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Suspects ID'd in slayings in Mexico, officials say

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:53:37 EDT

Mexican officials said they have identified two suspects in this week's slayings of two Americans in northern Mexico.

Face-to-face meeting in Honduran crisis unlikely

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:13:20 EDT

Deposed Honduran President Jose Manuel Zelaya, ahead of planned discussions Thursday with the man who ousted him and the host country's president, vowed not to negotiate.

Peru has high maternal mortality rate

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:28:11 EDT

Pregnant women in Peru are dying at scandalous rates, according to the author of an Amnesty International report into maternal mortality in the South American country.

U.S. deports ex-Bolivian official

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:02:26 EDT

A former Bolivian interior minister accused of human rights violations was handed over to authorities in his home country Thursday after completing a prison sentence in the United States.

Drug-fueled gang wars shake Vancouver

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:59:40 EDT

When Canadian cocaine smuggler Charles Lai was being sentenced in a Seattle federal courtroom last month, the judge sending him to prison for 13 years offered a small item of good news.

Anti-government protests continue in Peru

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:46:47 EDT

Thousands of police and military forces were dispatched in capital's streets Wednesday to maintain order during the second day of a national strike led by unions and civil groups.

Caracas mayor ends anti-Chavez hunger strike

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:14:39 EDT

The mayor of Venezuela's capital on Wednesday ended a six-day hunger strike protesting the government of President Hugo Chavez.

Three tied to drug cartels sentenced for torture

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:04:35 EDT

Three men who kidnapped and tortured a man over a drug debt were sentenced Tuesday in Atlanta, Georgia, to decades in prison, in a case tied to Mexican drug cartels.

Honduras reportedly accepts mediation offer

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:29:34 EDT

Provisional Honduran President Roberto Micheletti has accepted an offer that an independent commission help broker an impasse over whether to allow the return of ousted President Jose Manual Zelaya, Costa Rica's foreign ministry said Tuesday.

Mexico's ruling party loses midterm elections

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:34:24 EDT

Mexican President Felipe Calderon's ruling party lost races throughout the nation in midterm elections as the opposition Revolutionary Institutional Party rolled to victories in the lower legislative house and state and local posts.