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Interpol: Colombia has real rebel data
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5.16.2008 : 12:03 am
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BOGOTA, Colombia -- Interpol said Thursday that computer files suggesting Venezuela was arming and financing Colombian guerrillas came from a rebel camp and were not tampered with, discrediting Venezuela's assertions that Colombia faked them.
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Chavez: Interpol report 'ridiculous'
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5.15.2008 : 11:53 pm
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CARACAS, Venezuela -- President Hugo Chavez on Thursday vehemently denounced Interpol's conclusion that documents detailing links between Venezuela and Colombia's leftist rebels came directly from rebel computers and weren't tampered with by the Colombians.
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Failed Haiti PM nominee lashes out
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5.15.2008 : 7:23 pm
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- An international banker whose nomination for Haiti's No. 2 political post was rejected by the lower house of Parliament said Thursday he was hamstrung by corrupt legislators.
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Dominican building boom may help president in vote
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5.15.2008 : 2:34 pm
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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- Dominican President Leonel Fernandez has led the nation out of economic crisis and turned the capital into a huge construction zone, gains that are expected to win him a third term in Friday's elections.
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Retired Chilean officer charged in singer's death
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5.15.2008 : 1:25 pm
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SANTIAGO, Chile -- A retired army colonel has been charged in the killing of renowned Chilean folk singer Victor Jara following the 1973 coup led by Gen. Augusto Pinochet.
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Colombia says no US base planned near Venezuela
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5.15.2008 : 12:06 pm
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CARACAS, Venezuela -- President Hugo Chavez is warning Colombia against any U.S. military base near its border with Venezuela, though neither Colombia nor the United States have publicly suggested such a plan.
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Latin American, European leaders gather for summit
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5.15.2008 : 10:57 am
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LIMA, Peru -- European and Latin American leaders gathering for their fifth summit in a decade this week plan to tackle climate change, high food prices and poverty.
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Guantanamo official says he's not resigning
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5.15.2008 : 1:14 am
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- A Pentagon official said Wednesday he will not resign as legal adviser to war-crimes tribunals at Guantanamo, despite his removal from the trial of Osama bin Laden's driver because of a lack of impartiality.
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Gunmen kill 2 police officers in Mexico
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5.14.2008 : 8:32 pm
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MEXICO CITY -- Officials say two police officers were shot and killed in northern Mexico when they tried to stop gunmen from kidnapping a family.
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Chavez again to seek hostage release
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5.14.2008 : 8:06 pm
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CARACAS, Venezuela -- President Hugo Chavez said Wednesday he will try to re-establish contacts with Colombian rebels in an attempt to win freedom for more hostages held by the guerrillas.
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Colombia seizes $25M in properties from warlord
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5.14.2008 : 7:54 pm
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BOGOTA, Colombia -- Colombian police seized US$25 million (euro16 million) in properties Wednesday from a paramilitary warlord extradited to the U.S. on drug-trafficking charges.
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Colombian warlords' victims uneasy about extradition
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5.14.2008 : 6:02 am
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BOGOTA, Colombia -- Victims of Colombia's far-right militias fear the surprise extradition of 14 paramilitary warlords may keep them from learning their loved ones' fates and getting reparations.
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US wants to boost Trinidad energy ties
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5.13.2008 : 10:59 pm
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PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad -- A top U.S. energy official says Washington wants to boost ties with Trinidad and Tobago, a Caribbean nation that is the No. 1 supplier of liquid natural gas to the United States.
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Brazil Environment Minister Marina Silva resigns
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5.13.2008 : 9:59 pm
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- Renowned rain forest defender Marina Silva resigned as Brazil's environment minister on Tuesday, saying she lacked the necessary political support to protect the Amazon.
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Colombian warlords extradited to US
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5.13.2008 : 6:17 pm
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BOGOTA, Colombia -- Colombia extradited 14 paramilitary warlords to the United States on Tuesday to stand trial on drug trafficking charges in a surprise move applauded by the Bush administration as evidence that Colombia deserves a trade deal.
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Sept. 11 families fear war-crimes trial
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5.13.2008 : 4:57 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- People who lost relatives in the Sept. 11 attacks fear alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will use his upcoming war-crimes trial to boast about his role and rally support for al-Qaida.
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Blacks to outnumber whites in Brazil
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5.13.2008 : 4:41 pm
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- Blacks will outnumber whites in Brazil this year for the first time since slavery was abolished, but the income gap between the two groups may take another 50 years to bridge, according to a government study released Tuesday.
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Chile to compensate volcano victims
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5.13.2008 : 3:37 pm
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SANTIAGO, Chile -- Chile's government will give victims of an erupting volcano cash, tax relief and financial help rebuilding their farms and businesses in a bid to get them to return to their homes, the interior minister said Tuesday.
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Brazil activists fear death squads back
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5.13.2008 : 9:20 am
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ABAETETUBA, Brazil -- Bishop Flavio Giovenale was crushed by the acquittal last week of a rancher accused of ordering the killing of a crusading American nun -- and not just because he admired Dorothy Stang.
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Mexico police say drug cartel killed No. 2 cop
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5.12.2008 : 11:58 pm
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MEXICO CITY -- A police officer and four other people with suspected ties to a powerful drug cartel have been arrested in the assassination of Mexico's acting federal police chief, authorities said Monday.
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Haiti lawmakers reject PM nominee
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5.12.2008 : 9:03 pm
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Haitian legislators on Monday rejected President Rene Preval's pick for prime minister, extending a monthlong period without a functioning government for the troubled nation.
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Cuban migrants land in Mexico after 17 days at sea
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5.12.2008 : 8:24 pm
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CANCUN, Mexico -- An attempt to reach Florida turned into 17 days at sea for Cuban migrants crammed aboard a rickety sailboat that drifted ashore in Mexico near the Belize border.
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Chavez criticizes Germany's Merkel
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5.12.2008 : 6:30 pm
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CARACAS, Venezuela -- Hugo Chavez accused German Chancellor Angela Merkel's party of sharing the same ideals as Adolf Hitler and warned he might confront her at Friday's summit of Latin American and European leaders in Peru.
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Bolivia's Morales approves August recall vote
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5.12.2008 : 3:58 pm
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LA PAZ, Bolivia -- President Evo Morales committed himself and Bolivia's nine governors on Monday to face recall votes on Aug. 10, gambling that his unfinished term will survive a referendum whose peculiar rules tilt in the populist leader's favor.
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Death toll from capsized ferry in Haiti hits 13
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5.12.2008 : 2:51 pm
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- A U.N. official says the bodies of two teenagers have been found near a capsized Haitian sailboat, raising the death toll to 13.
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Cuba: Bush chat with dissidents a 'show'
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5.12.2008 : 12:45 pm
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HAVANA -- Cuba on Monday dismissed a videoconference between President Bush and three key dissidents as a stunt to bolster the U.S. leader's low approval ratings, claiming there would be no political opposition on the island without funding from Washington.
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Real-life skull worship inspires new 'Indy' film
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5.12.2008 : 12:00 am
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PALENQUE, Chiapas -- There is a legend that the ancient Maya possessed 13 crystal skulls which, when united, hold the power of saving the Earth -- a tale so strange and fantastic that it inspired the latest Indiana Jones movie.
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Thousands protest violence in Mexico
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5.11.2008 : 7:30 pm
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico -- Thousands of white-clad people marched silently Sunday to protest a surge of drug-related violence in a Mexican city across from Texas where the No. 2 police officer was shot dead.
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Documents indicate that Chavez helped Colombia rebels
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5.11.2008 : 3:46 pm
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BOGOTA, Colombia -- Documents that Colombia says it recovered from a slain guerrilla leader give the clearest indication yet that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez sought to arm and finance insurgents across the border.
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Behind the food riots: a debate on how best to farm
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5.11.2008 : 2:24 am
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MEXICO CITY -- Sitting in a Mexico City office, dressed in a pressed white shirt, Gerardo Sanchez seems a world away from his herds of goats and fields of beans.
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Dominican Republic ups food subsidies
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5.10.2008 : 9:48 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- The Dominican Republic has expanded subsidies on basic food staples to maintain calm after deadly food riots recently struck neighboring Haiti.
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Top policeman killed in northern Mexico
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5.10.2008 : 9:27 pm
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico -- The No. 2 police officer in a Mexican border city across from Texas was shot dead Saturday, the latest high-ranking official killed in an onslaught of attacks blamed on gangs resisting a crackdown.
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Panama tracking down poison victims
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5.10.2008 : 8:21 pm
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PANAMA CITY, Panama -- Panamanian investigators asked health authorities Saturday to track down patients whose names appeared on 6,000 bottles of medication contaminated with a chemical commonly found in antifreeze and brake fluid.
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Activists want pets rescued from volcano
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5.10.2008 : 5:51 pm
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SANTIAGO, Chile -- Help is on the way for hundreds of household pets left behind in the wake of a volcano eruption in southern Chile, an animal welfare group said Saturday.
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Colombia shows new rebel documents that link Venezuela
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5.10.2008 : 6:15 am
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BOGOTA, Colombia -- A newly disclosed set of documents that Colombia's government says were recovered from a slain rebel's computers indicate senior Venezuelan officials tried to help arm Colombia's main guerrilla army.
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Judge removes legal adviser from Guantanamo case
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5.10.2008 : 1:40 am
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- A military judge has disqualified a Pentagon legal official from participating in the Guantanamo war crimes trial against a former driver for Osama bin Laden, saying he lacks independence.
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Dominica rejects legislating intermarriage to save tribe
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5.9.2008 : 11:12 pm
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ROSEAU, Dominica -- The leader of the last remaining pre-Columbian tribe in the eastern Caribbean says outlawing marriage to outsiders can save Dominica's dwindling indigenous population, but legislators are balking at deciding who can marry whom.
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Mexico blames gangs for killing top cop
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5.9.2008 : 8:40 pm
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MEXICO CITY -- President Felipe Calderon said Friday the killing of an acting federal police chief was an attempt by weakened gangs to counter his fight against drug trafficking.
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Haiti's PM nominee sees no quick fixes
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5.9.2008 : 8:18 pm
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- An international banker nominated to be Haiti's next prime minister said Friday that Haiti must concentrate on long-term strategies to help the millions pushed deeper into misery by higher food prices.
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Cuban Central Bank wants stronger peso
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5.9.2008 : 7:14 pm
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HAVANA -- Cuba's Central Bank is urging the government to gradually unify the island's two parallel currencies and cut back on "indiscriminate" subsidies, according to an internal report obtained by The Associated Press on Friday.
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Guantanamo detainees spead word to boycott trials
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5.9.2008 : 2:54 pm
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GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba -- The message travels among Guantanamo detainees in whispers between recreation areas and shouts through slots in cell doors: Don't trust the Americans. Boycott.
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Brazil rancher acquitted of killing nun says he admired her
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5.9.2008 : 12:17 pm
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BELEM, Brazil -- A rancher fighting allegations he ordered the killing of an American nun says he actually admired the slain activist and accused authorities of trying to frame him.
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President Morales agrees to Bolivian recall vote
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5.9.2008 : 12:18 am
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LA PAZ, Bolivia -- President Evo Morales agreed Thursday to stand for election in a nationwide recall vote, gambling that Bolivians will re-elect him after just two years in office and shore up support for his pending reforms.
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Chavez: Venezuela won't tolerate secession in Bolivia
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5.8.2008 : 9:19 pm
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CARACAS, Venezuela -- President Hugo Chavez says Venezuela will not tolerate a movement for secession in Bolivia's eastern lowland states. Chavez says his government has not meddled in the domestic affairs of other Latin American nations, but would if Bolivian states now seeking greater autonomy from Bolivia's central government push for total independence.
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Manta ray released from Bahamas resort
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5.8.2008 : 5:48 pm
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NASSAU, Bahamas -- A 1,000-pound (450-kilogram) manta ray was returned to the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday after three years as a research subject and tourist attraction at a Bahamian resort.
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Chilean troops force volcano evacuations
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5.8.2008 : 4:47 pm
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SANTIAGO, Chile -- Police and soldiers cleared the last remaining people from the shadow of a Chilean volcano on Thursday after a strong, overnight explosion spewed glowing-hot rocks from its crater.
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Correction: Brazil-Boat Sinks story
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5.8.2008 : 4:44 pm
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SAO PAULO, Brazil -- In stories May 4-May 8 about a ferry sinking in Brazil, The Associated Press erroneously described the Solimoes River as a tributary of the Amazon River. It is a branch of the Amazon itself.
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