Samba dancers swathed in orange ostrich feathers welcomed Britain's Prince Harry to a party on…
Latin America
Uruguay and US will attend Americas’ summit: Cuba and Ecuador absent
Uruguay's minister of Foreign Affairs Luis Almagro described on Friday as 'inadmissible" the exclusion of…
Interpol arrests suspected ‘Anonymous’ hackers
Police in Europe and South America have arrested 25 alleged members of the "Anonymous" hacking…
Colombia’s FARC: some hostages to be freed, kidnappings to stop
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as the FARC, said Sunday it will free…
Mexico’s woman presidential hopeful gains favor in poll
Josefina Vazquez Mota, the first female presidential candidate from any of Mexico's three main political…
On eve of Carnival, Brazilian minister warns Rio do Janeiro of dengue epidemics
Brazilian health minister Alexandre Padilha warned on Thursday that the city of Rio do Janeiro…
Nasty, harsh, overcrowded: Life in a Honduran prison
Desperately overcrowded, unsanitary, seething with tension and violence. Hours after a fatal fire swept through…
Fire chief: 382 died as flames tore through Honduran prison
The death toll from a prison fire in central Honduras rose to 382 Thursday, as…
World is a happier place than 2007: poll
Despite economic woes, wars, conflicts and natural disasters the world is a happier place today…
Eight in Chile indicted in tsunami case
Members of former Chilean President Michelle Bachalet's Cabinet have been indicted for alleged shortcomings in…