Latin America & Caribbean
Renewed Israel, Palestinian truce off to shaky start
Israel and the Palestinians renewed a truce that had largely tempered a five-week-old war, but the deal got off to a shaky ...Brazil presidential candidate Campos killed in plane crash
Brazilian presidential candidate Eduardo Campos was killed in a plane crash on Wednesday, throwing the October election and local financial markets into ...Argentine woman in emotional meeting with long-lost grandson
An elderly Argentine woman hugged her long-lost grandson for the first time Wednesday in an emotional meeting, thirty-six years after he was ...Pope calls for justice in 1994 attack on Argentine Jewish center
Pope Francis called for justice to be served in his native Argentina on Friday, the twentieth anniversary of the deadly bombing of ...Luiz Felipe Scolari resigns as coach of Brazil
Luiz Felipe Scolari has resigned as Brazil manager after the hosts suffered two of their worst defeats in World Cup history, the ...Germany wins World Cup, beating Argentina 1-0
Germany won the World Cup. Host Brazil won a world of new friends.Argentina wins defense-dominated semifinal over Netherlands
The World Cup\'s second semifinal was supposed to put the silky skills of Lionel Messi and Arjen Robben in the spotlight. Instead, ...Germany crushes Brazil in World Cup semifinal 7-1
Germany handed Brazil its most humiliating World Cup defeat ever as it crushed the host nation 7-1 in their semifinal match Tuesday ...Brazil wins, but Neymar ruled out of World Cup
Brazil exploded into collective celebration Friday night after its soccer team won a hard-fought World Cup quarterfinal match against Colombia, 2-1 — ...Overpass in World Cup host city collapses
An unfinished overpass collapsed in the Brazilian World Cup host city of Belo Horizonte on Thursday, killing at least one person and ...