Copyright © 2007 Yahoo! Singapore Pte. Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D). All Rights Reserved. http://sg.news.yahoo.com/world-news-latin-america.html en-en Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:12:00 +0800 5 http://sg.news.yahoo.com/world-news-latin-america.html http://sg.yimg.com/i/sg/mastheads/ma_nws_1.gif 30 140 http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080719/twl-mexico-kennedy-1be00ca.html /ap/20080719/r_t_ap_wl_other/twl-mexico-kennedy-1be00ca_1 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:12:00 +0800 The Mexican government says it will honor U.S. Sen. AP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080719/twl-cuba-land-reform-1be00ca.html /ap/20080719/r_t_ap_wl_other/twl-cuba-land-reform-1be00ca_1 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:19:00 +0800 Communist officials decreed Friday that private farmers and cooperatives can use up to 100 acres (40 hectares) of idle government land, as President Raul Castro works to revive Cuba's floundering agricultural sector. AP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080718/twl-mexico-tropical-weather-1be00ca.html /ap/20080718/r_t_ap_wl_other/twl-mexico-tropical-weather-1be00ca_1 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:01:00 +0800 Hurricane Elida weakened to a Category 1 storm off Mexico on Thursday, while Tropical Storm Fausto continued to gain strength. AP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080718/twl-argentina-nazi-hunt-1be00ca.html /ap/20080718/r_t_ap_wl_other/twl-argentina-nazi-hunt-1be00ca Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:06:00 +0800 The world's top Nazi-hunter said Thursday he's made progress in finding 94-year-old "Doctor Death," a former concentration camp physician accused of torturing Jewish prisoners as they died and who may have been living for decades in Argentina or Chile. AP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080717/twl-mexico-crime-women-4bdc673.html /afp/20080717/r_t_afp_wl_other/twl-mexico-crime-women-4bdc673_1 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:43:00 +0800 A child and woman were raped and murdered this week in Ciudad Juarez, bringing to 17 the women killed so far this year in this city bordering the United States, and to more than 400 since 1993, authorities said Thursday. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080718/twl-nicaragua-farc-1be00ca.html /ap/20080718/r_t_ap_wl_other/twl-nicaragua-farc-1be00ca_2 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:39:00 +0800 Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said he is open to meeting with Colombia's FARC rebels, but the Colombian government angrily rejected the proposal on Thursday. AP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080717/twl-haiti-politics-4bdc673.html /afp/20080717/r_t_afp_wl_other/twl-haiti-politics-4bdc673_1 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:14:00 +0800 Haiti's chamber of deputies voted Thursday to approve the nomination of Michele Pierre-Louis as prime minister, giving hopes of an imminent end to three months of political stalemate. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080718/twl-congress-energy-1be00ca.html /ap/20080718/r_t_ap_wl_other/twl-congress-energy-1be00ca_1 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:36:00 +0800 House Republicans on Thursday killed a Democratic plan designed to spur drilling on already available federal lands in Alaska, the West and the western Gulf of Mexico. AP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080718/twl-mexico-violence-1be00ca.html /ap/20080718/r_t_ap_wl_other/twl-mexico-violence-1be00ca_1 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:36:00 +0800 Authorities say gunmen have kidnapped the head of kidnapping and organized crime investigations in the Mexican border state of Coahuila. AP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080718/twl-nicaragua-farc-1be00ca.html /ap/20080718/r_t_ap_wl_other/twl-nicaragua-farc-1be00ca_2 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:39:00 +0800 Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said he is open to meeting with Colombia's FARC rebels, but the Colombian government angrily rejected the proposal on Thursday. AP