
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – Honduran Defense Minister Marlon Pascua shows the weapons authorities seized from 13 alleged narco-traffickers who were arrested by the Navy aboard a vessel in the Caribbean Sea last week. Naval officials also confiscated US$658,000 during the bust. (Honduran Ministry of Defense/AFP)

Haitians filled with resilience and courage

Islamist terrorist groups increasingly financed by South American drug traffickers

Analysts fearful of low turnout for presidential election on Feb. 7

Aftershocks from Jan. 12 quake could last for years

Stations won’t let their audiences down after the earthquake

Government institutes new laws for beachgoers

In his autobiography, Estefan narrates path to his American dream

USS Carl Vinson to leave in ‘the near future’

Requests for adoption are pouring into the Haitian embassy in Buenos Aires

Operation Summer provides shelter to children in Asunción metropolitan area

Beyoncé, The Cranberries and Metallica already have started 2010 tours

Haitian Prime Minister: Earthquake killed more than 200,000

Machu Picchu remains unharmed

The new education law among many challenges for Chávez

United Nations employing Haitians to help in rebuilding effort

Chinchilla on the verge of becoming nation’s first female leader

Colts receiver celebrates Colts’ berth in the NFL’s Super Bowl by displaying Haitian flag

Trend has been gaining ground in the country since 2008

The actress of Dominican descent rises to stardom

Cyrus to host online auction to raise money for relief effort

High expectations surround national team as it prepares for its fourth straight World Cup

World tourism declined 4% last year, but it grew 10.7% in Colombia

Relief groups provide vaccinations to earthquake victims

Presidents meet to form a plan to help Haiti

Nelsinho Piquet wants to put the Formula 1 scandal behind and restart his career in the U.S.

Journalists and analysts claim region can rebound from worldwide economic crisis

Angelina Jolie visits Haiti

Against all odds, the Digós find each other safe and sound

Peruvian commanding army general: ‘[They] deserve neither truce nor a general amnesty’

UNASUR to create US$300 million fund to help Haiti

The Clarín group spars with the Argentine president

'Boca a Boca' has been watched by about 20,000

The former Renault test driver will be the 24th Argentine to compete in Formula 1

Beija-Flor will portray the 50th anniversary of the Brazilian capital during Carnival

Heavy rains add to Haitians' suffering

Government claims some of media's reporting is trying to incite a coup

There are only 700 specimen left of the jaguar

Rio de Janeiro already celebrates the economic impact of the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics

Former U.S. President Clinton to continue fundraising work in Haiti after surgery

She’s the first woman to win her country’s presidential election

A motion picture based on successful Brazilian novela to begin shooting in June

United States reduces number of troops in Haiti

Crop substitution program brings social and economic benefits

“Leones del Escogido” earns the country’s 18th tournament title

President Lobo aims to increase the families’ income nationwide

Haiti’s Préval: Country will need three years to clear all of the rubble

Spain donates a genetic identification program for displaced children

Corruption and high costs worsen the situation

Investments in region’s infrastructure could make area more profitable

ECLAC calls for advantageous social policies for women, children in Haiti

Concerns about stability in Africa

Luger defies odds to race on the sport’s grandest stage

Once reserved for revelry on New Year’s Eve, the bubbly drink is gaining popularity

Ricardo Arjona and Don Omar are among the international attractions at this year's festival

Préval: Shelter for 1 million is highest priority

Andrés Romero ties for fifth at the PGA’s Northern Trust Open

Price hikes cause controversy

Heavy rains create problems for Haiti’s homeless

President-elect receives first experience in international diplomacy

Public ministry orders educational institutions to stop freshmen abuse

Regressive tax system increases the costs of basic necessities

Haitian President Préval: Earthquake may have killed as many as 300,000

Uribe and Correa shake hands as brief encounter between the Colombian president and Chávez ends with shouting, obscenities

Nationalized hypermarket chain opens its doors

Canadian military to leave Haiti

Peruvian authorities confirm Colombian guerrillas obtained surface-to-air missiles

Unity, differences surface at international meeting

Nike optimistic uniforms will spur sales worldwide

Haitian government purchases 50,000 tents from China

Paraguay is giving Haiti ‘help with long-term development to rebuild as a country’

International community condemns Orlando Zapata Tamayo’s death

Business leaders launch campaign asking for better law enforcement

With ‘Pachamama,’ Brazilian filmmaker Eryk Rocha portrays the political and social transformations in South America

Sierra Leoneans donate to Haiti earthquake victims

More than 100 have been lynched between 2006 and 2009

Chavéz preparing for conflicts