February 18, 2019 Trudeau's top adviser resigns but denies wrongdoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's top adviser has resigned while denying allegations he pressured Canada's former attorney general to avoid prosecuting a major Canadian engineering firm.
February 18, 2019 Pope Francis lifts suspension on Nicaraguan priest, poet The Vatican's ambassador to Nicaragua says Pope Francis has lifted the suspension imposed in 1983 on Nicaraguan priest and poet Ernesto Cardenal.
February 18, 2019 Brazil's #metoo moment: Spiritual guru accused of sex abuse For over 40 years, spiritual healer Joao Teixeira de Faria drew people from all over the world to this small city in central Brazil, offering treatment for everything from depression to cancer.
February 18, 2019 Mexico to close infamous island penal colony Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says he will close a famed island penal colony off the country's Pacific coast.
February 18, 2019 Haitians seek water, food as businesses reopen after protest Businesses and government offices are slowly reopening in Haiti after more than a week of violent demonstrations.
February 18, 2019 Bus hits dump truck in Bolivia; at least 22 reported dead Bolivian police say a bus has crashed head-on with a dump truck, killing at least 22 people and injuring 12 more.
February 18, 2019 2 French pilots who fled Dominican Republic go on trial Two French pilots who made a mysterious escape from the Dominican Republic in 2015 are going on trial in southern France accused of international cocaine trafficking.
February 18, 2019 Barred from Venezuela, European lawmakers call for action Conservative European lawmakers who were barred from entering Venezuela this weekend are urging the European Union's top diplomat to suspend contacts with Nicolas Maduro's government.
February 17, 2019 Recent developments surrounding the South China Sea A look at recent developments in the South China Sea, where China is pitted against smaller neighbors in multiple disputes over islands, coral reefs and lagoons in waters crucial for global commerce and rich in fish and potential oil and gas reserves: ___ EDITOR'S NOTE: This is a weekly look at developments in the South China Sea, the location of several territorial conflicts in the region.
February 17, 2019 Nicaragua: New talks explored but opposition sets conditions Nicaragua says it has held talks on restarting a long-stalled dialogue following political violence that left more than 300 dead last year, but opposition groups and civil society are demanding a raft of preconditions.