World Briefing | The Americas: Colombia: Guerrillas Free Soldier
Guerrillas on Tuesday released Sgt. Pablo Emilio Moncayo, a soldier taken captive as a teenager in 1997 by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. feeds.nytimes.com |
Vatican Foreign Minister to Visit Cuba in June
HAVANA (AP) -- The Vatican's foreign minister is coming to Cuba next month to lead discussions on the island's economic challenges and the effects of emigration and the families torn apart by it. feeds.nytimes.com |
State Department Ex-Official Sentenced to Life for Espionage
Walter Kendall Myers and his wife were sentenced Friday after they admitted to having spied for Cuba in order to support the revolution there. feeds.nytimes.com |
Chavez Turns on The Charm For Venezuela Vote
GUARENAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Salsa music booms, red flags fly and all eyes focus on the far end of a street winding down a shanty-town on a tropical mountainside. feeds.nytimes.com |
Ecuador's Correa Rules Out Shutting Congress For Now
QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador's President Rafael Correa said on Wednesday he had no immediate plans to try to break his deadlock with Congress by dissolving the legislature, but had not ruled out the option after police protests last week. feeds.nytimes.com |