Standoff continues between Brazil troops, police
SALVADOR, Brazil (AP) — As many as 300 striking police officers and their relatives held out Tuesday as heavily armed soldiers…
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Coca growers turn whips against Bolivia forces
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivian officials on Tuesday threatened to prosecute leaders of coca growers who used whips to drive away four…
Ecuador court fines journalists $1 million each
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — An Ecuadorean court has ordered two journalists to pay $1 million each to President Rafael Correa after finding…
Coca growers whip police officers in Bolivia
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivian authorities say coca growers have whipped four police officers for trying to destroy their coca crop in…
Drug gang banners in Mexico ahead of Pope visit
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Officials say a drug gang has unfurled banners in a central Mexican city that Pope Benedict XVI is scheduled to…
Mayor, police chief shot and wounded in Venezuela
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan authorities say the mayor of a small town in eastern Venezuela has been wounded in a shooting…
Partial collapse of building kills 1 in Brazil
SAO PAULO (AP) — A 13-story building partially collapsed in an industrial suburb outside Sao Paulo, Brazil killing a 3-year-old girl,…
Chavez's opponents gear up for Venezuela vote
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Outmatched time and again at the polls by President Hugo Chavez, Venezuelan's opposition leaders are trying a…
Brazil: Standoff between striking police, soldiers
SAO PAULO (AP) — Soldiers clashed with supporters of striking police in Brazil's third-largest city on Monday, firing tear gas and…
Top Colombian warlord arrested in Venezuela
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela says it has arrested on murder and drug trafficking charges the last major Colombian far-right…
