Latin America & Caribbean
US woman says her boyfriend killed her mother in Indonesia
An American woman charged with premeditated murder in the death of her mother on Indonesia\'s Bali island told a court Wednesday that ...US and Cuba re-establish direct telephone calls
The United States and Cuba have re-established a direct telephone link, the Cuban state telecommunications company said Wednesday, in the latest step ...Mind your manners, Venezuela tells U.S. official Jacobson
Venezuela\'s top diplomat called a senior U.S. official "petulant" and ill-mannered on Wednesday in response to her contention that sanctions were intended ...Colombia to temporarily halt bombing of FARC rebels
Colombia will stop air raids on Marxist FARC rebels for a month, President Juan Manuel Santos said, a major stride in a ...French sports stars among 10 dead in Argentina helicopter crash
Two helicopters carrying passengers filming a popular European reality show crashed Monday in a remote area of northwest Argentina, killing eight French ...U.S. declares Venezuela a national security threat, sanctions top officials
The United States on Monday declared Venezuela a national security threat and ordered sanctions against seven officials from the oil-rich country in ...Chile president meets 14-year-old girl asking for permission to die
Chile\'s President Michelle Bachelet on Saturday visited a 14-year-old girl suffering from cystic fibrosis who made a heart-wrenching video appeal to be ...Argentine judge dismisses criminal case against President Fernandez
There is no evidence that President Cristina Fernandez tried to whitewash Iran\'s purported involvement in a deadly 1994 bombing, an Argentine judge ...Guatemalan ex-president released from prison in bribe case
Former President Alfonso Portillo flew home Wednesday after being released from a six-year prison term in the U.S. for accepting $2.5 million ...Jamaican parliament clears way for marijuana reforms
Jamaica\'s parliament cleared the way for decriminalizing marijuana by approving amendments to its Dangerous Drugs Act late Tuesday night.




