Latin America News

MORELIA, Mexico - At least seven federal police officers and a civilian were killed in Michoacan state in several attacks by gunmen against federal agents in less than 24 hours, state prosecutors said. Full Story »

RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) - The search for the black boxes from an Air France airliner crash off Brazil six months ago will resume in early February, the head of the French office investigating the accident said here Saturday. Full Story »

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica - The Interamerican Court of Human Rights has criticized Mexico for a lack of diligence in investigating the slayings of three young women in the violent border city of Ciudad Juarez. Full Story »

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil and Peru on Saturday condemned the refusal by the de facto government of Honduras to allow ousted President Manuel Zelaya to leave the country unless he drops his demand to be reinstated. Full Story »

MEXICO CITY - An eccentric street vendor known for his Rambo-style headband resigned Thursday as chief of Mexico City's most populous borough, nine days after he and several of his supporters took over the borough's headquarters. Full Story »

RIO DE JANEIRO - A Brazilian university student expelled for causing an uproar while wearing a pink miniskirt has sued her school. Full Story »

MEXICO CITY - Mexican journalists have formed an advocacy group in response to attacks on reporters. Full Story »

RIO DE JANEIRO - A presidential decree Friday will suspend up to an estimated $5.7 billion in fines and give landowners two more years to comply with environmental regulations meant to stop the razing of the Brazilian rain forest. Full Story »

HAVANA (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's warning to Latin American nations about their ties with Iran was "an overt threat," especially to his country and Bolivia. Full Story »

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A New Mexico prosecutor's spokesman says an 18-year-old man accused of killing a nun on the Navajo reservation pleaded not guilty Thursday to first-degree murder and burglary charges. Full Story »

BRASILIA, Brazil - Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya says he will leave the Brazilian Embassy in Honduras by Jan. 27, when his presidential term ends, according to an interview broadcast Friday. Full Story »

SANTA FE, N.M. - A former New Mexico Cabinet secretary arrested for drunken driving three days after being named to an Obama administration post will assume her federal job. Full Story »

RIO DE JANEIRO - The gunman sentenced to 27 years for killing U.S. nun and Amazon rain forest activist Dorothy Stang has waived his right to a new trial, a prosecutor said Thursday. Full Story »

SANTIAGO, Brazil (AFP) - A conservative billionaire, Sebastian Pinera, won the first round of an election in Chile Sunday in the race to succeed outgoing leftist President Michelle Bachelet, a partial official count showed. Full Story »

LONDON (AFP) - Mexico striker Carlos Vela has signed a new contract with Arsenal, the English Premier League club said Thursday. Full Story »

RIO DE JANEIRO - Police in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo have killed more than 11,000 people in the past six years, many execution-style, according to a report released Tuesday by Human Rights Watch. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate approved a provision on Sunday to facilitate cash sales of U.S. farm goods to Cuba, overturning restrictions by former President George W. Bush's administration, a senator said. Full Story »

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Complaints of torture, murder and illegal detention by the Mexican army have jumped as soldiers have been dragged into a long, gruesome battle with powerful drug cartels, Amnesty International said on Tuesday. Full Story »