September 6, 2018 Guatemala Morales defends ending UN anti-graft commission President Jimmy Morales on Thursday defended his decision to wind down a U.N. commission investigating graft in Guatemala, responding to domestic and international critics who called it a blow against efforts to strengthen rule of law and hold the corrupt accountable.
September 5, 2018 Brazil federal police seek charges against President Temer Brazil’s federal police are asking that corruption charges be brought against President Michel Temer, which could lead to his suspension from office.
September 5, 2018 Nikki Haley says she doesn’t want Nicaragua to turn into another Venezuela or Syria Tales of unbearable torture and deaths of anti-government protesters at the hands of the Nicaraguan security forces and paramilitaries were heard at the United Nations Security Council.
September 5, 2018 Paraguay to move embassy from Jerusalem back to Tel Aviv Paraguay's government says it's moving its embassy in Israel out of Jerusalem and back to Tel Aviv, less than four months after opening the new mission.
September 5, 2018 3 charged in death of Missouri woman, 68, living retirement in Belize Three people have been charged in the death of a 68-year-old Missouri woman living in retirement in the Central American nation of Belize, authorities said Monday.
September 4, 2018 Deer spotted hugging firefighter on Canada ferry A friendly yet "lonely" deer wandering around a lake in Canada became a viral star after a photo online showed the animal snuggling up to a firefighter.
September 3, 2018 Brazil firefighters try saving relics at 200-year-old National Museum after massive blaze Brazil's National Museum has suffered catastrophic damages after a massive fire broke out on Sunday. Firefighters are working to salvage some of the artifacts inside the museum, which was once home to a 12,000-year-old skeleton, the oldest human remains ever found in the Americas.
September 2, 2018 Brazil's National Museum, 200 years old, goes up in flames Firefighters in Brazil on Sunday worked to douse massive flames engulfing a 200-year-old history museum — as the country's president called it "a sad day for all Brazilians."
September 2, 2018 'Microwave weapons' eyed as likely source of mystery ailments for US diplomats in Cuba, scientists say A team of scientists has singled out what it claims left U.S. diplomats in Cuba sickened by mysterious ailments and symptoms in recent months, according to a new report.
September 2, 2018 Man in Mexico steals hearse with body inside, police say A man in Mexico was arrested Friday after a stealing a hearse that still had a body inside, according to police.