| Raul Castro ousts top Cubans loyal to Fidel Castro(By WILL WEISSERT, Associated Press Writer Will Weissert, Associated Press Writer 2009-03-03 01:59) | | HAVANA – President Raul Castro abruptly ousted some of Cuba's most powerful officials Monday, remaking the government in the biggest shakeup since he took over from his ailing brother Fidel Castro a year ago. The changes replaced some key Fidel loya... |
| Argentine seminary ousts Holocaust-denying bishop(By DEBORA REY, Associated Press Writer Debora Rey, Associated Press Writer 2009-02-10 10:38) | | BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – The bishop whose rehabilitation by the Vatican sparked outrage because of his denials of the Holocaust has been removed as the head of an Argentine seminary, his superiors said Monday. The ultraconservative Society of St. P... |
| Search on after small plane crash off Puerto Rico(By MIKE MELIA, Associated Press Writer Mike Melia, Associated Press Writer 2009-02-10 10:38) | | SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Rough weather halted the search Monday for survivors of a small plane that crashed into the Atlantic after authorities recovered remains of one of six people on board. The U.S. Coast Guard and Puerto Rican police planned to r... |
| US rancher at center stage in Bolivia land dispute(By FRANK BAJAK, Associated Press Writer Frank Bajak, Associated Press Writer 2009-02-10 03:17) | | The man at the center of Bolivia's land wars is an improbable figure: a tall, folksy Montanan whose vast holdings have been ordered confiscated on the grounds he treated workers as virtual slaves. Ronald Larsen, 64, calls the claims unfounded and vows not... |
| More suspects sought in Venezuela synagogue attack(By FABIOLA SANCHEZ, Associated Press Writer Fabiola Sanchez, Associated Press Writer 2009-02-10 03:17) | | CARACAS, Venezuela – A security guard and a police officer who worked as a bodyguard for a local rabbi are among the suspects accused of ransacking and vandalizing a Caracas synagogue, Venezuela's justice minister said Monday. Tareck El Aissami said... |
| 3 found dead in SUV outside of Cancun, Mexico(By JORGE DOMINGUEZ, Associated Press Writer Jorge Dominguez, Associated Press Writer 2009-02-05 12:12) | | CANCUN, Mexico – The bodies of a retired Mexican brigadier general and two other men were found Tuesday in a sport utility vehicle abandoned on a highway outside of Cancun, the resort's mayor said. All had been shot many times. Mayor Gregorio Sanche... |
| Airport strike restricts Guyana flights to daytime( 2009-02-03 04:28) | | GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana has banned nighttime flights because of a strike by air traffic controllers. Civil aviation chief Zulfikar Mohamed says the South American country's main international airport needs to close at 6 p.m. to relieve the senio... |
| Bomb blast in Colombian city of Cali; 4 hurt( 2009-02-02 00:48) | | BOGOTA – Colombian officials say a car bomb has exploded near a police post in the western city of Cali, injuring at least four people. Cali security chief Liliana Salamanca says it appears two of those hurt are civilians, and the other two police.... |
| Rebels unilaterally free 4 Colombian hostages(By FRANK BAJAK, Associated Press Writer Frank Bajak, Associated Press Writer 2009-02-02 00:31) | | BOGOTA – Colombia's badly battered FARC rebels delivered three police officers and a soldier to the International Red Cross on Sunday in a mission marred by accusations of military interference. A Brazilian military helicopter, emblazoned with the R... |
| Venezuela: Diplomacy with US on hold despite Obama(By FABIOLA SANCHEZ, Associated Press Writer Fabiola Sanchez, Associated Press Writer 2009-01-30 08:18) | | CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuela is not yet ready to let the U.S. ambassador return to Caracas despite the change of administration in Washington, Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro said Tuesday. Venezuela's relations with the U.S. have deteriorated in r... |
| Ex-Little League champ accused in mexico kidnap(By MARK WALSH, Associated Press Writer Mark Walsh, Associated Press Writer 2009-01-29 00:11) | | MONTERREY, Mexico – A former Little League baseball champion is accused of helping kidnap an 18-year-old who was freed in exchange for a BMW and $300,000 in ransom. Everardo Daniel Ordonez played first base for the Linda Vista team that won the 1997... |
| Venezuela to ask new US gov't to hand over Posada(By IAN JAMES, Associated Press Writer Ian James, Associated Press Writer 2009-01-24 19:06) | | CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuela will renew its demand for the United States to extradite a former CIA operative accused of plotting the 1976 bombing of a Cuban plane that killed all 73 people on board, a lawyer for the Venezuelan government said Frid... |
| Mexican collapse? Drug wars worry some Americans(By TRACI CARL, Associated Press Writer Traci Carl, Associated Press Writer 2009-01-20 06:31) | | MEXICO CITY – Indiscriminate kidnappings. Nearly daily beheadings. Gangs that mock and kill government agents. This isn't Iraq or Pakistan. It's Mexico, which the U.S. government and a growing number of experts say is becoming one of the world's big... |
| Cuba says it respects human rights(By WILL WEISSERT, Associated Press Writer Will Weissert, Associated Press Writer 2009-01-16 21:48) | | HAVANA – Cuba defended its human rights record Friday in a report to the United Nations, arguing that its communist government answers to the people and its controls on unions, social groups and the media work to strengthen individual freedoms. The... |
| Nicaragua court clears Aleman of money laundering( 2009-01-16 18:20) | | MANAGUA, Nicaragua – Nicaragua's Supreme Court has thrown out a money laundering conviction against former President Arnoldo Aleman The decision was announced Friday. The court did not explain its ruling, which is final. Aleman was convicted in 2003... |
| Obama-Calderon talks to focus on Mexican drug war(By ALEXANDRA OLSON, Associated Press Writer Alexandra Olson, Associated Press Writer 2009-01-12 02:21) | | MEXICO CITY – With violence spilling over the Mexican border into the U.S., President Felipe Calderon should have little trouble securing support for his battle against drugs when he meets U.S. President-elect Barack Obama on Monday. But as wars and... |
| Colombian coffee growers to sue over US cartoon( 2009-01-08 20:55) | | BOGOTA, Colombia – Colombian coffee growers are brewing up a lawsuit over a U.S. comic strip joking that violence is so rampant there, maybe "there's a little bit of Juan Valdez in every can" of the country's java. The Colombian Coffee Growers Feder... |
| Gulp! Mexico tells citizens to swallow their gum(By MARK STEVENSON, Associated Press Writer Mark Stevenson, Associated Press Writer 2009-01-07 14:47) | | MEXICO CITY – The country that gave the world chewing gum is getting gummed up: The average square yard (meter) of Mexico City sidewalk has 70 blobs of discarded chew. Now Mexico is responding with innovations ranging from expensive sidewalk steam-c... |
| Toronto-bound jet diverted by agitated passenger(By DIONISIO SOLDEVILA, Associated Press Writer Dionisio Soldevila, Associated Press Writer 2008-12-31 10:00) | | SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – A passenger jet bound for Toronto made an unscheduled landing in the Dominican Republic on Tuesday after an agitated passenger tried to tamper with an emergency door, an airline official said. The Boeing B757 land... |
| Mexico, US set extradition records in 2008( 2008-12-31 09:45) | | MEXICO CITY – The U.S. Embassy in Mexico says the two countries have set new annual records for extraditions of criminal suspects. Ambassador Tony Garza says Mexico sent 85 suspects to the United States this year, two more than the previous high in... |
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