April 5, 2016 Official: Numerous hurdles to concluding Haiti elections The head of Haiti's revamped electoral council said Tuesday that the nine-member body is facing numerous hurdles in concluding a troubled election cycle that began last year.
April 5, 2016 Argentina: Businessman linked to ex-presidents arrested An Argentine businessman with close links to former Presidents Nestor Kirchner and his wife Cristina Fernandez has been arrested as part of an investigation into alleged money laundering.
April 5, 2016 Peruvians protest Fujimori's rule as daughter leads in polls As they do every April 5, Peruvians joined in marches to recall the human rights abuses and corruption committed during the rule of now-imprisoned President Alberto Fujimori.
April 5, 2016 Billions in US remittances a lifeline for many in Mexico The billions of dollars in U.S. remittances that presidential candidate Donald Trump is threatening to block to force Mexico to pay for a border wall are a financial lifeline for the Latin American country's economy and the individuals who receive the money from relatives up north.
April 5, 2016 Yucatan archaeology races to keep up with development Mexican archaeologists said Tuesday they are racing to keep up with development on the Yucatan peninsula as suburbs of the colonial city of Merida swallow Maya settlements.
April 5, 2016 Libya's Tripoli government says will 'cease operations' One of Libya's rival governments has resigned, a step that bolsters efforts by a new, U.N.-brokered unity government to establish itself in the capitol, Tripoli, despite opposition from some local militias.
April 5, 2016 5 killed, 9 injured in explosion at Rio de Janeiro building An explosion erupted in a residential building early Tuesday, killing five people and injuring nine, the Rio de Janeiro emergency services said.
April 5, 2016 Senegal reassures public about ex-Guantanamo detainees Senegal's justice minister says the West African nation has agreed to take in two former detainees from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility for humanitarian reasons.
April 5, 2016 5 killed, 9 injured in explosion at Rio de Janeiro building An explosion erupted in a residential building early Tuesday, killing five people and injuring nine, the Rio de Janeiro emergency services said.
April 5, 2016 Former Uruguayan president: Ex-Gitmo detainees behaving badly Uruguay's former president says the conduct of six former Guantanamo Bay detainees resettled in the South American nation has been "abysmal" and has hurt efforts to resettle others.