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Honduran area demands DEA leave after shooting

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — People in Honduras' predominantly Indian Mosquito coast region burned down government offices and demanded…

Mexico charges 8 in Saint Death cult killings

HERMOSILLO, Mexico (AP) — Mexican prosecutors have formally charged eight people in the grisly cult slayings of two 10-year-old boys…

Brazil moves to cut hotel costs before Rio+20

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil is taking steps to lower the spiraling cost of accommodations during the United Nations' upcoming conference on…

Drug lab near cash plane crash site

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador's official news agency says police have found a cocaine-processing lab near where a small…

Kidnapped Honduran radio news director found slain

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Honduras' president offered a reward of more than $150,000 Wednesday for information leading to the…

Amazon tributary hits record high after rains

SAO PAULO (AP) — A mighty tributary of the Amazon River has hit a record high level after weeks of heavy rains.

100 Rio buildings risk collapse, official says

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — More than 100 abandoned buildings in Rio de Janeiro are in such poor condition they are at risk of collapsing,…

Young man sought in Colombia bombing

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian investigators on Wednesday were seeking a man between 17 and 20 years old they say could be the…

Brazil probing dictatorship human rights abuses

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Wednesday swore in the seven members of a truth commission created to…

Chileans suffer while waiting for education reform

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Cristobal Steffens and his sister Natalie were the first in their family to go to college, and both emerged with…

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