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Wednesday, June 25, 2008 - 00:00
PANAMA — In life, Wilson C. Lucom was not exactly child friendly. The gruff octogenarian never had children himself and was not especially close to the offspring of his third wife, Hilda, either. When he opened his ample checkbook, friends say, it was m
Wednesday, June 25, 2008 - 00:00
On the streets, the battle over Sandinista symbols has led to a kind of semiotic chaos in which the government and opposition groups use the same images to convey very different messages
Wednesday, June 25, 2008 - 00:00
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN) -- The fight against narcotraffickers is showing good results, Mexican President Felipe Calderon said, a day after authorities linked 38 deaths nationwide to the drug war.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008 - 00:00
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN) -- The man who oversaw the police raid on a Mexico City nightclub on Friday during which 12 people were killed was charged with 12 counts of homicide, prosecutors said.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008 - 00:00
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico—Police say 20 people have been killed in less than three days in this crime-ridden border city's latest wave of violence.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008 - 00:00
SAN SEBASTIAN DE LOS REYES, Venezuela—A violin case slung over her shoulder, 10-year-old Daniela Fagundez trudges home along a row of muddy yards where chickens scratch among banana trees and laundry hangs drying on wire fences.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008 - 00:00
Many tributes have been paid to Ruth Cardoso, wife of Brazil's former President Fernando Henrique Cardoso, who has died aged 77.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008 - 00:00
A former Colombian politician has been sentenced to three years' house arrest for taking a bribe to enable President Alvaro Uribe to stand for re-election.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008 - 00:00
Colombian rebels in northern Ecuador are an old problem that previous governments failed to confront, Ecuador's defense minister told The Associated Press, announcing additions to a growing arsenal aimed at securing the Andean nation's borders.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008 - 00:00
A Mexican judge has released the suspected killer of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Luis Aguilar, leaving U.S. officials “shocked and appalled,” according to a statement by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff.