Miners in Chile smile and wave at a camera at 700 meters (2,300 feet) underground in a collapsed cooper mine where they have been trapped since Aug. 5.
Brazilian presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff increased her lead over opposition candidate Jose Serra to 24 points, according to an Ibope poll published by TV Globo network and O Estado de S. Paulo newspaper.
After three decades of spectacular growth, China passed Japan in the second quarter to become the world’s second-largest economy behind the United States.
Former President Fidel Castro of Cuba addressed a session of Parliament for the first time in four years on Saturday, the latest of several recent public appearances after a long period of seclusion.
Postphorism
Preach not because you have to say something, but because you have something to say. Richard Whately (1787-1863)
Mexico launches probe of migrant massacre Federal authorities said they will take over the investigation into the massacre of 72 migrants at a ranch in northern Mexico because evidence suggests drug traffickers were responsible.
Calderon proposes steps against money laundering Mexico President Felipe Calderon says he'll offer legislation limiting big-ticket cash purchases by which drug traffickers launder billions of dollars smuggled south across the U.S.-Mexico border.
Mexico lawmakers debate drug fight President Felipe Calderón plans to invite legislators to participate later this week in his continuing discussions with all of Mexico’s political establishment about how to win the war against the drug cartels, his office said.
'Presumed Guilty' failure of Mexico's justice system In late 2005, a young street vendor in the crowded Iztapalapa borough of Mexico City was picked up by police, hauled to jail, and told: "You did it." Just like that, Antonio Zuniga was accused of the murder of a man he had never met...
Peru leader charged with rebellion eyes politics A Peruvian protest leader facing rebellion charges stemming from deadly clashes last year announced Wednesday that Amazon Indians are looking to form their own political party, and he may be its presidential candidate.
Argentina bond risk fell the most in Latin America over the past three months as quickening economic growth and a $12.9 billion debt restructuring boosted confidence in the country’s ability to pay its debt.
Rapaz’s isolation has allowed it to guard an enduring archaeological mystery: a collection of khipus, the cryptic woven knots that may explain how the Incas — in contrast to contemporaries in the Ottoman Empire and China’s Ming dynasty — ruled a vast, administratively complex empire without a written language.
The apartment is on the second story of a three-story, walk-up building, constructed of concrete about 40 years ago. The old city is Cartagena's tourist and cultural center; shopping, dining and public transportation are within walking distance.
He was warned the journey north would be hard, so Gilmar Morales beefed up on eggs and sausage, bought some ham sandwiches from the bodega across the street, told his mother he loved her and set off with two other relatives on a path well-traveled by young people here in one of Latin America’s poorest countries.
Mario Gómez is all too familiar with the hardships of prolonged confinement. While still in his 30s, his family said, he survived as a stowaway on a ship for 11 days, living below deck on little more than bits of chocolate and drops of water collected in a shoe — an ordeal so trying it brought him closer to God.
It’s great they got these drug lords, but they will be replaced quickly. Law enforcement is helpless in the fight against the cartels due to their economic ability to sustain their criminal activities.
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Other Opinion
Is the death of books upon us? On the strength of the popular Kindle, Amazon says it now sells more e-books than hardcovers. What's being lost is the messy tactile narrative of how books are made manifest and cling to our lives, as "The Hobbit" did to mine.
