Small signal, big meaning? Castro in military duds
HAVANA (AP) -- Fidel Castro dusted off his full military uniform for the first time since stepping down as president four years ago, a symbolic act in a communist country where little signals often carry enormous significance....

Mexico: Soldiers kill 30 in troubled border state
MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) -- Mexican soldiers killed at least 30 suspected cartel members in two shootouts near the U.S. border in a region that has become one of biggest battlegrounds in the country's drug war, authorities said Friday....

Salvador bans gang membership after bus massacre
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) -- El Salvador has made it illegal to belong to a street gang in the wake of an attack on a passenger bus that killed 17 people....

Election official: Chavez breaking campaign rules
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- An electoral official accused President Hugo Chavez and his allies of breaking campaign laws by using state-run media to berate rivals and praise friends ahead of this month's legislative elections....