Latin America

Alan Gross addresses a news conference in Washington on Wednesday hours after his release from Cuba.

Alan Gross, U.S. Contractor Freed By Cuba, Says 'It's Good To Be Home'

2:56pm December 17, 2014

by Krishnadev Calamur

Havana freed Gross, who spent five years in a Cuban prison, as a humanitarian gesture. The former USAID contractor said he hoped the U.S. and Cuba move past their "mutually belligerent" policies.

President Obama announced Wednesday that the U.S. will work with Cuba to normalize diplomatic ties.

Obama Unveils 'New Approach' On Cuba As Former Foes Chart New Course

2:41pm December 17, 2014

by Krishnadev Calamur

The U.S. and Cuba will start talks on normalizing relations and discuss opening a U.S. Embassy in Havana. Also today, Cuba freed USAID contractor Alan Gross on humanitarian grounds.

Prisoner Exchange With Cuba Led To Freedom For Top U.S. Intelligence Agent

2:22pm December 17, 2014

by Krishnadev Calamur

President Obama called the unnamed man "one of the most important intelligence agents that the United States has ever had in Cuba." The agent spent nearly two decades in a Cuban prison.

Cuba, U.S. Agree To Prisoner Release Including American Alan Gross

11:29am December 17, 2014

by Michele Kelemen

Signaling what could be a major shift in U.S. relations with Cuba, Gross, who has been jailed in Cuba for five years, will be released, while the U.S. will release three Cubans.

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Guillermina Sotelo Castañeda's son disappeared without a trace two years ago. She recently returned to Guerrero, from North Carolina, where she lives now, to continue the search for him.

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Search For Missing Students In Mexico Turns Up Graves Of Others

1:22pm December 16, 2014

by Carrie Kahn

The search for 43 missing students in Guerrero state has yielded a dozen graves, and some 30 bodies unrelated to the case. That's given hope to other families hoping to find their missing loved ones.

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Greenpeace activists stand next to massive cloth letters next to the hummingbird geoglyph at Peru's sacred Nazca lines. The Peruvian government is pursuing criminal charges against the activists.

Greenpeace Apologizes For Stunt At Peru's Sacred Nazca Lines

1:12pm December 15, 2014

by Sam Sanders

Members of the activist group trespassed on the site of giant earth markings estimated to be more than 1,500 years old. Peru says it will pursue criminal charges against those responsible.

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Haiti's President Searches For Next Prime Minister

7:16am December 15, 2014

by Carrie Kahn

Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe's resignation may be too late to repair the political damage to the president. Protests have increased over long overdue elections and allegations of corruption.

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Anti-government protesters carry the body of a demonstrator who was shot to death during clashes with the National Police in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Saturday. Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe says he will step down in response to protesters' demands.

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Haiti's Prime Minister To Step Down

3:11pm December 14, 2014

by Scott Neuman

Laurent Lamothe says he will resign following violent protests in the impoverished Caribbean country. Anti-government demonstrators are angered over a long delay in holding parliamentary elections.

Flowers, candles and handwritten messages remembering the 43 missing students line the fence at the National Palace in Zocalo, Mexico City.

World News

Survivor Of Mexican Student Attacks Tells Of Bullet-Riddled Escape

12:18pm December 14, 2014

by Carrie Kahn

As the investigation into the presumed murder of 43 students in Mexico continues, one student who says he escaped the attacks describes how police surrounded the students' buses and began to fire.

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Maria Isabel de la Paz, a U.S. citizen, was twice turned away when trying to enter the U.S. legally. When she attempted an illegal crossing, her case was decided by a Border Patrol agent, not an immigration judge.

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Born In The U.S. But Turned Back At The Border, Time After Time

3:35pm December 12, 2014

by John Burnett

Deportations have jumped in recent years. And increasingly, those cases — like that of Maria Isabel de la Paz — are being handled by federal agents at the border, not by immigration courts.

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