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Mexican mayor killed, massacre suspects arrested

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hooded gunmen killed the mayor of a small town in the northern Mexico state of San Luis Potosi on Wednesday, and…

Chavez: Foes sabotaging Venezuela's power grid

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Hugo Chavez accused his political adversaries Wednesday of sabotaging Venezuela's electricity grid…

Mayor of northern Mexico town killed by gunmen

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican prosecutors say hooded gunmen have killed the mayor of a small town in northern Mexico. He is the third…

Fidel Castro says Cuban model doesn't work

HAVANA (AP) — Fidel Castro told a visiting American journalist that Cuba's communist economic model doesn't work, a rare comment on…

Chavez to talk with Jewish leaders in Venezuela

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Wednesday that he will meet later this month with the country's Jewish…

18 massacred in Honduras had no criminal records

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — The massacre of 18 people in a shoe factory in northern Honduras was likely an attempt by the assailants…

Barbados' leader returns to US, cites ill health

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AP) — Barbados' prime minister has left the Caribbean island again to seek medical attention in the United…

Barbados Red Cross volunteer hangs self after fire

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AP) — A Red Cross volunteer who helped remove the bodies of six women killed in a weekend fire set by robbers at…

Walker, critic of US embargo on Cuba, dies at 80

HAVANA (AP) — The Rev. Lucius Walker, who led an annual pilgrimage of U.S. aid volunteers to Cuba in defiance of Washington's nearly…

Walker, defier of US embargo on Cuba, dies at 80

HAVANA (AP) — Rev. Lucius Walker, who led an annual pilgrimage of U.S. aid volunteers to Cuba in defiance of Washington's near…

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