Latin America

Ernesto Cardenal, Nicaraguan poet and priest, dies at 95

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Ernesto Cardenal, the renowned poet and Roman Catholic cleric who became a symbol of revolutio...
22:14 1 March 2022

Dominican Republic, France report Caribbean virus cases

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Health officials in the Dominican Republic and France on Sunday reported the fi...
19:01 1 March 2022

Outspoken gang critic LeBarón flees threat in Mexico for US

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A prominent member of a community of U.S.-Mexican dual citizens living in northern Mexico that was sh...
0:14 1 March 2022

Socialist hardliner aims gun on Guaidó march in Venezuela

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Socialist hardliners in Venezuela opened fire during a march headed by Juan Guaidó, injuring a...
23:01 28 February 2022

Trump pushing for three-way arms control with Russia, China

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has informed Moscow that the U.S. is open to holding a summit with other perm...
22:44 28 February 2022

Mexico confirms first 2 cases of coronavirus

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s assistant health secretary announced Friday that the country now has two confirmed cases of ...
21:26 28 February 2022

Cruise lines, passengers scramble to respond to coronavirus

MIAMI (AP) — Being trapped aboard a ship with thousands of people as the new coronavirus spreads around the world isn’t ...
20:11 28 February 2022

Pope tells scandal-marred Legion they still haven’t reformed

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has told the Legion of Christ religious order it still has a long road of reform ahead,...
12:37 28 February 2022

In scramble to stop virus, testing raises tough questions

NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials confronted tough questions and doubts Thursday about testing to intercept the fast-spre...
22:21 27 February 2022

Feds cite new evidence against former Mexico security chief

NEW YORK (AP) — New evidence against Mexico’s former top security official has been uncovered since he was charged with ...
21:35 27 February 2022

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s misplaced statistics on virus risks

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is painting a misleading portrait of the risks of the coronavirus, citing stati...
21:20 27 February 2022

Dominican Republic turns back cruise ship amid virus fears

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — The Dominican Republic turned back a cruise ship carrying 1,500 people on Thurs...
19:23 27 February 2022

Pope observes usual Ash Wednesday customs in time of virus

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis celebrated the Ash Wednesday ritual that marks the opening of the Catholic Church’s Len...
19:42 26 February 2022

Congress warns Pentagon not to move money to fund Trump wall

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers from both parties told Pentagon leaders on Wednesday that the Defense Department is undermin...
16:22 26 February 2022

FBI raids Canadian fashion mogul following sex abuse claims

1 of 8FILE - In this March 2, 2014, file photo, Peter Nygard attends the 24th Night of 100 Stars Oscars Viewing Gala at ...
3:32 26 February 2022

Impeachment fades for Slotkin as Democrats try to pivot away

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A man held up a hostile poster a few rows behind Michigan Rep. Elissa Slotkin as she spoke. O...
14:12 24 February 2022

UN chief issues 7-point ‘call to action’ on human rights

GENEVA (AP) — The head of the United Nations issued a “call to action” on Monday to countries, businesses and all people...
9:19 24 February 2022

Colombians grapple with a big problem: wandering hippos

DORADAL, Colombia (AP) — Maria Jaramilla awoke in the middle of the night to the sound of her panicked mule. When she lo...
20:46 23 February 2022

Brazilian transgender dancer shatters Carnival parade taboo

SAO PAULO (AP) — When dancer Camila Prins entered Sao Paulo’s Carnival parade grounds, a costume of feathers clinging to...
5:02 23 February 2022

AP Interview: Venezuela’s Guaidó extols Trump alliance

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Opposition leader Juan Guaidó said Friday that he trusts U.S. President Donald Trump’s “firm a...
21:59 21 February 2022

Tech boom, suburban growth drive Nevada’s Democratic shift

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Twenty years ago, long before Nevada was part of the early presidential selection process, the phone t...
5:15 21 February 2022

Democrats big money pledges give way to reality of 2020 race

WASHINGTON (AP) — Many Democratic presidential candidates launched their campaigns last year with bold pledges to reject...
5:02 21 February 2022

Abuse victims look to Vatican after UN meetings in Geneva

GENEVA (AP) — Three deaf victims of sexual abuse by priests in Argentina wrapped up a string of meetings with United Nat...
21:50 19 February 2022

Ending Putin’s support of Venezuela no easy feat for US

MOSCOW (AP) — In October 2016, the head of Russia’s largest oil company traveled to the birthplace of Hugo Chávez, in th...
5:01 19 February 2022

EU adds 4 jurisdictions to its blacklist of tax havens

BRUSSELS — The European Union has added four countries and jurisdictions to its blacklist of tax havens.
10:06 18 February 2022

Killing of 7-year-old stokes anger in Mexico over femicides

MEXICO CITY — The killing of a 7-year-old girl on the southern outskirts of Mexico City has stoked rising anger over the brutal slayings of women, inc...
3:10 18 February 2022

Bloomberg takes veiled swipe at rival’s aggressive loyalists

CARSON CITY, Nev. — With the Nevada caucuses less than a week away, Democratic presidential candidates campaigning were fixated on a rival who wasn't ...
16:10 17 February 2022

Disgraced religious order tried to get abuse victim to lie

MILAN — The cardinal’s response was not what Yolanda Martínez had expected — or could abide.
13:17 17 February 2022

Orangutan granted ‘personhood’ turns 34, makes new friend

WAUCHULA, Fla. — A orangutan named Sandra, who was granted legal personhood by a judge in Argentina and later found a new home in Florida, celebrated ...
6:19 16 February 2022

Bolsonaro stresses Christian morals amid Rio’s pre-Carnival

RIO DE JANEIRO — President Jair Bolsonaro addressed tens of thousands of evangelicals on a Rio de Janeiro beach Saturday, telling them Brazil's govern...
0:01 16 February 2022