Mexican reporter on organized crime goes missing
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Authorities in the western Mexican state of Michoacan are investigating the disappearance of a journalist who wrote about organized crime....

Guatemala reopening international adoptions
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) -- Guatemalan officials on Friday announced the resumption of international adoptions after a nearly two-year suspension prompted by the discovery that some babies were being sold....

Brazil leader urges freeze on Israeli settlements
SALVADOR, Brazil (AP) -- Brazil's President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva is joining his Palestinian counterpart in calling on Israel to stop building new settlements in areas claimed by Palestinians....

Peruvian police: Gang killed people for their fat
LIMA, Peru (AP) -- Police say a gang in the Peruvian jungle has been killing people and draining fat from the corpses to sell on the black market for use in cosmetics, although medical experts say they doubt a major market for fat exists....