A U.S. underwater archaeology team on Thursday announced it has likely discovered the shattered remnants of a ship once captained by the notorious buccaneer William Kidd off a tiny island belonging to the Dominican Republic.
Two earthquakes rocked northern Chile early Thursday, but authorities said no victims or damage were reported.
Aqsa Parvez would leave home each morning wearing track pants and a Muslim head scarf. Once the 16-year-old got to school, she would remove the scarf and change into close-fitting jeans.
Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, already convicted of abuse of authority, denied in a second trial Wednesday that he was aware of a military death squad even though he lived at army headquarters when the group operated.
Four alleged Venezuelan agents have been arrested in the U.S. and charged with trying to persuade a U.S. citizen to keep quiet about a growing international election scandal.
A Peruvian Supreme Court judge convicted former President Alberto Fujimori of abuse of authority and sentenced him to six years in prison Tuesday in the first criminal conviction for Fujimori, who also faces human rights and corruption charges.
A judge in southern Chile has sentenced a Catholic priest to recite psalms daily during three months as punishment for a traffic violation.
A Supreme Court judge convicted former President Alberto Fujimori of abuse of authority and sentenced him to six years in prison Tuesday, the first criminal conviction for the former leader also facing human rights and corruption charges.
Guatemalan legislators approved a new law Tuesday to tighten adoption restrictions, while allowing pending adoptions -- mostly to U.S. couples -- to go through without meeting the stricter requirements.
A murder suspect dubbed "the cannibal" was found dead in his prison cell of an apparent suicide Tuesday, two months after police found cooked and seasoned bits of his girlfriend's corpse on a fork and plate in his apartment.
A U.S. underwater archaeology team on Thursday announced it has likely discovered the shattered remnants of a ship once captained by the notorious buccaneer William Kidd off a tiny island belonging to the Dominican Republic.
Two earthquakes rocked northern Chile early Thursday, but authorities said no victims or damage were reported.
Aqsa Parvez would leave home each morning wearing track pants and a Muslim head scarf. Once the 16-year-old got to school, she would remove the scarf and change into close-fitting jeans.
Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, already convicted of abuse of authority, denied in a second trial Wednesday that he was aware of a military death squad even though he lived at army headquarters when the group operated.
Four alleged Venezuelan agents have been arrested in the U.S. and charged with trying to persuade a U.S. citizen to keep quiet about a growing international election scandal.
A Peruvian Supreme Court judge convicted former President Alberto Fujimori of abuse of authority and sentenced him to six years in prison Tuesday in the first criminal conviction for Fujimori, who also faces human rights and corruption charges.
A judge in southern Chile has sentenced a Catholic priest to recite psalms daily during three months as punishment for a traffic violation.
A Supreme Court judge convicted former President Alberto Fujimori of abuse of authority and sentenced him to six years in prison Tuesday, the first criminal conviction for the former leader also facing human rights and corruption charges.
Guatemalan legislators approved a new law Tuesday to tighten adoption restrictions, while allowing pending adoptions -- mostly to U.S. couples -- to go through without meeting the stricter requirements.
A murder suspect dubbed "the cannibal" was found dead in his prison cell of an apparent suicide Tuesday, two months after police found cooked and seasoned bits of his girlfriend's corpse on a fork and plate in his apartment.
Cristina Fernandez was sworn in Monday as Argentina's first elected female president, completing a rare husband-wife transfer of power that the nation hopes will ensure continued recovery from an economic meltdown.
A Brazilian consortium won an auction Monday to build and operate a major dam in the Amazon rain forest following a bidding process disrupted by protesters who claim the project will displace thousands and harm the environment.
Hugo Chavez and leaders of six other South American nations launched a regional development bank Sunday that the Venezuelan leader is touting as the continent's answer to U.S.-influenced international lenders.
A pig farmer accused of being Canada's worst serial killer was found guilty Sunday of six counts of second-degree murder, which carries a mandatory sentence of life in prison.
Aruba's chief prosecutor said he will close the case of missing American teenager Natalee Holloway by the end of the month unless his office finds that there is enough evidence to charge someone with a major crime.
In a decision that could end hopes for any prosecutions in the 2005 disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway, an Aruban judge on Friday ordered the release of a third suspect, Joran van der Sloot.
Under international pressure, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe agreed Friday to what would be the first face-to-face meeting between officials of his government and leftist rebels.
Jamaican soldiers will join police on patrols on the Caribbean island in a new strategy to fight rising violence, the prime minister said.
Two Mormon missionaries who got lost during a hike in Martinique this week were found, hungry but unharmed, on the slopes of a volcanic peak on Thursday, authorities said.
Authorities in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez said Wednesday that they plan to exhume the remains of more than 4,000 unidentified people buried in common graves and take DNA samples in an attempt to identify them.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Wednesday denied he bowed to voters' rejection of a referendum only at the prodding by the military and said he would continue to push for sweeping constitutional changes.
After nearly four years of economic growth fed by record oil prices, inflation is beginning to eat away at Venezuela's economy despite efforts by President Hugo Chavez's government to put a cap on swiftly rising prices.
President Hugo Chavez on Friday wrapped up his campaign to push through broad constitutional changes with a broadside attack against adversaries at home and abroad -- including a threat to cut off oil exports to the United States.
A ruling by a panel of Aruban judges on Wednesday could mean trouble for the prosecution in the case of an American teenager's disappearance in Aruba.
Two Mormon missionaries who vanished while hiking a volcanic peak were being sought Wednesday on the eastern Caribbean island of Martinique.
Cuban state security agents followed anti-government protesters into a Catholic Church this week, detaining about a dozen dissidents after hitting and kicking some of them, according to witnesses.
A female guerrilla, holding tightly a kidnapped 4-year-old she guarded six months in captivity, turned herself into authorities Tuesday after fleeing Colombia's largest rebel group, the army said.
A brutal organized crime wave terrorizing Mexico has led to the slayings of several popular musicians -- including K-Paz de la Sierra lead singer Sergio Gomez -- suggesting musicians may not be able to avoid being identified with warring drug gangs.
Iran has expelled Canada's ambassador, Canadian Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier said Monday in a statement.
Venezuelans, by the slimmest of margins, rejected a constitutional referendum that would have allowed President Hugo Chavez to seek re-election indefinitely and tightened socialism's grip on the oil-rich Latin American nation.
Venezuelans turned out Sunday to vote on whether to approve broad constitutional changes that would bolster President Hugo Chavez's embrace of socialism and grant an indefinite extension of his eligibility to serve as president.
President Hugo Chavez would take on expanded powers and have a shot at being president for life under constitutional changes being considered today by Venezuelans in a vote that has raised tensions in South America's top oil exporter.
A Colombian rebel group holding hostages had agreed to release some of them by the end of the year, but Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has derailed those plans, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez told reporters Saturday.
Satish Kalpoe, one of two brothers rearrested last week in the 2005 disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway, shook his attorney's hand Saturday after leaving a jail in San Nicolas, Aruba.
Two of the suspects being held in connection with Natalee Holloway's presumed death will be released from custody by Saturday.
The Colombian government has seized five videotapes from suspected members of a rebel group that show a number of hostages, including Colombian Sen. Ingrid Betancourt and three American contractors, a government statement said Thursday.
The chief prosecutor in the Natalee Holloway investigation has agreed to meet Saturday with the parents of the missing Alabama teen, who is presumed dead.
A special assembly rewriting Ecuador's constitution suspended the nation's congress and said it would take over its functions until a new charter is approved.
One day after demonstrators thronged the Venezuelan capital's main thoroughfare to express their opposition to Sunday's referendum on changes to the constitution, supporters of President Hugo Chavez plan to hold their own demonstrations on Friday.
A magnitude-7.4 earthquake struck Thursday in the Caribbean just off the coast of Martinique, setting off shaking that triggered a reading of a strong earthquake in California, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
An oil platform leak that has spilled thousands of barrels of crude into the Gulf of Mexico could take several months to repair, state oil monopoly Petroleos Mexicanos said.
Hundreds of students clashed with police and national guard Wednesday in a series of protests days ahead of a referendum tabled by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Wednesday he is cutting all ties with Colombia as long as Alvaro Uribe remains its president.
President Hugo Chavez's government called its ambassador back to Caracas for talks.
Joran van der Sloot, a suspect in the disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway, is complaining about his treatment in jail.
A judge Monday granted the prosecution's request to hold Joran van der Sloot for a total of 16 days "on the suspicion of manslaughter" in the case of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway.
Beauty pageant organizers were investigating Sunday who doused a contestant's evening gowns with pepper spray and spiked her makeup, causing her to break out in hives.
The last group of survivors from the Antarctic cruise ship that struck an iceberg and slipped into the icy sea were flown back to the South American mainland Sunday.
The army stumbled on the handwritten diary during a raid on a guerrilla camp. It lay near the embers of a communal kitchen where fleeing rebels left their breakfast untouched.
Eight people died Sunday after a section of stands at a soccer stadium in northeastern Brazil collapsed as cheering fans jumped up and down at the end of a game, police said.
A Canadian man died Saturday, four days after police used a Taser stun-gun on him because he reportedly was acting erratically in a store, police said. He was the third person to die in recent weeks in Canada after being shocked by the hand-held weapon.
More than 150 passengers and crew aboard a sinking ship in the Antarctic, which is believed to have collided with an iceberg, have been rescued to safety, officials said.
The Brazilian government is investigating the case of a 15-year-old girl who allegedly was raped and tortured after being put in a prison cell with 20 male inmates, officials said.
There is enough evidence to prove Natalee Holloway is dead -- even if the Alabama teenager's remains are never found, Aruba's chief public prosecutor said Friday.
Arrested on a charge of theft, a teenage girl was locked up in an Amazon jail for weeks with 21 men who would only let her eat in return for sex.
Canada is taking a closer look at the police use of stun guns after two recent deaths, including one in which a man died about 30 hours after being shocked.
Families of dozens of rebel-held hostages struggled with shock and grief following the Colombian government's decision to end Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's mediation with leftist guerrillas, seen by many as the best hope for freeing the prisoners.
Authorities have re-arrested three men in connection with the disappearance of an Alabama teenager in Aruba in 2005, based on new evidence in the case, prosecutors announced Wednesday.
Three young men previously detained as suspects in the 2005 disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway were re-arrested Wednesday, the Aruban public prosecutor's office said, citing new evidence in the case.
Police said Wednesday they had confirmed the identity of a former Washington State University basketball player whose body was found at an isolated military range in central Brazil.
Chile's Supreme Court on Wednesday threw out embezzlement indictments that led to the brief detention of the widow and four children of the late dictator, Gen. Augusto Pinochet.
A Venezuelan lawmaker repeatedly slapped a journalist in the face during a television program Tuesday, accusing him of slander after he wrote about the death of her infant son years ago. Watch video of the slapping here
A whale that got lost and swam hundreds of miles up the Amazon River died after a failed effort to capture it and transport it back to the ocean, an environmental official said Wednesday.
Jeff and Diana Kerr fell in love with the Guatemalan baby girl the moment they saw her photograph. The Minnesota couple decorated her pink and white nursery with pictures of flowers and butterflies, but now they don't know if the 8-month-old will ever become their daughter.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Tuesday that Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe is ready for talks with FARC rebels if they release some of their hostages first.
A whale that swam some 1,000 miles up an Amazon river may get a ship ride back to the ocean, environmentalists say.
Many Spaniards were so amused when their king told Venezuela's president to "shut up" they want to hear the words every time their phone rings.
The lawyer for a pig farmer accused of being Canada's worst serial killer opened the defense's final arguments Monday by denying the man ever confessed to killing six women.
Ecuador's leftist President Rafael Correa will control more than 60 percent of an assembly writing a new constitution for the politically unstable nation, according to official election results Monday.
Mexico City's famous cathedral was closed Monday after protesters raided the building, and church officials said they wouldn't reopen it until city authorities guarantee its security.
An 18-foot whale that entered the Amazon River and swam about 1,000 miles upstream has been trapped for a second time on a sandbar, Brazilian news media reported Sunday.
An 18-foot minke whale ran aground on a sandbar in the Amazon jungle some 1,000 miles from the ocean, Brazilian media reported Friday.
The Chilean government on Friday airlifted 30 more tons of aid to an area in the north hit by a massive earthquake this week, but the situation remained difficult at several places because of the lack of water and frequent aftershocks.
A video showing the last moments of a Polish immigrant, who died after Canadian police shot him with a stun gun at Vancouver International Airport, has been made public.
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet arrived in the quake zone, announcing a state of emergency and promising aid after three powerful aftershocks rattled the region Thursday, according to state-owned media.
Spain on Thursday sought to end an escalating dispute with Venezuela that started when Spanish King Juan Carlos told Venezuela's president to "shut up" during bad-tempered exchanges at a summit meeting.
Thousands of Chileans may have to sleep in the streets Wednesday night after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake rattled the north part of the country, killing at least two people, injuring dozens and destroying hundreds of homes.
President-elect Cristina Fernandez on Wednesday named the 37-year-old head of a state-run bank to be Argentina's economy minister when she takes office next month.
A major earthquake struck northern Chile on Wednesday, toppling power lines, closing roads and sending terrified residents into the streets.
About 100 communities in the Dominican Republic remain inaccessible by land because Tropical Storm Noel destroyed bridges and roads two weeks ago, officials said.
About 100 demonstrating taxi, bus and truck drivers clashed with police Monday amid flying rocks and rubber bullets during a protest rally outside the city legislature in Buenos Aires, leaving more than a dozen people injured, authorities said.
Spain's king was right to tell Hugo Chavez to "shut up" at a summit because the Venezuelan president had insulted Spain's former prime minister, the governing party said Monday.
Employees at Mexico's largest copper mine are exposed to dangerous levels of mineral dust and acid mist, according to a report released Monday by the union whose strike has idled the mine since July.
Some 20,000 demonstrators marched to Argentina's river border with Uruguay on Saturday to protest the impending startup of a paper pulp plant in the neighboring country they fear will pollute the environment.
President Hugo Chavez condemned Venezuela's opposition on Friday for resorting to "fascist violence" in protesting constitutional changes that would greatly expand his power.
A huge offshore oil discovery could raise Brazil's petroleum reserves by a whopping 40 percent and boost this country into the ranks of the world's major exporters, officials said.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and a top Colombian guerrilla chief Thursday gave a glimmer of hope that dozens of hostages held by the leftist rebels would be freed.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned on Friday that Japan and its neighbors must do more to confront security problems in Asia, calling it one of the "last places on earth with the potential for a nuclear confrontation."
Gunmen opened fire on students returning from a march Wednesday in which 80,000 people denounced President Hugo Chavez's attempts to expand his power. At least eight people were injured, including one by gunfire, officials said.
Rescue workers found a third body and were still looking for 24 missing villagers Wednesday after a wave of water and mud buried a hamlet in southern Mexico.
Thousands of university students marched to Venezuela's Supreme Tribunal on Wednesday, demanding that justices postpone a December referendum on proposed constitutional reforms that would greatly expand President Hugo Chavez's power.
Prime Minister Patrick Manning will be sworn in Wednesday afternoon for another five-year term after his party retained control of parliament with an 11-seat majority in the oil- and gas-rich Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago.
Two death squads for hire, blamed for at least 35 killings, were smashed with a series of raids Tuesday in the Brazilian city of Recife, police said.
Rescue officials were searching for more than a dozen missing people Tuesday after a landslide slammed into a rain-swollen river, wiping out a tiny hamlet in southern Mexico.
Greenpeace announced Tuesday it is seeking a court injunction to block the construction of a third nuclear power plant in Brazil, which is searching for ways to produce more energy for Latin America's largest nation.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates and his Chinese counterpart agreed to work together to steer Iran away from its nuclear ambitions in talks that Chinese President Hu Jintao described Tuesday as "very candid and friendly."
A hacker broke into the Web page of Chile's presidency and planted the flag of neighboring Peru, leaving the site inoperable for about 18 hours until it was restored Monday.
An ex-general who helped President Hugo Chavez through an abortive coup against his leadership in 2002 publically broke with the president Monday over proposed constitutional changes.
Hungry and dehydrated victims of one of the worst floods in Mexico's history scrambled for government packages of food and medicine, while at least 20,000 people remained trapped Monday on the rooftops of homes swallowed by water.
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