THE WELL-GREASED VOTE MACHINE CHAVEZ LEFT
By FABIOLA SANCHEZ Children hold up posters of Venezuela’s late President Hugo Chavez and one of ruling party candidate Nicolas Maduro as a campaign convoy drives along in Caracas, Venezuela,…
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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…
WORLD MOURNS THATCHER, ‘A GREAT BRITON’
FILE – This is a 1980 file photo showing British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Ex-spokesman Tim Bell says that Thatcher has died. She was 87. Bell said the woman known…
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…
FRANCIS HONORS JOHN PAUL II BEFORE INSTALLATION
By FRANCES D’EMILIO FILE – In this Sunday, March 31, 2013 photo, Pope Francis greets the faithful at the end of the Easter Mass in St. Peter’s Square at the…
BEYONCE, JAY-Z TURN HEADS IN HAVANA
By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ U.S. singer Beyonce poses for photos with school children as she tours Old Havana, Cuba, Thursday, April 4, 2013. Beyonce is in Havana with her husband, rapper…
HIGH-PROFILE RAPES THREATEN INDIA TOURISM BUSINESS
By KAY JOHNSON In this Tuesday, April 2, 2013 photo, German tourist Carolina De Paola, 22, walks near the landmark Gateway of India in Mumbai, India. A fatal gang rape…
RAPE, KIDNAP OF TOURISTS FEED RIO SAFETY FEARS
By JENNY BARCHFIELD Suspects Wallace Aparecido Souza Silva, left, Carlos Armando Costa dos Santos, center, and Jonathan Foudakis de Souza are presented to the press at the Special Police Unit…