Legally trading pesos for dollars or euros has become ever more difficult as President Cristina Fernandez tries to keep dollars inside the country and bolster the Argentine peso's sliding value.

It is anticipated that Colombia's main leftist rebel group could announce the start of talks to end a half-century-old conflict that has claimed tens of thousands of lives.

Polls are open as voters weigh returning a separatist party to power.

Experts say the measure targets so-called mules, who bring in merchandise destined for resale or to supply the island's growing ranks of private entrepreneurs.

The Aug. 20 seizure pulled back the curtain on Nicaragua's role as a conduit between South American cocaine producers and the Mexican drug cartels.

Chavez opponents cry foul; accusd the electoral council of acting as a "censor."

His refusal raises the question of whether he will launch street protests like those he initiated after losing the 2006 vote.

In the case of La Visite National Park, officials had nowhere to settle the squatters they were trying to evict.

U.S. officials wouldn't confirm which agency the men work for.

Tomas Yarrington had alleged ties to drug traffickers.