GUATEMALA WAR TRIAL PUTS PAST CLOSER TO PRESIDENT
By SONIA PEREZ DIAZ FILE – In this Jan. 15, 2012 file photo, Guatemala’s President Otto Perez Molina attends a military ceremony in Guatemala City. President and former General, Perez…
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ALL ABOUT IMMIGRATION: GREEN CARDS? CITIZENSHIP?
By NANCY BENAC Reyna Avila, who recently received a work permit and Social Security card under new Obama administration policy for young immigrants, is shown here at her place of…
SUPPORTERS OF GUATEMALAN EX-DICTATOR DENY GENOCIDE
Relatives of soldiers rally in support of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt outside the Supreme Court where he is on trial for genocide in Guatemala City, Monday, March 25, 2013.…
SALVADORANS URGE SAINTHOOD FOR MARTYRED ARCHBISHOP
By MARCOS ALEMAN Salvadorans carry signs honoring martyred Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero during a Palm Sunday march through the streets of San Salvador, El Salvador, Sunday March 24, 2013. Expressing…
13 DEAD, DOZENS HURT IN MEXICO FIREWORKS EXPLOSION
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Soldiers guard the area as forensic workers gather evidence after a truck loaded with fireworks exploded during a religious procession in the…
ARGENTINE PUBLISHER REISSUES BOOK ON POPE FRANCIS
By ISAAC GARRIDO In this photo released by the National Conference of Brazilian Bishops, Pope Francis, left, is seen aboard a minibus with other Cardinals at the Vatican, the day…
UN FINDS RISING PROSPERITY IN SOUTHERN NATIONS
United Nations Development Program Administrator Helen Clark, center, waits to be introduced at the Chamber of Senators in Mexico City, Thursday, March 14, 2013. The U.N. says the proportion of…
LATIN AMERICA SEES CHANGE UNDER REGION’S 1ST POPE
By KATHERINE CORCORAN Faithful react after hearing on the speakers at the Metropolitan Cathedral that Buenos Aires’ Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected pope in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, March…