HAVANA (AP) — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani met with former Cuban leader Fidel Castro and his brother President Raul Castro during a one-day state visit in Havana on Monday, Sept. 19, 2016. His sit-down with Fidel Castro was an unusual encounter since Cuba’s 90-year-old retired president receives only a few people. Officials did not say … Continue reading
HAVANA (AP) — Lourdes Ortega spent nine years castrating cattle and ridding pigs of parasites until a chronic nerve disease forced her out of veterinary medicine, leaving her struggling for two decades to raise three sons as a single mother on disability. Then opportunity appeared in the form of a year-old Chihuahua named Macorina. A … Continue reading
DOUGLAS, Ariz. (AP) — Drug smugglers employ very creative methods to get their loads across the U.S.-Mexico border. But it’s not every day they use a van outfitted with a 10-foot (3-meter) air cannon to shoot projectiles into the United States. Mexican federal police said in a statement last week they found such van parked … Continue reading
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The number of immigrants in the U.S. illegally has held steady since the Great Recession ended, totaling 11.1 million in 2014, 11.2 million in 2012 and 11.3 million in 2009, according to a study released Tuesday, Sept. 20th, 2016 by Pew Research Center (http://pewrsr.ch/2dh78XI ). The population peaked at 12.2 million … Continue reading
RIVIERA MAYA, Mexico (AP) — Min Ji Park shot a 4-under 68 on Thursday to help South Korea take a seven-stroke lead after the second round of the World Amateur Team Championship Hye Jin Choi added a 69 at Mayakoba El Camaleon to give South Korea a 13-under 275 total, with only the best two … Continue reading
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — A judge in Uruguay ordered a medical evaluation Thursday of a hunger striking former Guantanamo prisoner who emerged from a brief coma but was still in danger from his protest aimed at calling attention to his desire to leave the South American country. Reports from doctors and paramedics who have treated … Continue reading
WASHINGTON (AP) — A long impasse that has delayed money to combat Zika for months neared an end Thursday as congressional aides said Republicans would relent and let Planned Parenthood affiliated clinics share in new funding to fight the virus. The potential deal would ease the way for Congress to quit work until after the … Continue reading
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — A former Guantanamo prisoner on a hunger strike slipped into a coma Wednesday, said a doctor in Uruguay, where the ex-detainee was taken in as a refugee nearly two years ago but has been demanding to move elsewhere to reunite with his family. Abu Wa’el Dhiab was unconscious and extremely dehydrated … Continue reading
RIVIERA MAYA, Mexico (AP) — Sisters Morgane and Kim Metraux combined for a 7-under 137 on Wednesday to give Switzerland a one-stroke lead over South Korea in the Women’s World Amateur Team Championships . Morgane opened with a 68, and Kim shot 69 at Mayakoba El Camaleon. They are teammates at Florida State . The … Continue reading
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian investigators on Wednesday charged former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva with money laundering and corruption, calling him the “maximum commander” of the mammoth graft scandal roiling Latin America’s largest nation. While the charges against Silva were expected — police recommended them last month — the characterization of his … Continue reading
CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (AP) — Newton swept onto the Gulf of California after slamming the resorts of southern Baja as a hurricane before making landfall Mexico’s mainland and weakening to a tropical storm. And the storm remained on a path Wednesday, Sept. 07, 2016, that was expected to take it to the U.S. border … Continue reading
CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Newton shattered windows, downed trees and knocked out power in parts of the twin resorts of Los Cabos on Tuesday, Sept. 06, 2016, but residents were spared the kind of extensive damage seen two years ago when they were walloped by a stronger storm. A shrimp boat capsized … Continue reading
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian police have detained two people for allegedly pledging allegiance to the Islamic State group on social media. Federal police said in a Tuesday, Sept. 06, 2016, statement that the arrests were made in the state of Sao Paulo. The suspects’ identities were not revealed and no other details were … Continue reading
CINCINNATI (AP) — “Crushed.” ”Disappointed.” ”Confused.” Some Hispanic leaders who have been advising Donald Trump say they feel betrayed after his long-awaited immigration speech that definitively ruled out a pathway to legal status for people living in the country illegally. Trump stopped short of calling for the mass deportation of millions of people who have … Continue reading
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president said that Donald Trump’s proposals represent a threat to the future of his country and that he agreed to a widely criticized meeting with the Republican candidate to open a space for dialogue. President Enrique Pena Nieto has been ridiculed in his country for inviting Trump, as well as … Continue reading
HAVANA (AP) — Six months after President Raul Castro declared war on the Zika virus in Cuba, a militarized nationwide campaign of intensive mosquito spraying, monitoring and quarantine appears to be working. Cuba is among the few countries in the Western Hemisphere that have so far prevented significant spread of the disease blamed for birth … Continue reading
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Brazilian man whose “miraculous” cure from a brain infection paved the way for Mother Teresa’s canonization this weekend said he is grateful for his life but doesn’t feel particularly chosen by God. Rather, Marcilio Haddad Andrino told a Vatican press conference Friday, Sept. 2nd, 2016, he is just one example … Continue reading
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Senators debated the fate of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff into the wee hours of Wednesday, Aug 31st, 2016, ahead of a planned vote later in the day on whether to remove Rousseff permanently as leader of Latin America’s most populous country. Many of the 81 senators signed up to speak Tuesday … Continue reading
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. presidential campaign (all times EDT): 9:50 a.m. Mike Pence says that Donald Trump’s trip to Mexico demonstrates what a “decisive leader” he would be if elected president. Trump’s running mate told Fox News Wednesday, Aug 31st, 2016 that Trump immediately responded to an invitation by Mexico’s President … Continue reading
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Juan Gabriel, a superstar Mexican songwriter and singer who was an icon in the Latin music world, died Sunday, Aug. 28, at his home in California at age 66, his publicist said. Juan Gabriel was Mexico’s leading singer-songwriter and top-selling artist. His ballads about love and heartbreak and bouncy mariachi tunes … Continue reading
HAVANA (AP) — The commander of Colombia’s biggest rebel movement said Sunday its fighters will permanently cease hostilities with the government beginning with the first minute of Monday, Aug 29, as a result of their peace accord ending one of the world’s longest-running conflicts. Rodrigo Londono, leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, made … Continue reading
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