Latin America & Caribbean
Argentina lawmakers present bill to legalize abortion
Dozens of Argentine lawmakers of all political stripes presented a bill to legalize abortion on Tuesday, launching a debate that promised to ...Salvadorans vote in key legislative and municipal elections
Salvadorans cast ballots Sunday in legislative and municipal elections that will serve as a test of strength of leftist President Salvador Sanchez ...Mexico helicopter crash kills 13 on ground in wake of earthquake
At least 13 people on the ground, including three children, were killed when a Mexican military helicopter carrying top officials surveying damage ...El Salvador releases woman jailed over abortion
A Salvadoran woman serving a 30-year jail sentence for having an abortion was released from prison on Thursday on the orders of ...Brazil to increase army presence on border with Venezuela
Brazil\'s government will declare an emergency in its northern border state of Roraima to boost funding and troops to help control an ...Top UN court draws new borders for Costa Rica, Nicaragua
The UN\'s highest court drew new maritime boundaries between Costa Rica and Nicaragua on Friday seeking to end a decades-long frontier dispute, ...Colombia bomb attack kills at least five police, wounds dozens
An early morning bomb attack outside a police station in Colombia\'s coastal city of Barranquilla killed at least five police officers and ...Venezuela says Brazilian, Canadian diplomats not welcome
Venezuela on Saturday said two diplomats from Canada and Brazil were no longer welcome, in an escalating showdown over their criticism of ...EU readies sanctions on Venezuela, approves arms embargo
European Union foreign ministers approved economic sanctions including an arms embargo on Venezuela on Monday, blaming regional elections last month for deepening ...U.S. orders expulsion of 15 Cuban diplomats
The Trump administration on Tuesday ordered the expulsion of 15 Cuban diplomats after pulling more than half of its own embassy staff ...




