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Colombia rebel: French won't get Ingrid
Apr 3 2008 11:42PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - A senior rebel leader ruled out the unilateral release of an ailing French-Colombian hostage, casting doubt on the mission of French diplomats and doctors who flew to Colombia on Thursday to save her life.
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Colombia rebel: French won't get Ingrid
Apr 3 2008 11:42PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - A senior rebel leader ruled out the unilateral release of an ailing French-Colombian hostage, casting doubt on the mission of French diplomats and doctors who flew to Colombia on Thursday to save her life.
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Chavez orders cement nationalization
Apr 3 2008 11:28PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - President Hugo Chavez on Thursday ordered the nationalization of Venezuela's cement industry, saying his government cannot allow businesses to continue exporting raw materials needed to help tackle a domestic housing shortage.
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Brazil prosecutor: Extradite Italian
Apr 3 2008 8:02PM (CT)
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - Brazil's top prosecutor on Thursday recommended the extradition of a leftist Italian fugitive wanted in connection with four killings in the 1970s.
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Argentine strike ends, shortages persist
Apr 3 2008 7:39PM (CT)
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Cattle trucks returned to the main stockyard in the Argentina capital Thursday after a 21-day farm strike against rising export taxes, but shortages of beef and produce remained a headache for consumers nationwide.
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Want ads lure Mexicans to carry drugs
Apr 3 2008 7:32PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Drug cartels are using classified job ads to lure young Mexicans near the U.S. border into unknowingly working as drug couriers, law enforcement officials said Thursday.
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Cuban demand: Power to the peso!
Apr 3 2008 4:34PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - President Raul Castro has lifted restrictions on consumer goods and hotel stays, but most Cubans get paid in virtually worthless pesos, which can't buy basic items like toilet paper, let alone a DVD player or poolside mojito cocktails at the Hotel Capri.
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Cuban demand: Power to the peso!
Apr 3 2008 4:34PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - President Raul Castro has lifted restrictions on consumer goods and hotel stays, but most Cubans get paid in virtually worthless pesos, which can't buy basic items like toilet paper, let alone a DVD player or poolside mojito cocktails at the Hotel Capri.
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Cuban demand: Power to the peso!
Apr 3 2008 4:34PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - President Raul Castro has lifted restrictions on consumer goods and hotel stays, but most Cubans get paid in virtually worthless pesos, which can't buy basic items like toilet paper, let alone a DVD player or poolside mojito cocktails at the Hotel Capri.
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Cuban demand: Power to the peso!
Apr 3 2008 4:34PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - President Raul Castro has lifted restrictions on consumer goods and hotel stays, but most Cubans get paid in virtually worthless pesos, which can't buy basic items like toilet paper, let alone a DVD player or poolside mojito cocktails at the Hotel Capri.
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Argentine pilots stop flying for 4 hours
Apr 3 2008 3:50PM (CT)
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Pilots at Argentina's flagship airline walked off the job briefly Thursday, suspending international and domestic flights and temporarily stranding hundreds of passengers.
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Colombian rebel: no unilateral release
Apr 3 2008 3:19PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - A senior Colombian rebel official has ruled out the unilateral release of any hostages, dimming the prospects Ingrid Betancourt might soon be freed.
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Suriname plane crash kills at least 19
Apr 3 2008 1:05PM (CT)
PARAMARIBO, Suriname (AP) - A plane crashed en route to a remote mining region in southern Suriname on Thursday, killing at least 19 people, officials in the South American country said.
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Protests in Brazil reservation eviction
Apr 3 2008 12:58AM (CT)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - Protesters fighting removal of settlers from an Amazon Indian reservation burned two bridges and blocked another, federal police said Wednesday.
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