Media Decoder: Quick Reversal for Plan to Rename Canadian Broadcaster
The proposed new name for the French-language government-owned Radio-Canada — ICI — was panned for leaving out Canada.
Protesters fight police, burn Maduro puppets in Venezuela
By Andrew Cawthorne CARACAS (Reuters) - Masked youths battled police, protesters burned and hung from lamp-posts effigies of President Nicolas Maduro and marchers demanded...
Venezuela Declares 90-Day Electricity ‘Emergency’
President Nicolas Maduro's government declared a 90-day "emergency" in Venezuela's electricity sector on Tuesday to speed up infrastructure work and equipment imports needed to...
Official: Rivera plane plummeted almost straight
Mexico's top transportation official says a plane carrying Mexican-American music superstar Jenni Rivera plunged almost vertically from more than 28,000 feet and hit the...
Brazilian Must Register Gay Unions as Marriages
Brazilian notary publics must register same-sex civil unions as marriages if the couple requests it, the country's National Council of Justice said Tuesday.
Call Him Patron “Reds”
News Americas, CASTRIES, St Lucia, Weds. July 27, 2011: Call him Joseph “Reds” Perriera.
The Guyana-born, veteran journalist and international sports commentator, has been named...
In Twitter Era, New Pope Not a Social Media Maven
Pope Francis has 1.2 billion followers in the Roman Catholic Church, but he's not following a single one of them on Facebook or Twitter.
Amnesty for Undeclared Dollars Divides Argentina
A plan to get Argentines to pull their undeclared U.S. dollars from under their mattresses and out of illegal tax havens, and deposit them...
5 Charred Bodies Found in Northeast Mexico
Police have found five charred bodies inside a pickup truck abandoned and set ablaze on a northern Mexico highway.
News Analysis: Obama Nominees in Step on Light Footprint
President Obama’s selection of a new national security team appears to have ended, at least for now, many of the internal debates about military...