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Mexico extradites suspect to U.S.
Jan 9 2007 11:12PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - A Mexican man was extradited to the United States on Tuesday in connection with the slaying of a deputy sheriff in California.
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Colombia frees reporter linked to probe
Jan 9 2007 11:07PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - A reporter for a state-controlled television network in Venezuela was released Tuesday from a Colombian jail, almost two months after his arrest on accusations of plotting bomb attacks with leftist rebels, authorities said.
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Analysts hit Venezuela nationalization
Jan 9 2007 9:31PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Investors spooked by President Hugo Chavez's nationalization plans rushed to sell off Venezuelan stocks Tuesday, while U.S. officials and financial analysts warned that increasing government control in the power, telecom and oil sectors is a mistake.
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St. Lucian lawmakers elect women leaders
Jan 9 2007 7:14PM (CT)
CASTRIES, St. Lucia (AP) - St. Lucian lawmakers on Tuesday made history in the Caribbean island when they selected two women to lead Parliament.
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Daniel Ortega returns to lead Nicaragua
Jan 9 2007 7:08PM (CT)
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) - Daniel Ortega, who led a Marxist government that spent the 1980s fighting U.S.-backed insurgents, returns to power Wednesday promising to respect free trade and private business and maintain relations with Washington.
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Human rights groups plan Gitmo protests
Jan 9 2007 5:33PM (CT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - A legal aid group representing Guantanamo Bay detainees condemned the U.S. military prison Tuesday as an "abomination" and called on Washington to close the facility, which opened five years ago this week.
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Cuban activist: Fewer political captives
Jan 9 2007 3:11PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - The number of political prisoners held in Cuba fell in the second half of 2006, but harassment of dissidents continues, a veteran human rights activist said Tuesday.
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Chavez gets more power by nationalizing
Jan 9 2007 1:37PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - As Venezuela embarked on another six years under Hugo Chavez, the president announced plans to nationalize power and telecommunications companies and make other bold changes to increase state control as he promised a more radical push toward socialism.
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Police in Tijuana get death threats
Jan 9 2007 1:17AM (CT)
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) - Police in this violent border city have received a wave of death threats since soldiers took their guns away on allegations of collusion with drug traffickers, officials said Monday.
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Bolivians set fire to state capitol
Jan 9 2007 1:05AM (CT)
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - Backers of leftist Bolivian President Evo Morales set fire to a state capitol Monday in a protest to demand the resignation of a governor allied with the conservative opposition.
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