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Chavez praises Carlos the Jackal
Hugo Chavez has defended the alleged terrorist mastermind Carlos the Jackal, saying the Venezuelan imprisoned in France was an important "revolutionary fighter" who supported the cause of the Palestinians.
updated: 1 hour, 23 minutes ago

Pro-Castro mob attacks spouse of top Cuban blogger
The husband of an acclaimed dissident Cuban blogger was punched and shouted down by a pro-government mob Friday after he challenged the presumed state agents who earlier roughed up his wife to a street corner debate.
updated: Nov 20th - 8:38pm

Mexico shifts strategy in border city violence
Mexico's top domestic security official said Friday that sectors of the general public have cooperated with drug cartels in the violent border city of Ciudad Juarez, and the government is about to launch new social programs there to combat gangs.
updated: Nov 20th - 8:06pm

Argentina forces dirty war orphans to provide DNA
Valuing truth over the right to privacy, Argentina's Congress has authorized the forced extraction of DNA from people who may have been born to political prisoners slain a quarter-century ago _ even when they don't want to know their birth parents.
updated: Nov 20th - 6:29pm

Mexican reporter on organized crime goes missing
Authorities in the western Mexican state of Michoacan are investigating the disappearance of a journalist who wrote about organized crime.
updated: Nov 20th - 4:23pm

Guatemala reopening international adoptions
Guatemalan officials on Friday announced the resumption of international adoptions after a nearly two-year suspension prompted by the discovery that some babies were being sold.
updated: Nov 20th - 1:58pm

Brazil leader urges freeze on Israeli settlements
Brazil's President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva is joining his Palestinian counterpart in calling on Israel to stop building new settlements in areas claimed by Palestinians.
updated: Nov 20th - 11:57am

Peruvian police: Gang killed people for their fat
Police say a gang in the Peruvian jungle has been killing people and draining fat from the corpses to sell on the black market for use in cosmetics, although medical experts say they doubt a major market for fat exists.
updated: Nov 20th - 3:10am

Honduras interim president may take leave for vote
Honduras' interim president said Thursday he may step down temporarily to allow voters to concentrate on the upcoming presidential elections.
updated: Nov 19th - 11:41pm

Mexican once put up for oldest woman dies at 119
A Mexican once put forward for the title of world's oldest woman has died at 119, government officials said Thursday.
updated: Nov 19th - 5:30pm

Mexico City's transit improvements on track
Cash-strapped Mexico City is pressing ahead with new bus lines and bike lanes in 2010, buoyed by prestigious recognition for a world-class transit system that has reduced pollution in one of the globe's largest cities.
updated: Nov 19th - 4:49pm

Obama answers questions from top Cuban blogger
President Barack Obama has answered questions submitted by a celebrated Cuban blogger, saying he isn't interested in "talking for the sake of talking" with Raul Castro and indicating he won't visit the island until the communist government changes its ways.
updated: Nov 19th - 2:05pm

1st monument at Guyana's Jonestown suicide site
It has taken more than 30 years, but the government of Guyana has erected a memorial plaque at the site of the Jonestown cult massacre, a dark episode the South American country had long sought to downplay.
updated: Nov 19th - 1:24pm

Behind missed Gitmo deadline: No one wants jailees
President Barack Obama is now confirming what many have long suspected: He will miss his January deadline to close the Guantanamo prison _ partly because he cannot persuade other nations to take the detainees.
updated: Nov 19th - 8:20am

Mexico anti-abortion fight moves to federal level
Lawmakers in Veracruz made it Mexico's 17th state to pass legislation declaring life begins at conception, then adopted a proposal that requires Congress to consider amending the constitution to outlaw abortion.
updated: Nov 18th - 9:03pm

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