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- Chile probes Pinochet "disappeared" back from dead
(Reuters)
 Reuters - His name is on a monument to victims of Gen. Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship, his family buried his mistakenly identified remains -- now a Chilean court is probing how German Cofre has come back from the dead.
- Chavez aims to deepen revolution in Venezuela vote
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Still popular after a decade in power, President Hugo Chavez aims to consolidate his hold on Venezuela in tight state elections on Sunday that may give him a platform to speed up his socialist "revolution."
- Chavez in song: Venezuela vote has live soundtrack
(AP)
 AP - Sunday's elections in Venezuela will be a key test for President Hugo Chavez a year after voters defeated his effort to change the constitution, and the socialist leader isn't missing a beat as he campaigns for his allies.
- Vietnam president hails joint ties in Venezuela visit
(AFP)
 AFP - Vietnam's president hailed his country's friendship with Venezuela Wednesday in the first visit by a head of state from the communist nation here, which was set to focus on oil and gas ties.
- Interpol probes leaks in Mexico office
(AP)
AP - Interpol is sending a special investigative team to Mexico to determine whether sensitive information from its database on criminals and terrorists was leaked to drug cartels, the agency said Wednesday. - 6.2 quake strikes Costa Rica, Panama frontier
(AP)
AP - A 6.2 earthquake has struck overnight on the frontier between Panama and Costa Rica, shaking people in their beds but causing no damage or injuries. - Strong quake strikes Panama, no damage reported
(Reuters)
 Reuters - A strong earthquake of 6.2 magnitude and at a depth of 30 miles struck Panama near the Costa Rica border overnight, the U.S. Geological Survey said on Wednesday.
- Chavez foes face intimidation ahead of vote
(AP)
 AP - President Hugo Chavez is threatening to imprison a popular opposition leader, roll tanks into the streets and use force to defend the results of Sunday's state and local elections.
- China's Hu puts off Cuba debt payments
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Chinese President Hu Jintao agreed to put off some of Cuba's debt payments and gave the island $80 million for hospital modernization and other projects during a visit on Tuesday to strengthen ties between the Communist-run countries.
- Nicaraguans resort to sticks, stones after vote
(AP)
 AP - Thousands of supporters of Nicaragua's leftist ruling party armed with rocks tried to block an opposition march on the capital to protest alleged vote fraud, setting off clashes that injured at least five people on Tuesday.
- US museum head says Mexico should get Mayan jade
(AP)
AP - The director of Harvard's Peabody Museum said Tuesday he wants to return about 50 ancient carved Mayan jade pieces to Mexico, almost a century after a U.S. consul dredged the artifacts from the sacred lake at the ruins of Chichen Itza. - Head of Interpol Mexico arrested for drug ties
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Mexico arrested its head of Interpol on Tuesday for allegedly working for a powerful drug cartel and sent the military to take over police duties in the city of Tijuana in another step to flush out corrupt law enforcement.
- Cuban president to make first visit to Venezuela
(AP)
AP - Raul Castro's first official trip abroad since assuming Cuba's presidency will be to Venezuela. - 15th victim dies from Mexico City plane crash
(AP)
 AP - A woman has died from injuries sustained when a government jet crashed into rush-hour traffic in Mexico City two weeks ago, raising the death toll to 15.
- Alleged Pinochet victim turns up alive in Chile
(AP)
AP - The reappearance of a man who was officially dead has shaken and outraged some in Chile, a nation that mourns 1,196 other political prisoners who vanished in the hands of a military dictatorship. - Man arrested ahead of Peru summit with grenades
(AP)
AP - Peruvian authorities say a man has been arrested in Lima carrying a box of 36 grenades ahead of the arrival of 18 world leaders for a Pacific Rim economic summit. - China President Hu heads to Cuba
(AFP)
 AFP - Chinese President Hu Jintao headed to Cuba for the second leg of a Latin America tour that began with the launch of free trade talks with Costa Rica.
- Pilot crashes pot-laden microlight in lettuce patch
(Reuters)
Reuters - A microlight airplane packed with marijuana bundles crashed into lettuce field near the Arizona-Mexico border early on Monday killing the pilot, authorities said. - Guyana suspends search for missing plane
(AP)
AP - Guyana has suspended its search for a U.S.-registered plane with three people aboard that disappeared over dense Amazonian jungle two weeks ago. - Venezuela, Iran team up on university plan
(AP)
AP - Venezuela and Iran plan to start a new university program in the South American country with a focus on teaching socialist principles.
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