March 16, 2017 11 tortured bodies found in Veracruz, on Mexico's Gulf coast Mexican police have found the tortured bodies of nine men and two women on the outskirts of the Gulf coast city of Veracruz.
March 16, 2017 Ex-CIA agent freed in Portugal, avoids extradition to Italy An American ex-CIA agent has won a last-minute reprieve and will no longer be extradited from Portugal to Italy, where a court convicted her of taking part in the kidnapping of a Muslim cleric.
March 16, 2017 Puerto Rico governor plan rejects austerity measures Puerto Rico's governor has submitted a fiscal plan that rejects austerity measures sought by a federal control board and instead proposes alternative ways to boost revenue and cut spending amid an economic recession.
March 16, 2017 Canadian imprisoned in North Korea meets Swedish ambassador A Canadian man serving a life sentence in North Korea has been allowed to meet with the Swedish ambassador in Pyongyang and telephone his family.
March 16, 2017 Russia pledges to veto UN sanctions resolution on Syria Russia pledged to veto a Western-backed U.N.
March 16, 2017 Nicaraguan woman thrown into fire during exorcism, dies Nicaraguan officials say a 25-year-old woman died after being thrown into a fire to drive "demons" from her body.
March 16, 2017 Puerto Rico governor announces new measures to fight crisis Puerto Rico's governor says he will eliminate subsidies, shrink the number of public agencies by nearly 75 percent and increase the cost of some government services to reduce spending and boost revenue as ordered by a federal control board amid an economic recession.
March 16, 2017 Chilean homes without water, 3 dead, 19 missing in floods Hundreds of thousands of homes in communities around the Chilean capital remain without water as authorities struggle to restore service following floods caused by Andean rainfall.
March 16, 2017 Gunmen wound Argentine tourist visiting Rio for Carnival Gunmen wounded an Argentine tourist visiting Rio de Janeiro for Carnival when the car she was riding in strayed into a slum, police said.
March 16, 2017 Mexican official: We'll take migrants rights issue to UN Mexico's top diplomat says his country "will not hesitate" to take the issue of migrant rights to the United Nations high commissioner for human rights if the U.S. government violates their rights.