President Evo Morales committed himself and Bolivia's nine governors on Monday to face recall votes on Aug. 10, gambling that his unfinished term will survive a referendum whose peculiar rules tilt in the populist leader's favor.

A U.N. official says the bodies of two teenagers have been found near a capsized Haitian sailboat, raising the death toll to 13. U.N. mission spokesman David Wimhurst says many passengers apparently swam the 150 yards to shore after the boat began taking on water. It is not known how many people are...

President Evo Morales committed himself and Bolivia's nine governors on Monday to face recall votes on Aug. 10, gambling that his unfinished term will a survive a referendum whose peculiar rules tilt in the populist leader's favor.

President Evo Morales committed himself and Bolivia's nine state governors on Monday to face recall votes on Aug. 10, gambling that citizens will endorse his populist reforms halfway through his five-year term.

President Evo Morales has approved an Aug. 10 recall election for himself and Bolivia's nine governors, gambling that voters will re-elect him just two years into his five-year term.

Cuba on Monday dismissed a videoconference between President Bush and three key dissidents as a stunt to bolster the U.S. leader's low approval ratings, claiming there would be no political opposition on the island without funding from Washington.

Shares of utility companies were mostly trading lower Monday morning while the broader market rose modestly amid lower oil prices and a higher dollar.

The allegations of Arizona-based mining company Asarco LLC against its Mexican parent are like the tale of a mine: its new owner stripped it of its most valuable assets and left behind a fragile shell.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez lashed out at Germany's chancellor on Sunday, suggesting that her party shares the political ideals of Adolf Hitler. The Venezuelan leader criticized Chancellor Angela Merkel for belonging to the conservative Christian Democratic Union, calling the movement "the same...

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez lashed out at Germany's chancellor on Sunday, suggesting that her party shares the political ideals of Adolf Hitler. The Venezuelan leader criticized Chancellor Angela Merkel for belonging to the conservative Christian Democratic Union, calling the movement "the same...

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez lashed out at Germany's chancellor on Sunday, suggesting that her party shares the political ideals of Adolf Hitler. The Venezuelan leader criticized Chancellor Angela Merkel for belonging to the conservative Christian Democratic Union, calling the movement "the same...

Thousands of white-clad people marched silently Sunday to protest a surge of drug-related violence in a Mexican city across from Texas where the No. 2 police officer was shot dead.

U.N. and Haitian authorities say an overloaded ferry has sunk off the Caribbean country's southern coast, killing at least 11 people. U.N. peacekeeping mission spokesman David Wimhurst says most of the 100 people aboard the crowded ferry were able to swim to safety. The boat sank after taking on wat...

There is a legend that the ancient Maya possessed 13 crystal skulls which, when united, hold the power of saving the Earth _ a tale so strange and fantastic that it inspired the latest Indiana Jones movie.

Documents that Colombia says it recovered from a slain guerrilla leader give the clearest indication yet that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez sought to arm and finance insurgents across the border.

The Dominican Republic has expanded subsidies on basic food staples to maintain calm after deadly food riots recently struck neighboring Haiti. Trucks loaded with milk, chicken, eggs and other food staples have been rumbling across the Caribbean nation, where almost half of 9.5 million residents liv...

Panamanian investigators asked health authorities Saturday to track down patients whose names appeared on 6,000 bottles of medication contaminated with a chemical commonly found in antifreeze and brake fluid.

A senior Mexican police officer whose name appeared at the top of a hit list has been shot dead in a border city across from Texas. City officials say gunmen sprayed Juan Antonio Roman Garcia's car with bullets early Saturday outside his home in Ciudad Juarez. He was the city's No. 2 police officer ...

Help is on the way for hundreds of household pets left behind in the wake of a volcano eruption in southern Chile, an animal welfare group said Saturday.