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Security chief during Mexico's 'dirty war' dies (AP)

AP - Miguel Nazar Haro, who led Mexico's domestic spy agency and was accused of being behind the disappearances of alleged leftist guerrillas in the 1970s, has died at age 87.

(Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:34:56 GMT)

Venezuelan gets 14 months in Conn. fraud cover-up (AP)

AP - A real estate manager who tried to cover up a Connecticut-based pyramid scheme involving hundreds of millions of dollars from a Venezuela state pension fund has been sentenced to 14 months in prison.
(Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:40:51 GMT)

Obama administration reveals new ATF gun probe rules (Reuters)

Reuters - The Obama administration on Friday revealed new reforms undertaken to improve how it conducts undercover gun trafficking investigations in the wake of a botched operation in which scores of weapons disappeared.
(Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:03:06 GMT)

US man helping in Haiti rebuilding is shot, robbed (AP)

AP - A U.S. man who helped build a trauma center in Haiti after January 2010's devastating earthquake was treated at that hospital after being critically wounded during a robbery in the capital of Port-au-Prince, his wife and doctors said Friday.

(Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:12:54 GMT)

Cuban Communists to consider term limits for leaders (Reuters)

Reuters - Cuba's Communist Party will consider reforms this weekend that could impose term limits on its leaders in what would be a striking change on an island that Fidel Castro ruled for 49 years and was succeeded by his brother.
(Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:53:30 GMT)

Haiti president now says no pardon for Duvalier (AP)

AP - Haitian President Michel Martelly on Friday backed off a suggestion from an interview a day earlier that he might be open to a pardon for former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier. He said he meant only that he wanted an end to the internal conflict that has long afflicted his country.
(Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:33:29 GMT)

Cuba: Tough prison terms for mahogany tree thefts (AP)

AP - Cuba convicted six people of cutting down African mahogany trees in the National Botanical Gardens and sentenced them to eight and 10 years in prison, the Communist Party newspaper Granma said Friday.
(Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:32:29 GMT)

Guatemala: Ex dictador to face genocide charges (AP)

AP - The defense lawyer for former dictator Efrain Rios Montt said Friday that a judge violated due process when she issued unprecedented genocide charges against Rios Montt for conduct during Guatemala's bloody civil war.

(Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:14:26 GMT)

Chavez taps hardline generals for inner circle (AP)

AP - President Hugo Chavez has been filling top posts in Venezuela's armed forces with hardline political loyalists, raising concerns among critics that the military leaders might not accept the results of this year's election if it goes against him.

(Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:22:25 GMT)

PEN writers condemn attacks on Mexico journalists (AP)

AP - Several Nobel prize laureates are joining the PEN International writers group in condemning attacks on journalists in Mexico.
(Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:13:50 GMT)

Former Guatemala dictator faces war crimes charges (Reuters)

Reuters - Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt will face trial on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity as the Central American nation seeks to close files on a brutal 36-year civil war.

(Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:48:15 GMT)

Ex-US diplomat testifies in Argentine baby thefts (AP)

AP - A former U.S. diplomat testified Thursday that American officials knew Argentina's military regime was taking babies from dead or jailed dissidents during its "dirty war" against leftists in the 1970s, and it appeared to be a systematic effort at the time.
(Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:06:32 GMT)

Gingrich: Use Reagan approach for post-Castro Cuba (AP)

AP - Republican presidential hopefuls are casting President Barack Obama as a failure on Cuba and say they would do a better job ushering freedom into the nation after Castro.
(Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:56:51 GMT)

Campaigning Mitt Romney seldom notes Mexican roots (AP)

AP - White House hopeful Mitt Romney rarely mentions a key fact as he works to woo Hispanics ahead of Tuesday's Republican presidential nominating contest in Florida — his own Mexican heritage.

(Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:52:28 GMT)

Scientists: Haiti, DR may facing big quake period (AP)

AP - Haiti and the neighboring Dominican Republic could be in for a period of periodic powerful earthquakes, according to a scientific study released Thursday.
(Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:32:18 GMT)

US Supreme Court won't review Venezuela suit (AP)

AP - An Ohio investment group's lawsuit seeking to collect $100 million on three-decade-old Venezuelan promissory notes is headed back to a federal judge for further deliberations.
(Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:53:05 GMT)

2 Mexican cops charged in killing of 2 students (AP)

AP - Prosecutors in southern Mexico say two state police officers have been charged in the killings of two student demonstrators during a protest last month.
(Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:14:45 GMT)

Mexico ups swine flu screening as cases increase (AP)

AP - Three years after swine flu closed Mexico City and caused an international scare, the Mexican government and local media are at odds over the severity of this season's flu virus. Newspapers are warning of an alarming increase in cases while the government insists there is no cause for alarm.
(Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:40:38 GMT)

Ecuador to crack down on clinics that 'cure' gays (AP)

AP - Ecuador will investigate and act forcefully against any clinics found to be trying to force homosexuals to change their sexual orientation, a Health Ministry official said Thursday.
(Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:19:56 GMT)

Mexico police catch U.S. pastor accused of sex abuse (Reuters)

Reuters - Mexican police have arrested a Las Vegas pastor who they said was hiding out in Tijuana after being accused of sexually abusing several minors in the United States.
(Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:35:21 GMT)