May 4, 2016 Report: Brazil attorney general wants to investigate Silva Brazil's G1 news portal says Attorney General Rodrigo Janot has asked the Brazilian Supreme Court to authorize investigations of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva over alleged involvement in corruption at state-owned oil company Petrobras.
May 4, 2016 Mexico: 3 kidnapped Americans freed in northern border state Mexican authorities say they have rescued three American citizens who were kidnapped in the northern state of Tamaulipas, which borders Texas.
May 3, 2016 Mexico City extends traffic cuts into Wednesday over smog Mexico City has extended into Wednesday a pollution alert that requires 40 percent of cars and trucks to keep off the streets.
May 3, 2016 4 arrested in slaying of Honduran environmental activist Honduran authorities have arrested four people in connection with the murder of environmental activist Berta Caceres, including three who worked for a hydroelectric project she opposed.
May 3, 2016 Venezuela govt says police killed most wanted gang leader Venezuelan officials say the country's most wanted gang leader has been killed in a shootout with police.
May 3, 2016 Chile: fishermen protest, block roads after toxic blooms Chilean fishermen have staged a protest demanding the government compensate them better after toxic algae blooms killed their catch.
May 3, 2016 Filipino militants threaten 3 hostages after beheading 1 Muslim militants have threatened to kill three more hostages in their jungle base in the southern Philippines more than a week after beheading a Canadian man after they failed to get a huge ransom demand by a deadline.
May 3, 2016 Defense Sec'y Carter says Russia is 'nuclear saber-rattling' Defense Secretary Ash Carter is criticizing Russia for aggression in Europe and is promising to continue a military buildup to deter war on NATO's eastern flank.
May 3, 2016 France threatens 'no' to US-EU trade zone, amid new tensions France is threatening to reject a huge free-trade deal between the U.S. and the European Union, saying it's too friendly to U.S. business and probably doomed.