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Monday, November 5, 2007 - 00:00
Hungry and dehydrated victims of one of the worst floods in Mexico's history scrambled for government packages of food
Monday, November 5, 2007 - 00:00
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Alvaro Colom, a businessman promising to end Guatemala's desperate poverty, won the country's presidential election, according to official results Monday.
Monday, November 5, 2007 - 00:00
— A former army general who once took on the insurgency in Guatemala’s long civil war lost his battle for the country’s presidency on Sunday night, with voters rejecting his plan to use an iron fist, as well as the country’s military, to control a
Monday, November 5, 2007 - 00:00
It was more difficult to get a sense of conditions in more remote parts of the state — or the number of people cut off from help. Miguel Angel Valdivia, a top official in the Tabasco state public security office, said Sunday that the situation was crit
Monday, November 5, 2007 - 00:00
Alvaro Colom, who struggled with internal defections and disappointing poll numbers in the final stages of Guatemala's presidential campaign, won a startling victory Sunday.
Monday, November 5, 2007 - 00:00
Centre-left candidate Alvaro Colom has declared victory in Guatemala's presidential election with the count nearly complete.
Friday, November 2, 2007 - 00:00
Mexico's navy announced the largest cocaine seizure in this country's history Thursday, saying investigators have discovered 23.5 tons of cocaine, with a street value of more than $400 million, at the Pacific coast port of Manzanillo.
Friday, November 2, 2007 - 00:00
Tropical Storm Noel drenched the Bahamas and Cuba on Thursday while rescue workers in the Dominican Republic headed out in boats and helicopters to reach dozens of communities isolated by floods and mudslides. The death toll in the Caribbean rose to 107.
Friday, November 2, 2007 - 00:00
Soldiers used tear gas, plastic bullets and water cannons to scatter tens of thousands who massed Thursday to protest constitutional reforms that would permit Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to run for re-election indefinitely.
Friday, November 2, 2007 - 00:00
Mexico: 23 Tons of Cocaine Seized