| Chavez Criticizes US as Arrests Stir Concern QUITO, Ecuador (AP) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Friday defended the arrest of a major TV channel owner, calling him a criminal and denying the government is carrying out an assault on press freedom. feeds.nytimes.com |
Guyana Fisherman Recovering From Jaguar Attack GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) -- A fisherman in Guyana says he was attacked by a jaguar on a remote river in the Rupununi savanna near the border with Brazil. feeds.nytimes.com |
Drug-Smuggling Submarine Found in Ecuador Vessel found at a jungle shipyard in Ecuador near the Colombian border as it was preparing for its first voyage www1.voanews.com |
Planes Put Out Giant Oil Fire on Caribbean Island KRALENDIJK, Netherlands Antilles (Reuters) - A huge blaze that ignited when lightning hit a 200,000-barrel naphtha tank on the tiny Caribbean island of Bonaire was put out on Friday after Venezuelan planes doused it with chemical foam. feeds.nytimes.com |
Mudslide Buries Hundreds of Homes in Mexico The region’s governor said as many as 1,000 people may be missing after a hillside collapsed on a rural village. feeds.nytimes.com |