Latin America & Caribbean
Violence flares in Venezuela on anniversary of 2014 fatalities
Venezuelan security forces faced off with stone-wielding protesters on Thursday as supporters of President Nicolas Maduro also rallied on the anniversary of ...Oil prices drop as IEA predicts weak rebound
Oil prices fell Tuesday after the International Energy Agency predicted that global oil prices will recover only partially over the next five ...Uruguay expels Iran diplomat over bomb scare
Uruguay has expelled a senior Iranian diplomat over last month\'s planting of a dummy bomb near Israel\'s embassy in Montevideo, Israeli daily ...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 ...




