April 17, 2019 Brazil top court criticized for order to block news stories Brazil's attorney general is accusing the nation's highest court of violating the constitution with an order for news organizations to withdraw some online reports on a corruption investigation that include references to one of the tribunal's justices.
April 17, 2019 Strong police presence ahead of march in Nicaragua Hundreds of police are lining a thoroughfare and manning overpasses in Nicaragua's capital hours before a scheduled opposition march to mark a year since protesters took to the streets to oppose the government of President Daniel Ortega.
April 17, 2019 Alan GarcÃa, ex-Peruvian president, dies at 69 Alan GarcÃa, a former Peruvian president whose first term in the 1980s was marred by financial chaos and rebel violence, and who was recently targeted in Latin America's biggest corruption scandal, died on Wednesday at the age of 69.
April 17, 2019 Cal Thomas: The exception that is Costa Rica LIBERIA, Costa Rica — In the ongoing U.S. debate about immigration, the Central American countries of Honduras, Nicaragua and Guatemala are mainly in the news because many of those crossing our border from Mexico are from these nations. Why isn’t Costa Rica experiencing a similar mass exodus?
April 17, 2019 Iraqi war games: Army trains in desert, defeats 'militants' The "militants" were holding on stubbornly to their position in the scabrous desert outside Baghdad, blocking the Iraqi troops' advance when an infantry unit sprung out of the right flank, forcing the enemy into a hasty retreat.
April 17, 2019 The Latest: Peruvian President Vizcarra: Ex-leader died The Latest on former Peruvian President Alan GarcÃa (all times local): 10:40 a.m.
April 17, 2019 Justin Trudeau dealt another blow as Liberal allies are swept out of power in Alberta elections Canada’s embattled Prime Minister has lost one of his strongest remaining allies, as Alberta’s left-leaning provincial government has been swept out of office after just four years.
April 17, 2019 Aid group: Trump's Yemen veto means more death, suffering An international charity says President Donald Trump's veto of a congressional resolution to end U.S. military assistance for Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen "will only mean more suffering and death."
April 16, 2019 Mexico president sets aside education reform Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has ordered his Cabinet ministers to ignore the education reforms put in place by the previous administration while congress tries to work out replacement legislation.
April 16, 2019 Nicaragua police deny permit for protest anniversary march Nicaragua's national police have denied a permit request for a march to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the start of anti-government protests, setting up a possible conflict with the opposition, which has called for the march to go on.