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Castro as commentator on US politics

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:29:12 -0500

HAVANA - Think you're obsessed with President Barack Obama and the many challenges he faces at home and abroad? Well, you're not alone. Fidel Castro appears...

Blackouts in Brazil bad sign for Olympics

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:27:04 -0500

RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian officials yesterday investigated a blackout that plunged as many as 60 million people - nearly a third of the nation's population - into darkness,...

Victor Zambrano's mother rescued in Venezuela

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:38:50 -0500

CARACAS, Venezuela - The mother of former major league pitcher Victor Zambrano has been rescued after a three-day kidnapping ordeal, Venezuelan authorities said Wednesday. The...

Brazil blackouts hit up to 60M, spur Olympic fears

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:31:24 -0500

RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil emerged Wednesday from a widespread power outage that plunged as many as 60 million people into darkness for hours, prompting security fears and concern...

UN: 10,000 Salvadoran flood victims need food

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:09:35 -0500

VERAPAZ, El Salvador - At least 10,000 Salvadorans are in urgent need of food aid after devastating floods and mudslides that damaged crops, destroyed homes and killed 130...

Brazil college backs down on mini-dress expulsion

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:20:59 -0500

SAO PAULO - A woman expelled for wearing a mini-dress that caused a near riot at a Brazilian college and made her an Internet sensation said all she wants is to go back to...

Cuban bloggers defiant of government pressure

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:31:01 -0500

MIAMI - When a dozen Cuban bloggers wanted to stage a protest last month, they simultaneously tweeted, texted and posted messages like "Freedom." One later used...

Brazilian university in trouble over mini-dress

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:56:25 -0500

SAO PAULO - The Brazilian government sought an explanation Monday from the private university that expelled a woman for wearing a short, pink dress to class, creating an uproar...

Cuban blogger says she is briefly detained

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:58:41 -0500

HAVANA - A Cuban blogger who has gained international attention for her searing commentary about life on the communist island said she was briefly detained Friday and warned...

NY tourist robbed inside Ritz hotel in Puerto Rico

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:21:26 -0500

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A New York lawyer was robbed inside his room at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Puerto Rico by assailants who tied him up before dawn Monday and stole $800...

With 124 dead, rescuers seek Salvador survivors

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:15:53 -0500

VERAPAZ, El Salvador - Soldiers and townspeople dug through rock and debris Monday in hopes of finding dozens of people missing in a mudslide that swept down on a town, part...

Mother of former major leaguer Victor Zambrano kidnapped

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:46:51 -0500

NEW YORK - The mother of former major league pitcher Victor Zambrano has been kidnapped in Venezuela. Zambrano's agent Peter Greenberg says Elizabeth Mendez Zambrano...