The Miami Herald
Friday, January 20, 2012 - 00:00
Honduran President Porfirio Lobo says the United States is sending people to help Honduras battle the violent crime that led to the withdrawal of U.S. Peace Corps volunteers this week.
Friday, January 20, 2012 - 00:00
A prominent Cuban government opponent says an imprisoned dissident who went on a hunger strike to protest his four-year sentence has died.
Friday, January 20, 2012 - 00:00
Honduras' congress has approved legislation to allow extradition of its citizens charged elsewhere with drug trafficking, terrorism and organized crime.
Friday, January 20, 2012 - 00:00
Chile's government is backing down on a plan that would have empowered police to force news media to surrender images without a court order, effectively turning photographers into tools of the state.
Friday, January 20, 2012 - 00:00
The U.S. Treasury Department says a popular private lottery in Guatemala is a front for laundering drug money.
Friday, January 20, 2012 - 00:00
A federal court in Brazil has sentenced a politician to 103 years in prison for killing his running mate so that he could take her place in Congress.
Friday, January 20, 2012 - 00:00
A Haitian judge on Thursday convicted seven police officers for their role in a prison riot in which at least 10 prisoners were shot to death in the chaotic aftermath of the January 2010 earthquake.
Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 00:00
An American man imprisoned in Cuba on charges of crimes against the state traveled there at least five times in 2009 to set up sophisticated wireless Internet networks, according to a leaked court filing.
Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 00:00
Four children seized in western Mexico as part of a child-trafficking investigation show signs of sexual abuse, a Mexican official said Wednesday.
Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 00:00
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday that low-skilled Haitian workers can now apply for jobs in the United States.