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Cuba's President Raul Castro (file)
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Raul Castro Named Head of Cuba's Communist Party

He officially replaces his brother, former President Fidel Castro, who has held post since its founding 46 years ago

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Haiti's presidential candidate Michel Martelly gives a news conference in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, April 5, 2011

Haitian President-Elect to Visit US

Michel Martelly will hold talks with heads of World Bank, International Monetary Fund and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

Workers at an embalming facility in Mexico City prepare to unload a truck containing dozens of the 145 bodies found in mass graves in northern Mexico, April 14, 2011

Mexico Arrests Suspect in Mass Grave Massacre

Detainee said to be mastermind behind killings of at least 145 people whose bodies were discovered recently in northeastern Mexico

Cuban military cadets chant slogans as they march in the parade commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs

Cuban President Proposes Term Limits for Politicians

Raul Castro makes his remarks to the opening of the Congress for Cuba's ruling Communist Party

A giant electronic display outside the World Bank's headquarters in Washington, D.C., is tallying the number of chronically hungry people in the world today, April 2011

World Bank Discusses High Food Prices

As number of chronically hungry people in world nears 1 billion, Bank calls on policymakers to put food first, emphasizes small farmers

A member of Chile's Communist Party of the late President Salvador Allende holds an image of him during a gathering to commemorate the 36th anniversary of the election that led Marxist leader Salvador

Chilean Judge Orders Exhumation of Former President Allende

Exhumation to determine whether Allende was killed in 1973 American-supported coup led by General Augusto Pinochet or committed suicide

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Mexico Discovers 145 Corpses in Mass Graves

Mexican officials say Zetas drug gang is responsible for killings

Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier, center, leaves Canape Vert Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 29, 2011

Human Rights Group Urges Haiti to Make History with 'Baby Doc' Trial

US-based Human Rights Watch releases 47-page report, calling on Haiti to try Duvalier for 'grave violations' of human rights

An image of the late Chilean President Salvador Allende

Chile's Allende Family Requests Exhumation of Remains

Mr. Allende's daughter, Senator Isabel Allende, met with an investigating judge this week and asked him to proceed with probe

Police officers escort suspected drug trafficker Walid Makled Garcia, from Venezuela, second from right, during a press conference at police headquarters in Bogota, Colombia (File)

Colombia to Extradite Suspected Drug Lord to Venezuela

Walid Makled is on the United States' most wanted list for allegedly shipping large amounts of cocaine into country

Forensic workers prepare to transfer bodies from a van into a large truck, not seen, in the northern border city of Matamoros, Mexico, April, 6, 2011

Mexican Policemen Arrested for Protecting Cartel Hitmen

Detention connected to massacre of people found in mass graves near US border

A man walks past a corrugated fence covered with election posters in Port-au-Prince, Haiti (file - March 16, 2011)

Final Haiti Vote Results Delayed

Officials say final results of recent runoff elections will be announced next Monday, instead of Saturday as originally planned

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