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Ex-Guatemalan policeman held in slayings
Feb 28 2007 11:47PM (CT)
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - The fifth of six former Guatemalan police officers suspected in the killings of three Salvadoran politicians and their driver turned himself on Wednesday. Prosecutors said the ex-officer allegedly bought the gasoline used to burn the victims.
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Honduras names ambassador to Cuba
Feb 28 2007 10:46PM (CT)
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) - Honduras named its first ambassador to Cuba in 45 years on Wednesday, completing the restoration of diplomatic ties with communist-run island that were severed during the Cold War.
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Helicopter crash kills 3 in Peru
Feb 28 2007 10:20PM (CT)
AYACUCHO, Peru (AP) - An air force helicopter crashed in Peru's highlands Wednesday, killing three active-duty or retired military personnel and injuring an army general who commanded a military base in the area.
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Chavez wants protests during Bush visit
Feb 28 2007 9:58PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called for protests during President Bush's upcoming trip to Latin America, saying gangland boss Al Capone was a baby compared to officials in the U.S. administration.
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Cubans speculate on Castro appearance
Feb 28 2007 9:48PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - Fidel Castro's surprise call to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's radio talk show fueled expectations among some Cubans that the ailing 80-year-old would recover enough to reappear in public. Castro loyalists in Havana were delighted Tuesday night to hear the first live broadcast comments the leader has made since intestinal surgery in late July.
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Bolivia declares El Nino flood disaster
Feb 28 2007 9:09PM (CT)
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - President Evo Morales on Wednesday officially declared months of deadly flooding a national disaster, committing some $50 million to the crisis that killed 35 people and affected some 72,000 families.
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Bolivia declares El Nino flood disaster
Feb 28 2007 9:09PM (CT)
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - President Evo Morales on Wednesday officially declared months of deadly flooding a national disaster, committing some $50 million to the crisis that killed 35 people and affected some 72,000 families.
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Gang stronghold in Haitian slum seized
Feb 28 2007 7:36PM (CT)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - U.N. peacekeepers and Haitian police seized the last remaining gang stronghold in Haiti's largest slum on Wednesday, the latest in a series of military crackdowns aimed at stabilizing the impoverished and divided Caribbean nation.
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Fox signs book deal to publish memoir
Feb 28 2007 6:10PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Former Mexican President Vicente Fox is writing a memoir that will detail his ups and down with world leaders around the globe, from Cuba's Fidel Castro to President Bush, Viking announced Wednesday.
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Uribe won't grant amnesty to rebels
Feb 28 2007 5:16PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - President Alvaro Uribe has ruled out amnesty for leftist rebels under an eventual peace deal, reversing a long-standing blueprint for ending Colombia's five-decade civil conflict.
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Mexico hopes to control migration
Feb 28 2007 2:44PM (CT)
TULTITLAN, Mexico (AP) - President Felipe Calderon hopes to accomplish the sweeping immigration reform Washington has failed to adopt _ not just cracking down on the southern border but also creating a guest-worker program and improving conditions for illegal Central American migrants.
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Castro says on radio he feels stronger
Feb 28 2007 10:32AM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Cuban leader Fidel Castro called into Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's radio talk show, saying he felt "more energetic" and was enjoying his convalescence in his first live comments since falling ill seven months ago.
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Mexico troops with HIV win case vs. army
Feb 28 2007 1:05AM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the armed forces cannot kick out HIV-positive members because doing so is discriminatory and unconstitutional.
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Mexico vows to improve migrant's treatment
Feb 28 2007 12:36AM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico's head of migration on Tuesday pledged to improve the agency's detention centers in response to criticism that Mexico fails to give Central American immigrants the same respect it demands for its own citizens in the United States.
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Remains of 14 victims exhumed in Colombia
Feb 28 2007 12:30AM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Investigators have exhumed the remains of 14 victims of paramilitary violence buried in a municipal cemetery in northern Colombia without proper funerals, authorities said Tuesday.
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Cuban dissident to OK asylum in Norway
Feb 28 2007 12:19AM (CT)
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - A Cuban dissident who was recently deported from Bolivia for criticizing President Evo Morales plans to relocate to Norway, his wife said on Tuesday.
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