Latin America News

US tourist dies 'car surfing' in Puerto Rico

AP - 2 hours 50 minutes ago

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Police say a U.S. tourist who was pretending to be surfing on the hood of a friend's moving car was killed when he fell and broke his neck in a popular Puerto Rican beach town. More »

  • AF crash memorial in Brazil amid criticism

    AP - Sunday, November 8

    RIO DE JANEIRO - Scores of relatives of the 228 people killed in the June 1 Air France jet crash dedicated a memorial in an upscale beach neighborhood Saturday amid strong criticism that the airline has failed to provide them with the answers or compensation they were promised.

  • Paraguay president explains military shake-up

    AP - Saturday, November 7

    ASUNCION, Paraguay - Paraguay needed a military shake-up to create opportunities for young officers with a proven commitment to democracy, President Fernando Lugo said Friday in his first explanation for removing his top commanders this week.

  • Vatican official seeks more access to Cuban media

    AP - Saturday, November 7

    HAVANA - A senior Vatican official said Friday he has asked Cuba's government to allow the Roman Catholic Church more access to mass media, saying Cubans are a religious people and should be given broadcast access to their pastors.

  • Police outside the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa. Honduras sunk into further disarray after President Manuel Zelaya, ousted in a military-backed coup, said a US-brokered deal to end the nation's four-month crisis had collapsed.

    Honduras crisis deepens after collapse of deal

    AFP - Saturday, November 7

    TEGUCIGALPA (AFP) - - Honduras sunk into further disarray after President Manuel Zelaya, ousted in a military-backed coup, said a US-brokered deal to end the nation's four-month crisis had collapsed.

  • Tens of thousands of homes flooded in Mexico

    AP - Saturday, November 7

    VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico - A week of torrential rain has flooded the homes of more than 200,000 people along Mexico's Gulf coast, officials said Friday.

  • Honduras pact crumbles over unity government

    Reuters - Saturday, November 7

    By Fiona Ortiz

  • News group: Latin American gov'ts restrict press

    AP - Saturday, November 7

    BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Populist leaders around Latin America are increasingly making legal and political moves to silence their media critics, the president of the Inter American Press Association said Friday.

  • Police commander slain in Mexico's deadliest city

    AP - Saturday, November 7

    CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico - Authorities say gunmen have killed a police commander in Mexico's deadliest city, where a dismembered, decapitated body was found hours before.

  • Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo (L) speaks with the commander of Paraguay's armed forces, Rear Admiral Ciber Benitez, during a military ceremony in Asuncion on November 4. Lugo sacked the head of Paraguay's armed forces on Friday, two days after firing a trio of top military commanders amid rumors of a potential coup, government sources said.

    Paraguay army chief sacked amid coup rumors

    AFP - Saturday, November 7

    ASUNCION (AFP) - - President Fernando Lugo sacked the head of Paraguay's armed forces on Friday, two days after firing a trio of top military commanders amid rumors of a potential coup, government sources said.

  • Zelaya says Honduras crisis deal has failed

    AFP - Saturday, November 7

    TEGUCIGALPA (AFP) - - Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said Friday a deal aimed at ending the country's months-long crisis had failed after the interim leader announced a government without his participation.

  • Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya holds a meeting at the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa. A deal aimed at ending Honduras' months-long crisis has

    Honduran agreement has failed: Zelaya aide

    AFP - Saturday, November 7

    TEGUCIGALPA (AFP) - - A deal aimed at ending Honduras' months-long crisis has "failed," an aide to ousted President Manuel Zelaya said Friday, after the interim leader formed a government without his participation.

  • Depression Ida dumps heavy rain on Nicaragua

    Reuters - Friday, November 6

    By Ivan Castro

  • Ida drenches Central America, might approach US

    AP - Saturday, November 7

    MANAGUA, Nicaragua - Former Hurricane Ida drenched Central America as a tropical depression on Friday and forecasters said it had some chance of regaining force and heading toward the U.S.

  • Mexican mother reunited with allegedly sold baby

    AP - Friday, November 6

    MEXICO CITY - A 1-year-old girl is back with her mother a year after the Mexico City doctors who delivered her allegedly sold her to another woman.

  • Peru rebels attack army outpost, killing 1 soldier

    AP - Friday, November 6

    LIMA, Peru - Peru's defense minister says Shining Path rebels attacked a military outpost in the country's coca-producing highlands, killing one soldier and wounding three.

  • Zelaya: US-brokered pact for Honduran crisis fails

    AP - Saturday, November 7

    TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said Friday that a U.S.-brokered pact failed to end a four-month political crisis after a deadline for forming a unity government passed.

  • Venezuela sends 15,000 troops to Colombia border

    AP - Friday, November 6

    CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez's government is sending 15,000 soldiers to the border with Colombia, saying the military buildup is needed to increase security, combat drug trafficking and root out paramilitary groups.

  • Caribbean, Gulf spared widespread coral damage

    AP - Friday, November 6

    SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Lower-than-feared sea temperatures this summer gave a break to fragile coral reefs across the Caribbean and the central Gulf of Mexico that were damaged in recent years, scientists said Thursday.

  • Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo (left) speaks with the commander of Paraguay's armed forces, Rear Admiral Ciber Benitez, during a military ceremony in Asuncion on November 4. Lugo has sacked Rear Admiral Ciber Benitez, government sources said.

    Paraguay leader sacks chief of armed forces

    AFP - Saturday, November 7

    ASUNCION (AFP) - - President Fernando Lugo sacked the commander of Paraguay's armed forces, Rear Admiral Ciber Benitez, government sources said Friday.

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