Latin America & Caribbean
Peru votes on Fujimori daughter in chaotic election
Peruvians voted Sunday on whether Keiko Fujimori, daughter of an ex-president jailed for massacres, should become their first female leader in an ...Ex-Argentine President Fernandez charged with money laundering
Cristina Fernandez, who stepped down as president of Argentina in December after eight years in office, has been charged by a prosecutor ...Fidel Castro makes rare public appearance after Obama visit
Former Cuban President Fidel Castro, 89, made a rare appearance outside his home on Thursday, visiting a school to mark the birthday ...Panama will form commission to review financial practices
Panama said on Wednesday it would form an independent commission to review the country\'s financial practices following the leak of information from ...Opposition activists, Maduro supporters clash in Caracas
Government supporters and opposition activists clashed Thursday in a rock-hurling brawl near Venezuela\'s election council headquarters triggered by an opposition recall campaign ...Venezuela decrees Fridays a holiday to ease energy crisis
Venezuela\'s President Nicolas Maduro has decreed that all Fridays for the next two months will be holidays, in a bid to save ...Massive Panama leak shows how world leader hide their money
Close aides of Russian president Vladimir Putin are among those whose assets feature in a vast expose of tax havens published Sunday ...Tens of thousands of Colombians stage anti-government protest
Tens of thousands of people protested in more than 20 cities across Colombia against President Juan Manuel Santos and his government\'s peace ...World leaders urge action on nuclear security, terror
World leaders declared progress in safeguarding nuclear materials sought by terrorists and wayward nations, even as President Barack Obama acknowledged the task ...Colombia announces formal peace talks with ELN rebels
Colombia\'s government launched peace negotiations Wednesday with the country\'s second-biggest guerrilla group, the left-wing ELN, broadening the push to end the country\'s ...