Latin America & Caribbean
Magnitude 6.3 earthquake hits northwestern Argentina
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 rattled northwestern Argentina on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate ...Mexico hospital blast leaves at least 2 dead, dozens hurt
A gas truck explosion ripped through a maternity hospital on the western edge of Mexico City on Thursday, killing one woman and ...Argentina to dissolve intelligence service after prosecutor death
President Cristina Fernandez plans to disband Argentina\'s intelligence agency amid suspicions that rogue agents were behind the mysterious death of a state ...Haiti urges UN to keep troops in country
The Haitian government urged the United Nations Security Council against cutting its troop presence ahead of crucial elections.Miss Colombia crowned Miss Universe; Miss USA runner-up
Miss Colombia Paulina Vega has been crowned Miss Universe, beating out first runner-up Miss USA Nia Sanchez and contestants from more than ...Argentine president convinced Nisman death was no suicide
President Cristina Fernandez made an about-face Thursday, saying she now is "convinced" prosecutor Alberto Nisman\'s death was not a suicide ...Cuba wants off U.S. terrorism list before restoring normal ties
Cuba will tell the United States in face-to-face talks this week it wants to be removed from the U.S. list ...2,000 feared killed in Boko Haram’s ‘deadliest massacre’
Hundreds of bodies — too many to count — remain strewn in the bush in Nigeria from an Islamic extremist ...Cuba dissidents say 36 activists freed as part of deal with U.S.
One of Cuba\'s most prominent dissident groups said on Friday that 36 opposition activists, including a popular hip-hop artist, have ...Mexico vigilante founder, 26 others arrested in 10 shooting deaths
The founder of a vigilante group in Mexico\'s restive western state of Michoacan was arrested on Saturday along with 26 ...