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February 29, 2016

Ex-President's brother arrested in Colombia death squad case

The brother of former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has been arrested for alleged involvement in murders and forced disappearances involving a far-right death squad in the 1990s.

February 29, 2016

Canada reaches goal of 25K Syrian refugees by March

Canada's immigration minister says the country has reached a significant milestone with the arrival of 25,000 Syrian refugees.

February 29, 2016

Brazil's justice minister leaves post

Brazil's presidential palace says Justice Minister Jose Eduardo Cardozo is leaving his post.

February 29, 2016

Mexican drug lord's wife says he's ill

The common-law wife of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman says his health problems have gotten "a lot worse" because guards at a maximum-security prison rouse him for head counts, interfering with his sleep.

February 29, 2016

Puerto Rico governor calls for legalizing marijuana

Puerto Rico's governor has called for the legalization of marijuana during his last public address as leader of the U.S. territory.

February 29, 2016

Top Puerto Rico luxury hotel targeted in tax evasion case

The administrators of a top luxury hotel in Puerto Rico have been arrested and charged in a tax evasion case as the U.S. territory cracks down on corruption amid a worsening economic crisis.

February 29, 2016

Argentina and US creditors reach deal in longstanding spat

Argentina and a group of U.S. holdout creditors have reached a deal meant to end a spat that has kept the South American country on the margins of international credit markets.

February 29, 2016

Mexico will defer oil exploration projects to slash spending

Mexico's state-run oil company says it is halting some of its exploration and production projects in an attempt to counter the effects of the drop in international oil prices.

February 29, 2016

North Korea puts tearful detained American before cameras

North Korea presented a detained American student before the media on Monday in Pyongyang, where he tearfully apologized for attempting to steal a political banner — at the behest, he said, of a member of a church back home who wanted it as a "trophy" — from a staff-only section of the hotel where he had been staying.

February 29, 2016

Chilean attacked in Poland after being mistaken for Arab

A top Polish human rights official is encouraging people to attend a concert in support of a Chilean pianist who was recently beaten by skinheads who mistook him for an Arab, an incident that comes amid a rise of Islamophobia in Poland.