Latin America News

MIAMI - A tropical depression has formed far off Mexico's Pacific coast and is moving farther out to sea.

RIO DE JANEIRO - Doctors say Brazil's vice president is recovering nicely after a six-hour surgery that removed 10 abdominal tumors.

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica - Hopes for a quick resolution to the post-coup leadership crisis in Honduras dimmed as the two rivals fighting over the presidency refused to meet face-to-face and emerged from talks in Costa Rica showing no signs of budging from their hardline positions.

MEXICO CITY - Mexico's Attorney General's Office said Thursday it is launching a federal investigation into the killing of a Mormon anti-crime activist, calling it a high-impact crime that appears related to the arrest of a gang of gunmen.

MORELIA, Mexico - Police in western Mexico found four mutilated bodies in plastic bags on the side of a highway Thursday.

CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez's government is imposing new regulations on cable television while revoking the licenses of more than 200 radio stations, the top telecommunications official said Thursday.

GUATEMALA CITY - An appeals court found insufficient evidence to warrant the trial of a Guatemalan whose Twitter message led to his arrest on charges of inciting financial panic.

LA PAZ, Bolivia - The United States deported a key figure in Bolivia's last military dictatorship back home Thursday to serve a 30-year prison sentence for crimes including genocide and political assassinations.

RIO DE JANEIRO - Two brothers in Rio are living over the edge — literally: sleeping, working and eating on the side of a building 33 feet (10 meters) up in the air. Twenty-seven-year-old Tiago Primo and his 20-year-old brother Gabriel spend 12 hours a day in the bed, hammock, chair and dining table they've attached to a bright red-and-yellow wall as part of an art exhibit in Rio's old center.

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica - Interim Honduran leader Micheletti in Costa Rica for coup talks; says he comes in peace.

PARIS - More than 600 pieces of Air France Flight 447 are being sent from Brazil to France by ship to be studied further for clues into the June 1 crash, Airbus said Thursday.

LIMA, Peru - Peru's government doesn't provide adequate care for pregnant women in the impoverished highlands and jungle, a failure reflected in one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the hemisphere, a human rights group said Thursday.

MEXICO CITY - Mexico reacted to the slaying of an anti-crime activist with outrage Wednesday: Congress called for a minute of silence, television commentators demanded justice and activists pledged to step up their fight against crime despite persistent threats.

CARACAS, Venezuela - The mayor of Venezuela's capital ended a hunger strike Wednesday after the head of the Organization of American States agreed to meet with him and other opposition leaders to discuss moves by the government they say erode their authority.

BOGOTA - Colombian President Alvaro Uribe says he will allow an opposition senator to accompany the release of hostages held by FARC rebels.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - A lack of coordination among aid groups and Haitian leaders is hurting efforts to ease poverty in the Caribbean nation, Bill Clinton said Wednesday as he wrapped up his first trip here as a special U.N. envoy.