The Americas - Page 943

March 30, 2016

Colombia to hold peace talks with 2nd-largest rebel group

Colombia says it will hold formal peace talks with the country's second-largest rebel group.

March 30, 2016

North Korea, again, demands halt to US-South Korea war games

It's a demand North Korea has been making for decades: The United States and South Korea must immediately suspend their annual military exercises if there is to be peace on the Korean Peninsula.

March 30, 2016

Brazil's PMDB party abandons Rousseff, quits coalition

Brazil's largest party is abandoning President Dilma Rousseff's government in a decision that diminishes the possibility that she will survive mounting pressure in Congress for her impeachment.

March 30, 2016

Htin Kyaw sworn in as Myanmar's president

Htin Kyaw, a confidante of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, has been sworn in as Myanmar's president.

March 30, 2016

Confrontation looms in Venezuela over amnesty law

Opponents of Venezuela's socialist administration are preparing for a fight over a congressional bid to give amnesty to activists the opposition considers political prisoners.

March 30, 2016

Unusual dissent erupts inside Cuban Communist Party

Days after President Barack Obama's historic visit, the leaders of Cuba's Communist Party are under highly unusual public criticism from their own ranks for imposing new levels of secrecy on the future of social and economic reforms.

March 30, 2016

El Salvador government declares state of emergency in 7 prisons

Authorities declared a state of emergency Tuesday at seven prisons and transferred 299 high-ranking gang members at the start of "extraordinary measures" that El Salvador's government has promised to take against gangs.

March 30, 2016

Mexican Soccer Federation asks fans to boot anti-gay chants

The Mexican Soccer Federation has launched a campaign urging fans to refrain from anti-gay chants that drew fines from FIFA earlier this year.

March 30, 2016

Venezuela opposition passes bill to free imprisoned activist

Venezuela's opposition-controlled congress has passed legislation aimed at freeing dozens of imprisoned activists, setting up a fight with the socialist administration.

March 30, 2016

7 dead in Quebec plane crash

A small plane crashed Tuesday off an island in eastern Quebec, killing seven people, Quebec provincial police said.