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Lawyer appealing Shining Path sentence
Oct 14 2006 10:22PM (CT)
LIMA, Peru (AP) - The lawyer for the founder of Peru's Shining Path rebel group said Saturday he is appealing the leader's life prison sentence for terrorist acts committed during the 12-year insurgency that cost nearly 70,000 lives.
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Chile leader visits site of her torture
Oct 14 2006 10:09PM (CT)
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - President Michelle Bachelet paid an emotional visit Saturday to a torture center where she and her mother were abused three decades ago, and said her government will move to repeal an amnesty law that has prevented prosecution of human rights violations.
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Plane carrying 6 disappears in Brazil
Oct 14 2006 9:24PM (CT)
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - A small private plane with six people aboard has gone missing after losing contact with air traffic controllers, the country's civil aviation authority said Saturday.
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2 ordered not to discuss Gitmo claims
Oct 14 2006 7:53PM (CT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - A paralegal and a military lawyer who brought forward allegations about prisoner abuse at the Guantanamo Bay detention center have been ordered not to speak with the press, lawyers and a military spokeswoman said Saturday.
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Correa favored in Ecuador elections
Oct 14 2006 2:58PM (CT)
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - Having forced their last three elected presidents from office, Ecuadoreans are choosing a new one Sunday, and the favorite is a leftist pledging to lead a "citizens' revolution" against a political establishment widely seen as corrupt and incompetent.
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'Last call' law clears Dominican streets
Oct 14 2006 1:59PM (CT)
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) - A young crowd plays dominoes and throws back rum under the palm trees of a colonial square. As the clock ticks past 2 a.m., a police jeep arrives.
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