OAS drug study eyes marijuana legalization
LIMA, Peru (AP) — An Organization of American States study released Friday is calling for a serious discussion on legalizing marijuana.
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Mexico to create police unit to search for missing
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's government says it will create a special investigative unit to search for the missing, heeding a request by…
AP PHOTOS: Cuba's LGBT community celebrates
HAVANA (AP) — A week of drag shows, colorful marches and social and cultural events in Havana culminates Friday with celebrations of…
Argentine dictator Videla dies in prison at age 87
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Former dictator Jorge Rafael Videla, who took power over Argentina in a 1976 coup and led a military…
Venezuela's military enters high-crime slums
PETARE, Venezuela (AP) — Stern-looking soldiers clutching assault rifles wave down the beat-up Chevy Caprice entering this sprawling…
Brazil approves law to modernize ports
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil plans to modernize and expand its overcrowded ports, attract private investments to the sector and make it…
Photos sought of Guantanamo prisoner hit in clash
MIAMI (AP) — A lawyer for a Guantanamo Bay prisoner is calling on the U.S. Justice Department to release photos of wounds the man…
Correction: Honduras-Death Squads story
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — In a story May 13 about suspects disappearing or dying after being in the custody of the Honduran National…
OAS drug study eyes decriminalization
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A new Organization of American States study commissioned in response to calls by some Latin American leaders…
Burmese Python caught in Puerto Rico river
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Authorities in Puerto Rico have caught a 12-foot (3.6-meter) Burmese Python that they had been trying to…
