http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2008 MiamiHerald.com Americas 60 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:44:47 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/249822.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/249822.html Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:41 EDT The narcotics trade has long been a winked-at way of life for many in this market town on the fertile coastal plains of northwestern Mexico. It's also become a terrifying way of death.<br> http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/261707.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/261707.html Fri, 05 Oct 2007 15:02 EDT In its glory days, the U.S. Navy destroyer John Rodgers was among the most decorated warships of World War II. Now, hull rusting and big guns whitened by bird droppings, the destroyer abandoned in Mexico finds itself in what could be its final battle, one that could turn the historic ship into a museum or, alternatively, a heap of scrap.<br> http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/special/story/469766.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/special/story/469766.html Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:04 EDT Many Mexicans have long shrugged off the violence shaking their country by telling themselves it only affects those involved in the narcotics trade and corrupt law enforcement officers. But innocent civilians, once considered largely off-limits, now find themselves increasingly targeted. <br> http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/631965.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/631965.html Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:01 EDT Milton Periera sits in a wooden wheelchair fitted with hand pedals, watching the lobster boats appear on the gray horizon. They are bringing the first lobster harvest in since last year's Category 5 Hurricane Felix plowed through this impoverished port town on Nicaragua's Caribbean coast. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/631984.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/631984.html Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:01 EDT Still reeling from the impact of two dozen radical decree-laws recently issued by Hugo Chávez, the Venezuelan opposition has slammed the surprise package as unconstitutional, with one of its leaders invoking civil disobedience. But the prospects for successful resistance look slim, given the government's virtual stranglehold on the legal system. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/632898.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/632898.html Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:05 EDT Two men convicted in the 2005 killing of American nun and rainforest defender Dorothy Stang will be allowed to spend Brazilian Fathers' day at home, court officials said Thursday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/632702.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/632702.html Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:55 EDT Brazilian police say they've recovered two stolen paintings but have yet to find a missing Picasso from a Sao Paulo art museum heist in June. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/631981.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/631981.html Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:01 EDT A Cuban political prisoner who sewed his mouth shut last month as part of a hunger strike was forced to end his protest when prison authorities undid his stitches, human-rights activists said Wednesday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/colombia/story/629395.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/colombia/story/629395.html Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:10 EDT A jailed top leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia has been indicted by a U.S. federal court in Washington for the kidnapping of three American defense contractors held captive for more than five years, authorities announced Monday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/colombia/story/627111.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/colombia/story/627111.html Sat, 02 Aug 2008 12:42 EDT Raúl Agudelo was a fearsome commander of Colombia's largest rebel group, carrying out killings, kidnappings and extortions for more than 20 years. It was the only life he really knew. But going back to that life is now the last thing he wants to do. <br> http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/colombia/story/618041.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/colombia/story/618041.html Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:00 EDT Police have arrested the head of one of Colombia's main governing parties for alleged ties with far-right paramilitaries. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/colombia/story/619178.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/colombia/story/619178.html Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:59 EDT A senior Colombian rebel commander is rejecting asylum in France or anywhere else for jailed guerrillas freed in any potential prisoner swap. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/colombia/story/620407.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/colombia/story/620407.html Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:37 EDT Guillermo Sáenz, 58, plans attacks and kidnappings as commander of Colombia's largest guerrilla group. His younger brother, Roberto Sáenz, publicly denounces the rebels from his seat on the Bogota City Council.<br> http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/631546.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/631546.html Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:36 EDT When Regina Molokomme's father, stepmother and brother died of AIDS, those setbacks propelled the South African educator out of her comfortable situation and into a life dedicated to helping others cope with the disease. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/631440.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/631440.html Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:09 EDT Mexicans struggling with increasingly gruesome crimes at home devoted the least attention in recent memory to the execution of one of their citizens in Texas. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/631242.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/631242.html Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:56 EDT The international Red Cross said Wednesday that Colombia broke the Geneva Conventions by deliberately using its humanitarian emblem during the covert military mission that freed Ingrid Betancourt and other hostages. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/631952.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/631952.html Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:31 EDT Tropical Storm Hernan gained strength on Thursday as it churned far off Mexico's Pacific coast. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/632701.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/632701.html Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:55 EDT Venezuela has sent 70 million liters (18.5 million gallons) of diesel fuel to support Paraguay's incoming president. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/andres-oppenheimer/story/631994.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/andres-oppenheimer/story/631994.html Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:01 EDT What a joke! The United Nations' brand new Human Rights Council Advisory Committee held its first session this week in Geneva and -- as unbelievable as it looks -- elected a Cuban official to chair the 18-country group.