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200,000 see homes flooded in Mexico

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 16:27:29 GMT

A week of torrential rain has flooded the homes of more than 200,000 people along Mexico's Gulf coast, officials said Friday. Residents in some towns complained that no help had arrived.

Drought worsens water woes in Venezuela

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 16:50:17 GMT

While a drought has put Caracas under widespread water rationing for the first time in years, for Venezuelans in this hillside slum it's just more of the same.

Ida nears hurricane status, could hit U.S.

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 23:17:47 GMT

Officials along Mexico's Caribbean coast are readying storm shelters amid warnings that Tropical Storm Ida could become a hurricane as it nears the resort city of Cancun.

Zelaya: U.S.-backed Honduras pact ‘dead’

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 09:27:34 GMT

A negotiator for ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya says a U.S.-brokered pact to end a four-month political crisis has failed after a deadline for forming a unity government passed.

Mom reunited with baby allegedly sold by docs

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 08:55:54 GMT

A 1-year-old girl is back with her mother a year after the Mexico City doctors who delivered her allegedly sold her to another woman.

Venezuela sends 15,000 troops to Colombia border

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 01:45:31 GMT

President Hugo Chavez's government is sending 15,000 soldiers to the border with Colombia, saying the military buildup is needed to increase security, combat drug trafficking and root out paramilitary groups.

Swine flu linked to seven deaths in Amazon

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 17:00:52 GMT

Swine flu has appeared among Venezuela's Yanomami Indians, one of the largest isolated indigenous groups in the Amazon, and a doctor said Wednesday that the virus is suspected in seven deaths, including six infants.

Cuban musicians get U.S. encore

Tue, 2 Jun 2009 17:06:03 GMT