Latin America & Caribbean
Bolivia recognizes workers for mastery of native languages
Thousands of public workers in Bolivia are being recognized for having complied with a federal law requiring them to learn one of ...Eleven Colombian military personnel killed in plane crash
Eleven Colombian military personnel were killed on Friday when their transport plane suffered motor failure and crashed in the northern province of ...Peru frees children held by Shining Path rebels
Authorities in Peru rescued 39 people, including 26 children, whom Maoist Shining Path rebels were raising in bondage as future rebel troops, ...Colombian soldier killed in fresh FARC clash
A Colombian soldier died during a clash with FARC guerillas, the army said Thursday, as peace talks aimed at ending the decades-long ...Egypt jails former Mubarak PM for corruption
An Egyptian court sentenced a former prime minister of ousted president Hosni Mubarak Wednesday to five years in prison for corruption and ...Peru to make contact with isolated tribe for first time
Peru will try to make contact for the first time with an Amazonian tribe that largely lives isolated in the jungle, part ...Colombia celebrates FARC rebel ceasefire
War-weary Colombia celebrated the start of a FARC rebel ceasefire after a half-century of hostilities, with hopes still high that its fragile ...Cuban flag raised in US after 54 years
The Cuban flag was raised over Havana’s embassy in Washington on Monday for the first time in 54 years as the United ...U.S., Cuba restore ties, open embassies after 54 years
The United States and Cuba quietly ushered in a new era of post-Cold War relations on Monday, formally restoring diplomatic ties severed ...FARC free abducted Colombian soldier
FARC guerrillas on Sunday freed a Colombian soldier after holding him for nearly two weeks, the president said, on the eve of ...




