Brazil commission says abusers could be tried
Marco Sibaja, Associated Press |
posted 17 minutes ago
A Truth Commission investigating human rights abuses under Brazil's military dictatorship says that those it finds guilty of torture could be brought to trial.
Struggling Spain offers engineers to Brazil
Associated Press |
posted May 21st - 1:29pm
Spain's development minister is urging Brazil to hire some of the engineers that her own economy doesn't have room for.
Ex-Ford execs charged in Argentine torture cases
Almudena Calatrava, Associated Press |
posted May 21st - 1:23pm
Three former Ford Motor Co. executives have been charged with crimes against humanity in Argentina for allegedly targeting union workers for kidnapping and torture after the country's 1976 military coup.
Troops flood western Mexico to protect towns
Mark Stevenson, Associated Press |
posted May 21st - 1:17pm
Mexico's top security officials gathered Tuesday in the western state of Michoacan to launch a campaign with thousands of army troops to rescue towns besieged, sometimes for months, by the powerful Knights Templar drug cartel.
Cuba lifts ban on energy-hogging appliances
Associated Press |
posted May 21st - 9:49am
Cuba has authorized individual imports of appliances such as air conditioners, refrigerators and microwave ovens, lifting a ban imposed in 2005 amid a wave of energy shortages and blackouts.
Guatemala top court overturns genocide conviction
Sonia Perez Diaz, Associated Press |
posted May 21st - 12:05am
Guatemala's top court has thrown another curve into the genocide case of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt, overturning his conviction and ordering that the trial be taken back to the middle of the proceedings.
Venezuela opposition: Audio suggests Cuba meddling
Karl Ritter and Fabiola Sanchez, Associated Press |
posted May 20th - 11:55pm
Venezuela's opposition has released an audio recording that it said contains a prominent member of the ruling party discussing political strategy with a Cuban intelligence officer.
Ex-Arg. dictator Videla died after shower fall
Associated Press |
posted May 20th - 4:29pm
Preliminary autopsy results say former Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla died from fractures and a hemorrhage suffered in a fall in the shower while he was serving a life sentence for human rights violations.
Cartel towns pose challenge for immigration reform
Christopher Sherman, Associated Press |
posted May 20th - 8:34am
Just across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, Texas, stands a dormitory-style shelter filled with people recently deported from the U.S. and other migrants waiting to cross the border.
Large earthquake strikes off coast of Chile
Luis Andres Henao, Associated Press |
posted May 20th - 7:16am
A magnitude-6.5 earthquake struck off the coast of Chile on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but Chilean officials said it was not felt on land and discarded the possibility that it might unleash a tsunami.
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