Americas

Efraín Ríos Montt, Guatemala’s former military dictator, was accused of genocide and crimes against humanity during the country’s long civil war.

Original post by By ELISABETH MALKIN

Phony diplomatic pouches into which 30 pounds of cocaine had been stuffed attracted the staff’s attention, the head of security said.

Original post by By NEIL MacFARQUHAR

Honduras is descending into a human rights abyss with support from the State Department.

Original post by By DANA FRANK

A two-inch Lego man, with a fixed grin and a Canadian flag in his hand, traveled about 80,000 feet above the Earth’s surface to the upper stratosphere this month, and he has the stunning video to prove it.

Original post by By ROBERT MACKEY

The Foreign Ministry said that the move was meant to defend Venezuelan sovereignty and that the center was biased in favor of multinational corporations.

Original post by By WILLIAM NEUMAN

Brazil granted a tourist visa on Wednesday to Yoani Sánchez, a dissident Cuban author and blogger, had emerged as a test of Cuba’s restrictive travel policies and Brazil’s willingness to prod the nation on a prominent human rights issue.

Original post by By SIMON ROMERO

The fate of the jack mackerel in the southern Pacific may foretell the progressive collapse of fish stocks in all oceans.

Original post by By MORT ROSENBLUM and MAR CABRA

Since Dilma Rousseff was elected president, the government has shifted its stance on the Amazon to side more with agricultural interests.

Original post by By ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO

The authorities said the officers were fatally shot when they stopped a vehicle and gunmen in a taxi and a van pulled up and opened fire.

Original post by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

President Hugo Chavez has engineered a way to give Caracas voters no option but to support him.

Original post by By FRANCISCO TORO