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Guatemalan cops probe motive in murders
Feb 21 2007 11:40PM (CT)
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - His father was the alleged founder of El Salvador's death squads in the 1980s, but police said Wednesday they do not know if that charge played any role in the killings of Eduardo D'Abuisson and two other Salvadoran politicians.
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Peacekeepers seize Haitian leader's home
Feb 21 2007 11:35PM (CT)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - U.N. peacekeepers seized a house belonging to one of Haiti's most wanted gang leaders but failed to catch him during a raid that also led to the arrest of 17 suspected gang members, officials said Wednesday.
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Land mine kills 5 Colombian soldiers
Feb 21 2007 10:24PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - A land mine killed five Colombian soldiers Wednesday after a patrol chasing leftist rebels stumbled in to a mine field, authorities said.
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U.S. urged to reconsider Venezuela ban
Feb 21 2007 10:19PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - A U.S. congresswoman called on the Bush administration Wednesday to reconsider its ban on selling parts for U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets to Venezuela, urging improved ties between the two nations.
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Menchu to run for president in Guatemala
Feb 21 2007 10:15PM (CT)
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu on Wednesday announced that she will run for the presidency of Guatemala in the country's September elections, a move likely fuel talk about an Indian resurgence in Latin American politics.
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Rio crowns carnival parade's samba champ
Feb 21 2007 9:18PM (CT)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - The Beija Flor samba group won its 10th carnival championship Wednesday, taking home top honors for a performance in which thousands of costumed drummers and dancers celebrated Brazil's African roots.
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Argentina's Kirchner backs Chavez
Feb 21 2007 8:19PM (CT)
EL TIGRE, Venezuela (AP) - Argentina's president pledged on Wednesday to deepen ties with Venezuela, snubbing a U.S. diplomatic effort to counter the influence of leftist President Hugo Chavez in South America.
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Ortega scores high in Nicaraguan poll
Feb 21 2007 7:13PM (CT)
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) - Daniel Ortega is enjoying a political honeymoon a month into his second term as president, with nearly two-thirds of Nicaraguans approving of his job so far, according to a poll released Wednesday.
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Former guerrilla puts Uribe in hot seat
Feb 21 2007 1:22PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - The political scandal that forced Colombia's foreign minister to quit this week and put other close allies of President Alvaro Uribe in jail is being driven in large part by a rebel-turned-lawmaker who has become the opposition's chief provocateur.
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Peru launches plan to combat lateness
Feb 21 2007 12:54PM (CT)
LIMA, Peru (AP) - The government wants to take some of the manana out of Peruvian life. Manana, meaning "tomorrow," is an age-old euphemism for the lateness and procrastination that are common in Latin America. Weddings, funerals, meals and business meetings rarely begin on time, and it's even considered rude to be punctual for a party.
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2 convicted in 2004 Honduras bus attack
Feb 21 2007 12:45AM (CT)
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) - A three-judge tribunal on Tuesday found two members of the Mara Salvatrucha gang guilty of killing 28 people in a shooting attack on a passenger bus, and acquitted two other men in the case.
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