Latin America & Caribbean
US flag raised in Cuba after 54 years
Secretary of State John Kerry called Friday for "genuine democracy" in Cuba as the American flag was raised over a US embassy ...Nineteen killed in Sao Paulo shootings
Nineteen people were killed and seven injured overnight in a wave of shootings in Brazil\'s biggest city Sao Paulo, a security official ...Chile takes first step towards legal abortion
Chile\'s Congress took its first step toward legalizing abortion in some cases, a practice that has been legally banned for decades in ...15 police offers dead in Colombia helicopter crash
Fifteen police were killed Tuesday in Colombia when a helicopter taking part in an anti-drug trafficking operation crashed in a remote jungle-covered ...Bolivia recognizes workers for mastery of native languages
Thousands of public workers in Bolivia are being recognized for having complied with a federal law requiring them to learn one of ...Colombia to buy land for poor in post-war period
Colombia aims to buy land from private owners and redistribute it among the poor after its 50-year-old war ends, the government said ...Eleven Colombian military personnel killed in plane crash
Eleven Colombian military personnel were killed on Friday when their transport plane suffered motor failure and crashed in the northern province of ...Peru frees children held by Shining Path rebels
Authorities in Peru rescued 39 people, including 26 children, whom Maoist Shining Path rebels were raising in bondage as future rebel troops, ...Colombian soldier killed in fresh FARC clash
A Colombian soldier died during a clash with FARC guerillas, the army said Thursday, as peace talks aimed at ending the decades-long ...Egypt jails former Mubarak PM for corruption
An Egyptian court sentenced a former prime minister of ousted president Hosni Mubarak Wednesday to five years in prison for corruption and ...