December 16, 2016 Ex-Guantanamo detainee leaves Uruguay for South Africa A former Guantanamo detainee who had resettled in Uruguay left the South American country for South Africa on Thursday, ending a two-year campaign to be allowed to go.
December 16, 2016 State plays middleman in exchange of captives A state government in southern Mexico has found itself forced to play the role of middleman in an exchange of kidnap victims held by a gang of drug traffickers, and a band of angry citizens who seized a crime boss' mother in an attempt to take back control of their lawless, opium-country town.
December 16, 2016 Pope Francis seeks to unite Colombians divided by peace deal Pope Francis is doing his part to unite Colombians divided by a peace deal with leftist rebels by sponsoring a surprise meeting between President Juan Manuel Santos and his harshest critic.
December 15, 2016 Mexico plans to catch, protect last few vaquita porpoises So few of Mexico's vaquita porpoises remain that the international committee to protect the endangered species is preparing to catch and enclose as many as it can in a last-ditch effort to save it.
December 15, 2016 Deadly 7.2-Magnitude Quake Strikes Near U.S.-Mexico Border A powerful earthquake struck Sunday afternoon, swaying buildings from Los Angeles to Tijuana, killing two people in Mexico, blacking out cities, forcing the evacuation of hospitals and nursing homes, and prompting a California border town to shut down its downtown area.
December 15, 2016 Rudy Giuliani meets head of Poland's ruling party in Warsaw The head of Poland's governing party says he met with Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City mayor who is now a close adviser to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.
December 15, 2016 Attack on mine prompts emergency decree in Ecuador Ecuador's government says it's declaring a state of emergency in an Amazonian region where apparently indigenous protesters attacked a Chinese-owned mine, leaving at least one policeman dead.
December 15, 2016 Mexico raises interest rates a half point to 5.75 percent Mexico's central bank says it's raising its interbank lending rate by one-half percent to 5.75 percent.
December 15, 2016 Puerto Rico power company delays restructuring deal deadline Puerto Rico's heavily indebted power company has reached an agreement with its main creditors to extend the deadline of a long-awaited restructuring deal.
December 15, 2016 Incoming UN chief taps Nigerian Amina Mohammed as his deputy Antonio Guterres, who takes over as U.N.