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