European and Latin American leaders sought to unite against poverty, global warming and high food prices on Friday, but their summit was clouded by a feud between...

The United States and Colombia have long been wary of Venezuela’s peacetime military buildup, suspecting the weapons could end up in the hands of drug-trafficking...

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is denouncing as “ridiculous” an Interpol report on documents that Colombia says were retrieved from the computers of slain...

A retired army colonel has been charged in the killing of renowned Chilean folk singer Victor Jara following the 1973 coup led by Gen. Augusto Pinochet.

Interpol will report Thursday that Colombia did not tamper with computers it says it seized during an attack on a leftist rebel camp, security officials said.

President Hugo Chavez is warning Colombia against any U.S. military base near its border with Venezuela, though neither Colombia nor the United States have publicly...

A Pentagon official said Wednesday he will not resign as legal adviser to war-crimes tribunals at Guantanamo, despite his removal from the trial of Osama bin...

Hackers often harness the combined power of thousands of virus-infected personal computers to pump out spam e-mail or disable targeted servers by overwhelming them with...

Colombian police seized US$25 million (euro16 million) in properties Wednesday from a paramilitary warlord extradited to the U.S. on drug-trafficking charges.

Marina Silva brought impeccable credentials to her post as Brazil’s environment minister: The daughter of a poor Amazon rubber tapper, she was a colleague of...

Switzerland’s leading telecommunications company has signed with Apple Inc. to carry the iPhone later this year, making the multimedia gadget available in one...

The U.S. Navy has denied Chelsea Clinton permission to campaign for her mother on a former bombing range on a small Puerto Rican island.

Chelsea Clinton is back in Puerto Rico stumping for her mother, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

Chelsea Clinton is back in Puerto Rico stumping for her mother, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

People who lost relatives in the Sept. 11 attacks fear alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will use his upcoming war-crimes trial to boast about his role and...

Blacks will outnumber whites in Brazil this year for the first time since slavery was abolished, but the income gap between the two groups may take another 50 years to...

Colombia extradited 14 paramilitary warlords to the United States on Tuesday on drug-related charges in a surprise move that brought praise from Washington but raised...

Craigslist is countersuing its minority owner, eBay Inc., alleging it is competing illegally, infringing on their trademark and breaching its duty to shareholders.

Chile’s government will give victims of an erupting volcano cash, tax relief and financial help rebuilding their farms and businesses in a bid to get them to...