A trio of South Florida Republican lawmakers said Tuesday that the remedy to the post-coup woes in Honduras lies in U.S. support of next month's scheduled elections.

• HONDURAS

  Honduras revokes emergency decree during visit by Ros-Lehtinen, Diaz-Balarts

  Honduras' government canceled an order that outlawed large protests and limited other liberties.

• TRAVEL

  U.S.-Cuba travel flourishing

  Legal travel to and from Cuba is booming, even though the Obama administration has not officially changed any rules regarding nonfamily travel to the island.

• THE CARIBBEAN

  Historic Haiti trade mission by Bill Clinton fuels conversation, optimism

  A historic Haiti trade mission led by Bill Clinton fueled conversation and changed perceptions among both Haitians and, hopefully, investors.

• In Guatemala, drought leaves hundreds suffering from malnutrition

  Some children check in. Others don't get to.

  Those who make it to the Nicolasa Cruz hospital do so because a parent cobbled together enough money. Others leave because the cash ran out. And others avoid the general hospital altogether because their parents can't afford the pennies it takes to travel here.

• MARKETING

  Jamaica considers cashing in on its image

  Boltmania has Jamaica trying to protect its brand through trademarking anything from the national colors to its celebrities.

• MEDIA

  Cristina Saralegui to receive award

  Millions of Latinos know Cristina Saralegui as a popular talk-show host, but she's also a business mogul.

• 2016 OLYMPICS

  Brazilians in South Florida savor chance to be in Olympic spotlight

  Brazilians in South Florida erupted in joy and optimism after their home country won its bid to host the 2016 Summer Games.

• HAITI

  Clinton welcomes potential Haiti investors

  Former President Bill Clinton, the U.N.'s special envoy to Haiti, welcomed potential investors and promised to help them succeed in Haiti.

• Report: Hard to ease Cuba embargo

  A U.S. president has limited ways to ease the embargo on Cuba -- unless he or she certifies that Havana is moving toward democracy or Congress overturns U.S. laws on the sanctions, according to a report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office.

• Bill Clinton in Haiti on trade mission

  Former President Bill Clinton welcomed a trade mission in haiti Thursday, committing his and the Inter-American Development Bank staff to personally follow up with each investor interested in creating jobs but may need help finalizing a real deal.

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