Latin America & Caribbean
Outgoing Argentine president blasts incoming leaders in final speech
Tens of thousands of supporters jammed Argentina\'s most famous square Wednesday night to say goodbye to President Cristina Fernandez, who lauded her ...Venezuelan president asks cabinet to resign after opposition win
President Nicolas Maduro has shifted into damage control mode, asking his cabinet to resign in oil-rich but troubled Venezuela after the opposition ...Regime bombardment across Syria kills 56 civilians
Heavy government bombardment of rebel-held towns across Syria on Friday killed at least 56 civilians, more than a quarter of them children, ...Peru to expel American after 20-year terror sentence
Peru on Wednesday will expel Lori Berenson, the only American to serve time for terrorism in the South American nation, after completing ...World leaders in Paris for climate-rescue summit
World leaders launched a whirlwind day of talks in the French capital on Monday aimed at forging an elusive agreement to stave ...Cubans protest new Ecuador visa regulation
Hundreds of Cubans protested at the Ecuadorean embassy in Cuba on Friday, a day after the Andean nation announced they would need ...Venezuelan opposition candidate shot dead during campaign event
An opposition candidate in Venezuela\'s upcoming legislative elections was shot dead during an event, alongside the wife of a jailed opposition leader, ...World leaders seek new path to slow warming of planet
Next week, in the waning days of what is set to be the hottest year on record, world leaders meet on the ...Argentina elects pro-business Macri after 12 years of Kirchner rule
Argentina, in a stinging repudiation of outgoing leftist President Cristina Kirchner, elected a pro-market government president to take the helm of Latin ...Colombia pardons 30 jailed FARC guerrillas
Colombia\'s government said on Sunday it will free 30 jailed members of the Marxist FARC rebel group as a gesture of goodwill ...