Latin America & Caribbean
Haitians flee homes as Hurricane Matthew hits
Haitians living in vulnerable coastal shacks frantically sought shelter as the strongest Caribbean storm in nine years, Hurricane Matthew, closed in on ...Colombians reject peace deal with the FARC
Colombians narrowly rejected a peace deal with Marxist guerrillas in a referendum on Sunday, plunging the nation into uncertainty and dashing President ...Colombia FARC rebels announce definitive ceasefire
The commander of Colombia\'s biggest rebel movement said Sunday its fighters will permanently cease hostilities with the government beginning with the first ...8 troops killed in suspected rebel attack in north Paraguay
Suspected members of a little-known rebel group killed eight soldiers in an attack in northern Paraguay on Saturday, just days after guerrillas ...Colombia, FARC rebels reach deal to end half-century of bloodshed
Colombia\'s government and Marxist FARC rebels reached a final peace deal on Wednesday to end a five-decade war which once took the ...Rainy Rio wraps up challenging Games on upbeat tropical note
A blustery storm, a touch of melancholy and a sense of pride converged at the closing ceremony of the 2016 Olympics on ...Two US swimmers leave Brazil after admitting to inventing mugging
US Olympic authorities have apologized to Brazil after two US swimmers were allowed to go home having retracted a fabricated story about ...Brazil police pull two US Olympic swimmers from airplane
Brazilian police pulled two US Olympic swimmers off a US-bound plane in a row over their claim of having been victims of ...Michael Phelps wins 23rd gold with US win in 4×100 relay
Michael Phelps claimed his 23rd gold medal. Puerto Rico won its first ever. And Jamaica got its first gold of the Rio ...Panama agrees to help migrants head on for US
Panama promised to help hundreds of migrants who have crossed its jungle border from Colombia to carry on toward the United States.