Floods Ease in Brazil; 300,000 Left Homeless
Waters receded somewhat in inundated towns, but 40 deaths were confirmed and at least two people were missing. feeds.nytimes.com |
Mexico Drug Fight Fuels Complaints
A State Department report, part of a joint counternarcotics program, cited examples of progress but was hardly a glowing endorsement. feeds.nytimes.com |
Rodrigo Carazo Odio, Former President of Costa Rica, Dies at 82
Mr. Carazo governed Costa Rica from 1978 to 1982 and was viewed as a supporter of the Sandinista revolution that toppled the dictator Anastasio Somoza in neighboring Nicaragua in 1979. feeds.nytimes.com |
Search for Survivors Offers Small Glimmer of Hope as Aid Trickles to Haiti
International community is reaching out to Haiti with massive amounts of aid, but getting help to survivors is challenging www1.voanews.com |
Venezuela Tells Cable to Cut Anti - Chavez Station
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela ordered cable networks on Saturday to stop broadcasting an opposition station that President Hugo Chavez pushed off free-access television in 2007 in a case that sparked international criticism. feeds.nytimes.com |