Latin America & Caribbean
Rival Brazil protests ignite debate on race and class
The rival protests sweeping Brazil have exposed a demographic divide between President Dilma Rousseff\'s haters and backers, igniting a national debate about ...Starwood scores first US-Cuba hotel deals since 1959
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide said Saturday it has signed three hotel deals in Cuba, a first for a US hospitality company ...Anti-government protesters pour into Brazilian cities
Hundreds of thousands of Brazilians angered by a giant corruption scandal and the crumbling economy flooded the streets Sunday to call for ...Venezuela withdraws top diplomat in United States
President Nicolas Maduro recalled Venezuela\'s top diplomat from the United States in protest against the renewal of a year-old US decree calling ...Brazil expects Olympics without protests despite tensions
Brazil\'s Defense Minister Aldo Rebelo has downplayed risks of massive protests during the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, despite the country\'s ...Peru bars second-place presidential candidate
The second-place candidate in Peru\'s presidential election was disqualified Wednesday over procedural irregularities, upending the campaign and giving controversial frontrunner Keiko Fujimori ...Colombia re-authorizes FARC leader visits to rebel troops
Colombia\'s government has re-authorized visits by rebel peace negotiators from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) to guerrilla encampments in the ...Facebook executive released in Brazil after data access row
A senior Facebook Inc executive was released after nearly 24 hours in a Brazilian jail due to a disputed court order demanding ...Drug cartel battle kills 52 in northeastern Mexican prison
A battle between the feared Zetas drug cartel and rivals at a prison left 52 people dead in the northeastern Mexican city ...Obama offers Colombia more than $450 million aid to help with peace process
President Barack Obama said on Thursday he will ask the U.S. Congress for more than $450 million in aid to help Colombia ...