Hundreds leave Venezuelan prison amid standoff
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — About 300 inmates have filed out of a troubled penitentiary where a group of armed prisoners has held off…
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Peru's famed hostage raid investigated
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvians traumatized by years of guerrilla violence cheered in 1997 when government troops raided the Japanese…
6.2-magnitude quake strikes far off Chile's coast
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake has struck off Chile's southern coast, but the authorities say it wasn't felt…
Gunfire, tear gas at Venezuelan prison
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — More than 100 prisoners filed out of a Venezuelan prison among National Guard troops on Thursday night after…
3rd Mexico army general probed for cartel ties
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's army said it had detained a third general for questioning on Thursday, hours after a judge placed the two…
Reverberations from drug raid felt in US, Honduras
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Bullets flew as U.S. helicopters swooped toward a river boat. Honduran national police rappelled to the…
Colombian ex-lawmaker arrested in alleged betrayal
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — One of a dozen provincial lawmakers kidnapped by the country's main rebel group a decade ago has been arrested…
8 lottery scam suspects arrested in Jamaica
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Eight people accused of defrauding U.S. citizens through a multinational lottery scam were arrested during…
Cuban president's daughter gets US visa
HAVANA (AP) — Cuban first daughter Mariela Castro has been granted a U.S. visa to attend events in San Francisco and New York, sparking…
Brazil passes information access law
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A freedom of information law has taken effect in Brazil, challenging an embedded culture of secrecy and bureaucracy.
