Associated Press
Thursday, April 26, 2012 - 00:00
Most former captives suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, with symptoms including insomnia, anxiety, depression, irritability and hypersensitivity.
Thursday, April 26, 2012 - 00:00
State television broadcast brief footage of Makled, who was wearing handcuffs and escorted by police, calling Aponte "my associate" in Venezuela's Aeropostal Airline - one of numerous businesses the suspected drug smuggler owned.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 - 00:00
Decio Sa, a political reporter for the newspaper O Estado do Maranhao in northeastern Brazil, was at least the fourth journalist slain this year in the South American nation.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 - 00:00
It's widely expected the lower house will overwhelmingly approve an updated version and send it to President Dilma Rousseff - it's the exact details of the measure that lawmakers are haggling over.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - 00:00
Enrique Pena Nieto said allowing the use of so-called soft drugs would only open the door to abusing harder substances.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - 00:00
A National Action Party state leader in Nuevo Leon says candidate Eduardo Campos Espinoza fled through the back door of his house when he saw the gunmen approaching.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - 00:00
In 2002, Acosta was accused of homicide in the disappearance of leftist activists and revolutionaries during the government's "dirty war" against dissent during the 1970s and 1980s.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - 00:00
The bill was approved by Brazil's Senate in December and is expected to be easily passed by the lower house of Congress on Tuesday. It would then go to President Dilma Rousseff.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - 00:00
The U.S. has about 180 U.S. military in the country, including trainers.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - 00:00
Justice Minister Tareck El Aissami made the accusation against ex-Magistrate Eladio Aponte, who charged in a television interview shown last week that government and military officials have manipulated court cases.