South America News

The opposition called the action Saturday in order to commemorate the Nov 8, 2008 local elections, which the opposition claims were won by a majority of Ortega-allied candidates by fraud. In addition, demonstrators were also showing their opposition to Ortega's...

Anschutz Trophy, named for a businessman with long-standing commitment to MLS, was redesigned in 2008 and renamed. Until 2003, the MLS Cup utilized a sudden death overtime in which the match ended if a goal was scored at any point...

Venezuela — President Hugo Chávez is heaping praise on Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, the Venezuelan better known as Carlos the Jackal and implicated in hijackings and terror attacks across Europe in the 1970s and ’80s, describing him in a speech here...

Venezuela — Venezuelan authorities have captured a former Colombian official wanted for collaborating with outlawed right-wing paramilitary fighters. Magally Moreno, 39, is wanted by Colombian authorities on charges of aggravated homicide and Interpol had called for her arrest, Justice...

Sunday November 22, 2009 Mel Cooke, Gleaner Writer Max Romeo ... "I have never been awarded and commended. I feel I could be treated better by the (local) industry."- File There won't be a 44th album by Max Romeo.

State Department official and his wife pleaded guilty on Friday to charges that they spied for almost three decades for the Communist-led Cuban government. Walter Kendall Myers had "top secret" clearance and, with the help of his wife Gwendolyn, gave...

Olympic athlete Jade Johnson was also forced to withdraw from the series after failing to recover from a ligament injury. Groves, this week's lowest scoring contestant, had performed the Tango with dance partner Erin Boag. He told the judges he...

Students occupying an administration building at the University of California, Santa Cruz, for the past three nights expect police to soon begin forcibly removing them, a student spokesman said. There's "no chance" the protesters occupying Kerr Hall since Thursday will...