March 27, 2017 Report: Blacks make up 1.2 percent of Mexico's population A Mexican census report says 1.38 million Mexicans identify themselves as having African ancestors, equal to about 1.2 percent of the country's population.
March 27, 2017 Agustina Castro, Fidel and Raul's sister, dies in Cuba at 78 A family member says Fidel and Raul Castro's youngest sister Agustina has died in Cuba at age 78.
March 27, 2017 Mexican fishermen burn boat, demand environmentalists out Dozens of fishermen have burned a boat as part of a threat to force out a ship operated by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society in Mexico's Gulf of California.
March 27, 2017 Official: Canada expected to legalize marijuana by July 2018 Canadians are expected to be able to smoke marijuana legally by July 1, 2018.
March 27, 2017 14 inmates still at large after mass tunnel escape in northern Mexico A total of 15 inmates have been recaptured since they tunneled their way out of a prison in Tamaulipas capital, Ciudad Victoria.
March 27, 2017 Strikes to hit French Guiana as tensions paralyze territory French Guiana is facing a nationwide strike amid mounting protests over crime and economic difficulty that have paralyzed the French territory in South America, halted flights and a rocket launch and prompted a U.S. travel warning.
March 27, 2017 Iran imposes sanctions on 15 US companies Iran has imposed sanctions on 15 American companies over their alleged support for Israel, terrorism and repression in the region.
March 27, 2017 China lifts ban on Brazilian beef China says it has lifted an import ban on beef from Brazil after Brazilian authorities promised to block shipments by producers at the center of a product quality scandal.
March 27, 2017 With eye toward Trump, Arab leaders to seek consensus With an eye toward Washington, leaders of a fractured and conflict-ridden Arab world hold their annual summit this week, seeking common positions and possible leverage as President Donald Trump weighs his approach toward the region.
March 27, 2017 Despite some tensions, evangelical churches booming in Cuba Fidel Castro's government sent the Rev. Juan Francisco Naranjo to two years of work camp in the 1960s for preaching the Gospel in a Cuba where atheism was law and the faithful were viewed as suspect.