May 23, 2019 Brazil military court frees soldiers pending killing trial A top Brazilian military court has ordered nine soldiers to be released while they await trial in an April shooting that killed two people in Rio de Janeiro, an incident that caused national outrage.
May 23, 2019 Cuba to renovate site known for hosting rally against US The Cuban government says it is renovating one of the iconic sites of its ideological battle with the United States.
May 23, 2019 AP Explains: Corruption trial against Argentina's Fernández Former Argentine President Cristina Fernández was in court this week for the first in a string of trials charging her with corruption.
May 22, 2019 Nicaragua warns banks of sanctions if they join strike Nicaragua's finance minister warned banks Wednesday that the government will sanction those that participate in a general strike scheduled for Thursday to pressure for the freeing of political prisoners.
May 22, 2019 Brazil: Man who killed 3 at Baptist church was 'incoherent' Brazilian authorities say a man was disoriented and speaking "incoherent phrases" when he shot three people to death at a Baptist church, before being seriously wounded by military police.
May 22, 2019 Vigilante attacks on the rise in Mexico Mexico's National Human Rights Commission says vigilante attacks in which mobs injure or kill people suspected of wrongdoing are increasing.
May 22, 2019 Mexico morgue left bodies to rot for 2 years before autopsy A state human rights commission says a morgue in western Mexico was so overcrowded and poorly run that some unidentified bodies were left to rot for two years before being autopsied.
May 22, 2019 The Latest: Iran supreme leader critical of FM in nuke deal The Latest on increased tensions between the U.S. and Iran (all times local): 10:55 p.m.
May 22, 2019 Key US official on Mideast peace addresses Security Council A key architect of the long-awaited U.S. plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace is warning that "nothing can be meaningfully fixed" until Gaza's Hamas rulers and Palestinian Islamic Jihad renounce their vows to destroy Israel and stop carrying out violent acts.
May 22, 2019 Duterte moves to forcibly send garbage back to Canada The Philippine president's spokesman says the exasperated leader has moved to have truckloads of garbage that Filipino officials say were illegally shipped to the Philippines years ago be forcibly shipped back to Canada.