Ex Panama dictator Noriega 'stable' in hospital
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Doctors in Panama say former dictator Manuel Noriega is "stable" after being hospitalized for extreme hypertension.
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Puerto Rico fisherman survives 20 days adrift
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A Puerto Rican fisherman spent nearly three weeks adrift in the Caribbean, surviving on raw fish and trapped…
DEA agents in Puerto Rico claim discrimination
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Ten Puerto Rican agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration have filed suit against their employer,…
Brazil: Standoff between striking police, soldiers
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Striking state police and their supporters have clashed with Brazilian soldiers outside the state legislature in…
Mexico party picks woman as presidential candidate
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A major political party in Mexico has chosen a female presidential candidate for the first time, as the ruling party…
17 dead, 13 rescued after migrant boat capsizes
SABANA DE LA MAR, Dominican Republic (AP) — Rescuers scouring the white-capped waters off the Dominican Republic's coast have found 17…
Former Panamanian dictator Noriega hospitalized
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, who was toppled by a 1989 American invasion and later convicted of drug…
Panama police, indigenous clash over blockade
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Police fired tear gas Sunday to clear blockades of the Pan-American highway by indigenous groups protesting changes…
Report: 78 killed in police strike in Brazil state
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Murder rates in the northeastern city of Salvador have more than doubled since the start of a police strike,…
15 dead, 11 rescued after migrant boat capsizes
SABANA DE LA MAR, Dominican Republic (AP) — An official says 15 bodies have been recovered after an overloaded boat carrying migrants…
