Chavez praises alleged terrorist Carlos the Jackal
AP - 2 hours ago

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Hugo Chavez has defended the alleged terrorist mastermind Carlos the Jackal, saying the Venezuelan imprisoned in France was an important "revolutionary fighter" who supported the cause of the Palestinians.

Reports: 101-yr-old Brazil architect back at work
AP - 3 hours ago

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - Famed 101-year-old Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer is reportedly back at work just weeks after surgery for gallstones and an intestinal tumor.

Pro-Castro mob attacks spouse of top Cuban blogger
AP - 17 hours ago

HAVANA (AP) - The husband of an acclaimed dissident Cuban blogger was punched and shouted down by a pro-government mob Friday after he challenged the presumed state agents who earlier roughed up his wife to a street corner debate.

Mexico shifts strategy in border city violence
AP - 17 hours ago

MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico's top domestic security official said Friday that sectors of the general public have cooperated with drug cartels in the violent border city of Ciudad Juarez, and the government is about to launch new social programs there to combat gangs.

Argentina forces dirty war orphans to provide DNA
AP - 19 hours ago

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Valuing truth over the right to privacy, Argentina's Congress has authorized the forced extraction of DNA from people who may have been born to political prisoners slain a quarter-century ago — even when they don't want to know their birth parents.

Mexican reporter on organized crime goes missing
AP - 21 hours ago

MEXICO CITY (AP) - Authorities in the western Mexican state of Michoacan are investigating the disappearance of a journalist who wrote about organized crime.

Guatemala reopening international adoptions
AP - 1 day ago

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - Guatemalan officials on Friday announced the resumption of international adoptions after a nearly two-year suspension prompted by the discovery that some babies were being sold.

Brazil leader urges freeze on Israeli settlements
AP - 1 day ago

SALVADOR, Brazil (AP) - Brazil's President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva is joining his Palestinian counterpart in calling on Israel to stop building new settlements in areas claimed by Palestinians.

Peruvian police: Gang killed people for their fat
AP - 1 day ago

LIMA, Peru (AP) - Police say a gang in the Peruvian jungle has been killing people and draining fat from the corpses to sell on the black market for use in cosmetics, although medical experts say they doubt a major market for fat exists.

Honduras interim president may take leave for vote
AP - 1 day ago

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) - Honduras' interim president said Thursday he may step down temporarily to allow voters to concentrate on the upcoming presidential elections.