ARGENTINA APPROVES NEW SOVEREIGN DEBT SWAP
FILE – In this March 1, 2013 file photo, lawmakers attend the inauguration of the new legislative session at Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Argentina’s Congress approved a plan late…
Latin America and Caribbean
CHILE COUP ANNIVERSARY TOLL: 264 ARRESTS
A boy lights a candle in the dressing rooms of the National Stadium during a candlelight vigil marking the events that launched a bloody 17-year dictatorship, in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday,…
DOMINICAN CARDINAL: VATICAN WILL PROBE EX-ENVOY
By EZEQUIEL ABIU LOPEZ This March 15, 2013 photo shows Archbishop Josef Wesolowski, papal nuncio for the Dominican Republic, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Authorities in the Dominican Republic will…
CHILE’S BACHELET VISITS FORMER CONCENTRATION CAMP
Chile’s former President Michelle Bachelet, center, wipes a tear as she stands with her mother Angela Jeria, left, and Margarita Romero, president of the Villa Grimaldi organization, right, all holding…
VENEZUELA GOVT CLAIMS SABOTAGE IN DEADLY BLAST
By FABIOLA SANCHEZ Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a press conference at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. Venezuela’s oil minister said Monday that…
ALLENDE’S LEGACY STRONG 40 YEARS AFTER CHILE COUP
By LUIS ANDRES HENAO FILE – In this Sept. 11, 1973 file photo, smoke rises from La Moneda presidential palace after being bombed during a military coup led by Gen.…
MEXICO PROPOSES SWEEPING SOCIAL PROGRAM CHANGES
By MARK STEVENSON Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto speaks at Los Pinos presidential residence in Mexico City, Sunday Sept. 8, 2013. Pena Nieto is proposing a plan to implement the…
GUNMEN KILL 11, WOUND 18 IN POOR GUATEMALA TOWN
By SONIA PEREZ D. Relatives of victims react as police take away the bodies, not seen, after an attack in San Jose Nacahuil, on the outskirts of Guatemala City, Sunday,…