JACKSON STILL HOPEFUL FOR CAPTIVE US MAN’S RELEASE
By PETER ORSI Rev. Jesse Jackson talks with journalists after a meeting with members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, at the Hotel Nacional in Havana, Cuba,…
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CHILE SHUTS LUXURY JAIL FOR DICTATORSHIP CRIMINALS
By LUIS ANDRES HENAO Chile’s President Sebastian Pinera Echenique prepares to address the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) SANTIAGO, Chile…
VENEZUELA’S PRESIDENT IN CHINA, SIGNS AGREEMENTS
BEIJING (AP) — China and Venezuela signed several agreements Sunday during a visit by the Venezuelan president that is meant to strengthen economic ties between the South American nation and…
BRAZIL LEADER POSTPONES TRIP TO US OVER SPYING
By BRADLEY BROOKS FILE – In this April 9, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama, right, meets with Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff in the Oval Office of the White House…
NEW US AMBASSADOR ARRIVES IN TENSE BRAZIL
In this photo released by Agencia Brasil, U.S. Ambassador to Brazil Liliana Ayalde waves at the Brasilia International airport, upon her arrival to Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Sept. 16, 2013. The…
FIDEL CASTRO APPLAUDS RUSSIAN PROPOSAL ON SYRIA
FILE – In this Feb. 3, 2013 file photo, former Cuban President Fidel Castro talks to reporters at a polling station after casting his ballot in parliament elections in Havana,…
3 PRE-HISPANIC ARTIFACTS RETURNED TO MEXICO
Museum officials take off the final protective wrapping that was covering a stone plinth depicting a nobleman or priest probably dating from between 200 B.C. and 200 A.D. during a…
POLICE MOVE IN ON MEXICO CITY PROTESTERS
By MARK STEVENSON and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Protesting teachers light a bonfire in Mexico City main plaza, the Zocalo, Friday, Sept. 13, 2013. Thousands of teachers who have camped out…