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OAS drug study eyes marijuana legalization

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:58:25 -0400

LIMA, Peru - An Organization of American States study released Friday is calling for a serious discussion on legalizing marijuana.

Bolivia's challenge: Making coca palatable

Wed, 08 May 2013 19:13:25 -0400

VILLA TUNARI, Bolivia - Since taking office seven years ago, President Evo Morales has tried to persuade the world that he has no tolerance for cocaine and that Bolivia's thousands of acres of coca plants can be dedicated to such traditional uses as fighting fatigue as well as whipping up wholesome treats like sweet breads and coca puffed snacks.

State visits amplify Obama focus on Latin America

Wed, 08 May 2013 18:11:32 -0400

WASHINGTON - Keeping a keen eye south of the border, the Obama administration is intensifying its engagement with Latin America, hosting leaders from a pair of presidents at the White House and sending Vice President Joe Biden to visit two others.

Family: No US access to man held in 'nightmare'

Mon, 06 May 2013 19:20:20 -0400

CARACAS, Venezuela - U.S. diplomats have been given no access to a California man held in Venezuela for nearly two weeks in what his family on Monday called a "nightmare" that unfolded after he was accused of being a spy fomenting postelection unrest.

Peru mayor: 14 wounded as police fire on minibus

Mon, 06 May 2013 18:37:46 -0400

LIMA, Peru - A mayor in Peru says 14 civilians were wounded by bullets and shotgun pellets when police and soldiers fired on a minibus in an eastern jungle region where leftist Shining Path rebels are active.

Angry with Peru, Maduro calls home ambassador

Fri, 03 May 2013 22:59:07 -0400

CARACAS, Venezuela - President Nicolas Maduro has responded angrily to a call by Peru's foreign minister for tolerance and dialogue in Venezuela, saying he will recall his ambassador for consultations.

La Crosse diocese wants priest to be named saint

Thu, 02 May 2013 15:03:16 -0400

STEVENS POINT, Wisconsin - The La Crosse diocese has launched a campaign to have a priest who served in central Wisconsin and South America for more than five decades declared a saint.

Bolivia president expels US government aid agency

Wed, 01 May 2013 20:57:02 -0400

LA PAZ, Bolivia - President Evo Morales acted on a longtime threat Wednesday and expelled the U.S. Agency for International Development for allegedly seeking to undermine Bolivia's leftist government, and he harangued Washington's top diplomat for calling the Western Hemisphere the "backyard" of the U.S.

Peru: Man accused in killing 3-day-old found dead

Wed, 01 May 2013 20:47:23 -0400

LIMA, Peru - A Chilean man accused of organizing the ritual bonfire killing of a 3-day-old boy hanged himself early Wednesday from a rope in an abandoned house in the highlands city of Cuzco, authorities said.

5 saved, 2 missing after balloon goes into Pacific

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:50:12 -0400

LIMA, Peru - A hot-air tourist balloon carrying seven people in Peru has fallen into the Pacific Ocean, and authorities say they have rescued five women while the craft's pilot and another man remain missing.

5 saved, 2 missing after balloon goes into Pacific

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 20:12:16 -0400

Mass graves from atrocities being exhumed around world

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:24:53 -0400

By MEGAN BOEHNKE - Bodies of thousands of victims of atrocities are being hunted and exhumed around the world, with the hope they can be identified and properly buried.

Scott Fujita retires as Saint while in Peru

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:06:14 -0400

NEW ORLEANS - From the mountaintops of Peru, Scott Fujita has retired.