Associated Press
Tuesday, November 20, 2012 - 00:00
The U.S. Embassy is uncharacteristically quiet, given the normal U.S. outrage over attacks on Americans working on foreign soi.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012 - 00:00
The decision effectively cut off four small islands from the rest of the archipelago and Santos said he could not accept the court's "omissions, errors, excesses and inconsistencies."
Tuesday, November 20, 2012 - 00:00
Colombia's main rebel group announced a unilateral cease-fire on Monday as it began much-anticipated peace talks, but the Bogota government responded that it would continue military operations.
Monday, November 19, 2012 - 00:00
Mexican federal police who ambushed a U.S. Embassy vehicle, wounding two CIA officers, were not investigating a kidnapping in the area, the attorney general's office said.
Monday, November 19, 2012 - 00:00
The two have little in common other than eyeglasses, a slight paunch and a previous failed attempt to talk peace.
Monday, November 19, 2012 - 00:00
Nicaragua first asked the world court, the United Nations' highest judicial organ, to intervene in 2001, arguing that Colombia had no legal claim to the islands.
Friday, November 16, 2012 - 00:00
The International Organization for Migration says Haitian officials have confirmed 3,593 cholera cases and another 837 suspected cases since Hurricane Sandy's passage.
Friday, November 16, 2012 - 00:00
Justice Minister Mark Golding says the "degrading" punishment is an anachronism which violates Jamaica's international obligations.
Friday, November 16, 2012 - 00:00
The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists says reporter Adrian Silva was found dead in his car Wednesday.
Friday, November 16, 2012 - 00:00
A look at a proposal to legalize marijuana in the South American nation of Uruguay, compared with the new laws approved by voters this month to legalize use of the drug in the western U.S.