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Honduras Finds Radioactive Material in Container
Monday, October 29, 2007 8:20:00 AM
Honduras authorities have found strong traces of radioactive material in a Hong Kong-bound shipping container carrying steel debris from an Atlantic coast port, officials said on Monday.   Full Story
 

Cubans Go to Unusual Lengths to Post Blogs
Wednesday, October 10, 2007 8:10:00 PM
When 32-year-old Yoani Sanchez wants to update her blog about daily life in Cuba, she dresses like a tourist and strides confidently into a Havana hotel, greeting the staff in German.   Full Story
 

Cuba Detains Dissidents at Ministry Protest
Thursday, September 27, 2007 9:48:00 PM
Cuban security police detained seven dissidents who went to the Justice Ministry on Thursday to demand better conditions for Cuba's political prisoners.   Full Story
 

Colombia's Smaller Drug Rings Harder to Catch
Wednesday, September 12, 2007 9:41:00 PM
RIO DE JANEIRO—Colombia has dismantled its big drug cartels and captured high-living kingpins but police say the small, low-profile groups that have taken their place are harder to track down and can ...   Full Story
 

Central America Braces for Hurricane Felix
Tuesday, September 04, 2007 8:05:00 AM
TEGUCIGALPA—Tens of thousands of people hunkered in storm shelters on Tuesday as Hurricane Felix roared toward Central America, but transport shortages left many facing the storm's whipping winds ...   Full Story
 

Dean Races Through Mexico's Gulf
Wednesday, August 22, 2007 8:40:00 AM
Hurricane Dean raced through Mexico's southern Gulf on Wednesday, whipping up wild winds and roaring seas around oil platforms that produce crude for export to the United States.   Full Story
 

Dean Lashes Mexico's Coast
Tuesday, August 21, 2007 8:03:00 PM
Hurricane Dean, a huge Category 5 storm, lashed Mexico's Caribbean coast on Monday with howling winds and driving rain that hit beach resorts where thousands of tourists huddled in shelters.   Full Story
 

Bloodshed Hits Guatemala Election Campaign
Friday, August 10, 2007 8:12:00 AM
GUATEMALA CITY—Gunmen have attacked candidates and an activist for Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu's political party three times in the last week in Guatemala's bloodiest election ra ...   Full Story
 

More Cubans Leaving by Sea Again, Many to Mexico
Monday, July 30, 2007 8:19:00 PM
HAVANA—After a lull following Fidel Castro's illness last year, Cubans once again are taking to homemade boats or powerful speedboats manned by smugglers on a trip to the United States that often ...   Full Story
 

Cuba's 'Robin Hood'
Friday, July 27, 2007 8:40:00 PM
While communist diehards in impoverished Havana continue to toast to Fidel Castro's supposed recovery, the rise of insecurity and competitive individualism continues to spread across Cuba.   Full Story
 

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