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Puerto Rico senator jailed for violating bail

A federal judge ordered a Puerto Rican lawmaker to be jailed ahead of his corruption trial, ruling Thursday that he violated his bail by contacting a government witness.

  • Argentina: Cruise ship aground in Antarctica

    A cruise ship carrying 122 people is taking on water after running aground in the Antarctic on Thursday but is in no danger of sinking, the Argentine Navy said.

  • Bolivian opposition criticizes 'massacre' report

    Bolivian opposition leaders accused an international commission Thursday of bias toward President Evo Morales in its report on a September jungle "massacre" in which at least 19 people were killed.

  • New Mexico's Governor Bill Richardson arrives to the University of the Americas in Cholula, Mexico, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008. Richardson, who grew up in Mexico, visited Mexico one day after he was chosen as the next commerce secretary by President-elect Barack Obama, amid concerns in Mexico about whether Obama will try to renegotiate parts of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

    Mexico greets Richardson, doubts NAFTA reopening

    President-elect Barack Obama's pick for commerce secretary, Bill Richardson, got a warm welcome Thursday during a visit to Mexico, where government officials said they doubted Obama would follow through on a campaign pledge to re-negotiate NAFTA.

  • US agents arrest 3 for cash smuggling in PR

    U.S. agents say they caught three men trying to fly out of Puerto Rico with $230,000 hidden in their luggage.

  • Ecuador renews default threats

    Ecuador's finance minister is insisting the nation will not pay off foreign debts it considers illegal, with a $30.6 million payment due on Dec. 15.

  • Argentine unveils $3.9 bln economic stimulus plan

    Argentina's government plans to use billions of dollars of newly nationalized pension fund assets to grant low-cost loans to farmers, industry and automakers, in a bid to boost production and ease credit amid the global economic downturn, President Cristina Fernandez said Thursday.

  • Mexico sends Cubans home under new accord

    Mexico is sending illegal Cuban migrants home for the first time under a new accord aimed at cutting off an increasingly violent human-trafficking route to the United States, an official said Thursday.

  • Men with their hands tied behind their backs lie dead in a field near the town of San Ignacio in the pacific state of Sinaloa, Mexico, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008. Police found 13 bullet-ridden men who had been executed near the resort city of Mazatlan.

    13 bodies found in drug-plagued Mexican state

    Thirteen bullet-riddled bodies were found along a dirt road Thursday in Mexico's Sinaloa state, home to the powerful cartel of the same name. Photo Gallery Available

  • Brazil's currency hits 3-year low

    Brazil's currency has fallen to its lowest point against the dollar in three years.

  • This is a July 2004 file photo of the Admiral Chabanenko, Russian anti-submarine destroyer, seen in the Barents Sea, Russia, Russia. The Admiral Chabanenko will sail through the Panama Canal this week for the first time since World War II, the Russian navy announced Wednesday Dec. 3, 2008, pushing ahead with a symbolic projection of Moscow's power in a traditional U.S. zone of influence.

    Russia to send warship through Panama Canal

    Russia said Wednesday it is sending a warship through the Panama Canal for the first time since World War II, a short journey loaded with symbolic weight: the destroyer will dock at a former U.S. naval base, showcasing Russia's growing influence in the region. Photo Gallery Available

  • Costa Rica ousts top 2 intel officials

    Costa Rica has replaced two top intelligence officials because a government password apparently was used to loot private bank accounts.

  • Mexican Army soldiers hold a suspect, arrested during an operation against drug smuggling and kidnapping gangs, after being presented to the press after being in Tijuana, Mexico, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008. The Mexican Army ran an operation on a safe house a day earlier after an anonymous call where they arrested four suspects and rescued two men.

    US releases first part of drug aid for Mexico

    The U.S. government finally released the first part of a $400 million aid package Wednesday to support Mexico's police and soldiers in their fight against drug cartels. Photo Gallery Available

  • Police officers restrain two stray camels in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008. The two camels, named Toby and Yu, escaped from a nearby warehouse Wednesday, before they were controlled by the police officers and tied to a tree.

    Camels found wandering in Mexican border city

    It may have seemed like a mirage: Two camels nibbling on a pine tree along a street in this desert metropolis on the Texas border. Police tried lassoing the animals, which lunged at the officers with snapping teeth as onlookers chuckled.

  • Brazil flood victims begin returning home

    Brazilian authorities say tens of thousands of flood victims have begun returning home in southern Brazil.

  • In this photo released on Wednesday, Dec 3, 2008, by the Galapagos National Park, a giant tortoise named "Lonesome George" is seen in the Galapagos islands, an archipelago off Ecuador's Pacific coast, Monday, July 21, 2008. The eggs laid by "Lonesome George" never developed embryos.

    Lots of eggs, but no babies for Galapagos tortoise

    By this point in his long life, Lonesome George should be at least a grandfather.

  • US buys aircraft, technology for Mexican drug war

    In the first stage of the multi-year Merida Initiative, the U.S. is providing $400 million to Mexico and $65 million to Central America to fight drug gangs. The U.S. State Department says the money will pay for:

  • Brazil to up infrastructure spending amid meltdown

    A top government official says Brazil will boost infrastructure spending by about 34 percent to counter the effects of the global economic meltdown.

  • Rescue workers take a break to rest and eat snacks during the rescue operation underway at El Yunque mountain, in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008. Search teams slogged up a muddy, densely-wooded mountainside to locate a small plane with three people on board, including two American tourists, that crashed into a fog-shrouded forest east of Puerto Rico's capital.

    Teams find remains at Puerto Rico plane crash site

    An emergency response team on Thursday reached the remote site of a small plane crash in the Puerto Rican rainforest, recovering the remains of a Caribbean pilot and two U.S. tourists who were on board the aircraft. Photo Gallery Available

  • Brazil suspects deadly virus killed South African

    Brazilian authorities say a South African engineer who died in Brazil was likely infected with a lethal African virus in Africa and they have begun monitoring nearly 50 people who were in contact with the man.


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