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February 27, 2019

Report slams Colombia for promoting officer tied to slayings

Human Rights Watch is denouncing Colombia's government for appointing at least nine officers to key army positions despite credible evidence implicating them in serious human rights violations during the country's long civil conflict.

February 26, 2019

Guaido vows to return soon to Venezuela to lead protests

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido says he'll soon return home and mobilize new protests against embattled socialist leader Nicolas Maduro.

February 26, 2019

Canada's ex-attorney general to testify about SNC scandal

Canada's former attorney general is expected to testify Wednesday about whether she was inappropriately pressured by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office to avoid prosecuting a major Canadian engineering company.

February 26, 2019

Jailed former Rio governor admits he received bribes

A former Rio de Janeiro state governor is admitting for the first time that he accepted bribes while he was in power from 2007 to 2014.

February 26, 2019

Brazil's Bolsonaro praises late Paraguay dictator Stroessner

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has praised late Paraguayan dictator Gen. Alfredo Stroessner during a ceremony at the Itaipu hydroelectric dam on the countries' shared border.

February 26, 2019

US seeks vote on UN resolution to allow aid into Venezuela

U.S. envoy Elliott Abrams says the Trump administration will seek a U.N. Security Council vote this week on a resolution calling for Venezuela's government to let in humanitarian aid and to hold free elections.

February 26, 2019

New peace talks in Nicaragua raise hopes, but many skeptical

Talks over Nicaragua's political standoff are set to resume, with renewed hopes among those who believe they could help resolve the nearly year-old crisis, even as others worry that embattled President Daniel Ortega could use them to buy time.

February 26, 2019

US islands ask federal govt for help in wake of disasters

Leaders of U.S. territories including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands are asking the federal government for more help in their efforts to recover from natural disasters that hit more than a year ago.

February 26, 2019

Costa Rican accused of sexual abuse expelled from priesthood

Roman Catholic officials in Costa Rica's capital say that a cleric accused of sexually abusing minors has been expelled from the priesthood.

February 26, 2019

Brazil ministry tells students to recite Bolsonaro slogan

Brazil's Ministry of Education is instructing students to sing the national anthem and read aloud a declaration that includes President Jair Bolsonaro's campaign slogan — and it says they should be filmed doing so.