Kidnapped Honduran radio news director found slain
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Honduras' president offered a reward of more than $150,000 Wednesday for information leading to the…
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Mexico charges 8 in Saint Death cult killings
HERMOSILLO, Mexico (AP) — Mexican prosecutors have formally charged eight people in the grisly cult slayings of two 10-year-old boys…
US agents on deadly Honduran military operation
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration confirmed Wednesday that some of its agents were aboard a U.S…
Brazil moves to cut hotel costs before Rio+20
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil is taking steps to lower the spiraling cost of accommodations during the United Nations' upcoming conference on…
Drug lab near cash plane crash site
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador's official news agency says police have found a cocaine-processing lab near where a small…
Amazon tributary hits record high after rains
SAO PAULO (AP) — A mighty tributary of the Amazon River has hit a record high level after weeks of heavy rains.
100 Rio buildings risk collapse, official says
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — More than 100 abandoned buildings in Rio de Janeiro are in such poor condition they are at risk of collapsing,…
Young man sought in Colombia bombing
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian investigators on Wednesday were seeking a man between 17 and 20 years old they say could be the…
Brazil probing dictatorship human rights abuses
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Wednesday swore in the seven members of a truth commission created to…
Chileans suffer while waiting for education reform
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Cristobal Steffens and his sister Natalie were the first in their family to go to college, and both emerged with…
