The ex-bus driver who could be Venezuelan president
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Nicolas Maduro, the tall, broad-shouldered VP, has been anointed successor to Hugo Chavez.
Chavez arrives in Cuba for surgery
Fourth cancer surgery in 18 months prompts longtime Venezuelan leader to designate possible successor.
Mexico’s president vows big changes
Newly sworn in President Pena Nieto vows a more prosperous, peaceful country, even as protesters clash in the streets.
Mexico’s new president wantsto change dialogue with U.S.
Enrique Peña Nieto looks to move the conversation away from drug cartels and toward trade and manufacturing.
In Mexico, about 25,000 are missing
Unpublished government list records names of those who vanished amid crime wave of past 6 years.
Calderon drug war ends at a stalemate
As Mexican president prepares to step down, he says strategy that left 60,000 dead is finally paying off.
Heritage leads Colombians to Judaism
Descendants of Jews forced from Spain more than 500 years ago embrace a region’s hidden past.
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Mexico’s new president is sworn in
Enrique Peña Nieto takes the oath of office, while protests against him go on outside.
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- Ghana says it will abide by UN Tribunal order to release Argentine navy ship seized months ago
- Venezuelans choose governors in first elections with Hugo Chavez absent due to cancer surgery
- Brazil trading platform lets farmers point, click way into compliance with forest legislation
- UN tribunal orders Ghana to release Argentine navy ship seized in debt dispute with hedge fund
- More than 200 people treated for food poisoning in Chile after eating hot dogs during outing
- Chavez receiving visits from Fidel Castro, recovery after 'moments of tension,' official says
- Owner of pet monkey found at Toronto Ikea to go to court to get him back
- Oil rig arrives off central Cuba for shallower-water exploration by Russia's Zarubezhneft
- Children discover Mozart in Paraguay landfill, playing instruments made from recycled garbage
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Elsewhere in World
Asia / Pacific
- Opposition wins Japanese parliamentary vote
- NHK exit poll shows Conservative LDP wining majority in Japanese parliamentary election
- Japan's comeback prime minister, Shinzo Abe, gets a second stab at reviving struggling Japan
- Prime Minister Noda resigns as Democratic Party of Japan president after election defeat
Africa
- Anglicans take back Zimbabwe cathedral from excommunicated, renegade bishop
- Hospitalized Nelson Mandela honored by South Africa's governing party at political convention
- Job on line, South Africa President Jacob Zuma describes ANC's problems, asks to remain leader
- Ghana says it will abide by UN Tribunal order to release Argentine navy ship seized months ago
Middle East
- Egypt: 4,000 nationals and family members evacuated from Syria in recent months
- Iraqi officials: String of blasts in areas disputed between Arabs and Kurds kill at least 8
- Syrian Islamist rebel faction says its fighters have taken control of infantry base in Aleppo
- Egypt rights groups say constitutional referendum marred by violations, call for repeat
The Americas
- Venezuelans choose governors in first elections with Hugo Chavez absent due to cancer surgery
- Chavez receiving visits from Fidel Castro, recovery after 'moments of tension,' official says
- More than 200 people treated for food poisoning in Chile after eating hot dogs during outing
- Fidel Castro has been visiting Hugo Chavez every day after cancer surgery, official says
National Security
- Kerry stands tall as Obama's good soldier on foreign policy, in line for secretary of state
- Pentagon front-runner Hagel has strong Obama ties, likely favors rapid Afghanistan withdrawal
- Ill Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton faints, sustains concussion, recovering at home
- Ill Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton faints, sustains concussion, recovering at home
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