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Correction: Honduras-Drugs-Shooting story
In a June 1 story about a drug raid in Honduras on May 11, The Associated Press misidentified the 14-year-old who died. Wilmer Lucas Walter was injured, not killed. The youth who died was Haskel Tom Brooks Wood. (AP, 1:49 p.m.)
Venezuelan candidate's shirts a boon for business
In a home with bare brick walls and a zinc roof, a 58-year-old seamstress with short, curly hair is sewing shirts for a young politician who she thinks has a good shot at unseating Hugo Chavez as president of Venezuela. (Associated Press, 2:39 p.m.)
Stranded sperm whale dies along Puerto Rico coast
A marine mammal expert in Puerto Rico says rescuers were unable to save a sperm whale about the size of a city bus that was stranded just off the island's north coast. (AP, 11:49 a.m.)
Former Nicaragua Contra leader Adolfo Calero dies
Adolfo Calero, who led the largest force of U.S.-backed rebels against Nicaragua's Sandinista government in the 1980s and found himself entangled in the Iran-Contra scandal, has died at age 80. (Associated Press, 1:39 p.m.)
Scandal grows around Argentine vice president
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez's second-in-command is known as a fun-loving, guitar-playing renegade who wore a leather jacket to their Election Day victory bash. Amado Boudou still leads a new generation of politicians preparing to run the country, but scandal now dims his youthful glow. (Associated Press, 12:09 a.m.)
Peru mayor jailed pending protest investigation
A Peruvian judge on Saturday ordered five months of preventive detention for a regional mayor who allegedly led last week's violent protests against a highlands copper mine. (AP, 6/2/12)
Mexico suspends, probes judges of key drug cases
Mexican court authorities have suspended two federal judges who presided over high-profile drug cases, saying investigators are looking into possible irregularities involving the jurists. (Associated Press, 6/2/12)
Raul Castro's 81st a reminder of aging leadership
Cuban President Raul Castro turns 81 on Sunday, another reminder to his countrymen and to the exiles who hate him that time is catching up with the island's aging revolutionaries. (Associated Press, 6/2/12)
Scandal grows around Argentine vice president
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez's second-in-command is known as a fun-loving, guitar-playing renegade who wore a leather jacket to their Election Day victory bash. Amado Boudou still leads a new generation of politicians preparing to run the country, but scandal now dims his youthful glow. (Associated Press, 6/2/12)
Commission begins work to purge Honduran police
A new anti-corruption commission began work Friday and it will be responsible for weeding out bad officials from Honduras' judicial system and the national police, President Porfirio Lobo announced. (AP, 6/1/12)
Venezuela prohibits sales of guns, ammunition
Venezuela's government banned sales of guns and ammunition Friday with a measure that officials said is aimed at fighting rampant violent crime. (Associated Press, 6/1/12)
Mexico seeks freeze on politician's bank accounts
Mexican federal prosecutors are seeking to freeze all bank accounts linked to a former governor of a northern state that borders Texas who has been accused of accepting millions of dollars in bribes from drug cartels, an official said Friday. (Associated Press, 6/1/12)
DEA investigating Honduras drug raid shooting
State Department officials say the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has opened an investigation into a drug raid in a remote Central American jungle where local authorities say four people were killed. (Associated Press Writers, 6/1/12)
Dominican Republic to require migrant work permits
The Dominican Republic plans to start penalizing all companies that hire illegal workers under a new labor regulation that has sparked anger among the Caribbean country's estimated 1 million Haitian residents. (AP, 6/1/12)
Chilean court absolves 6 in terror bomb plot
Judges absolved all the suspects Friday in a terrorism case involving anarchist bombings outside bank buildings in downtown Santiago, a ruling that was seen as an embarrassing setback for the Chilean government. (Associated Press, 6/1/12)
Woman follows Hugo Chavez on Twitter, gets home
A young woman in Venezuela has been rewarded with a new home by President Hugo Chavez for becoming his 3 millionth follower on Twitter. (AP, 6/1/12)