The Rev. Lucius Walker, American who led aid caravans to Cuba defying US embargo, dies at 80

Rev. Lucius Walker, American who led aid caravans to Cuba defying US embargo, dies at 80

Suriname’s new president back in power after weeklong illness; confirms had dengue

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Venezuela congressional candidate raffles off breast augmentation surgery to fund campaign

Venezuela pol raffles breast implants for campaign

Feds: Barbados woman can stay in US with daughter being treated for rare form of cancer

Argentine doctors looking for orange-size lump find 56-pound tumor in woman’s uterus

Doctors look for orange-size lump, find 56-pounder

Mexico’s crackdown on pharmacies selling antibiotics without prescriptions begins Wednesday

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20-doctor team plans operation to separate conjoined twins in Panama

Surgeons in Panama to separate conjoined twins

Colombian vice president leaves hospital after heart operation

Colombian VP out of hospital after heart surgery

Paraguay president says feels ‘renewed’ by cancer treatment in Brazil

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Paraguay says president to undergo 6 chemotherapy sessions for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma

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Aging pitcher, World Series champion Orlando ‘El Duque’ Hernandez aims for one more chance

Aging ‘El Duque’ aims for one more shot in majors

Colombian VP Garzon hospitalized for heart surgery just 2 days after his inauguration

Colombia VP has heart surgery after 2 days on job

Colombian VP Garzon has heart attack less than 2 days after inauguration, ’stable’ at hospital

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Doctors: Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo has non-Hodgkin lymphoma; prognosis is good

Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo has cancer

Peru’s health minister says plague outbreak has killed teenager, infected at least 31 people

Peru plague outbreak kills 1, infects at least 31

3 die from hemorrhagic variant of dengue fever in Trinidad and Tobago

Panama first lady raising money to deliver medical supplies to homeland’s indigenous people

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Dominican Republic fights spread of dengue as deaths, infections surge

Puerto Rico warns dengue outbreak may reach record as virus claims year’s 3rd local fatality

NY judge rules that Guantanamo detainee is not suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder

Judge: Guantanamo detainee not suffering from PTSD

A trafficker’s best friend: Aging sniffer dogs blamed for cocaine on Guyana-US flights

Aging sniffer dogs blamed for Guyana drug lapses

Gunmen open fire in Mexican drug rehab center, killing 9

Mexico: 9 killed in drug rehab center

MEXICO CITY — An official says nine people were killed when gunmen opened fire in a drug rehabilitation center in the Mexican state of Durango.

Spare tires pop up beside bikinis in Brazil as bad diets and no exercise feed obesity

Bill Gates, Carlos Slim announce $150 million health donation for Mexico, Central America

Rock star Gustavo Cerati, recovering from stroke in Venezuela, arrives home in Argentina

Rock star Cerati flown home to Argentina

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentine rock star Gustavo Cerati, who had been hospitalized for more than three weeks in Venezuela after suffering a stroke, was flown home Monday aboard a specially equipped plane.

Mexico’s Supreme Court upholds law giving rape victims morning-after birth control pill

Mexico upholds morning-after pill for rape victims

Argentine doctors arrive in Venezuela to treat rock star Gustavo Cerati after brain surgery

Argentine doctors in Venezuela to treat Cerati

Argentine rock star Gustavo Cerati in intensive care after brain surgery in Venezuela

Argentine rocker Cerati undergoes brain surgery

Lopez Arellano, coup leader and twice president of Honduras, dies at 89

Caribbean nations expect to receive $100 million grant from US government to fight AIDS

Top US state department official goes to Central America to discuss fighting crime, drugs

State Department sends envoy to Central America

160-year-old St. Vincent’s Hospital, last Catholic-affiliated hospital in NYC, closes for good

Brazilian health chief advocates sexual healing for nation’s blood pressure problems

Colombian presidential contender Antanas Mockus has Parkinson’s disease, campaign continues

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Cuba to vaccinate more than 1.1 million against swine flu, reversing previous stance

Cuba to vaccinate more than 1.1M against swine flu

Mexico plans to crack down on pharmacies selling antibiotics without doctors’ prescriptions

Mexico sets plan to crack down on antibiotic sales

Government report says Mexican criminal organizations more than double heroin production

Report: Mexican traffickers cement grip in US

No soup for you: Man detained in Mexico after Nigerian stew spices mistaken for African drug

Man held in Mexico after spices mistaken for drugs

Gastroenteritis strikes same cruise ship in Brazil for the 2nd time; 47 passenger sickened

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AP Interview: Brazilian leader says he’s quit smoking after 50 years

FDA warns of bacteria in 2 hand sanitizers produced and distributed in Puerto Rico

FDA warning for hand sanitizer in Puerto Rico

Brazil officials say 310 stricken by food poisoning on cruise ship in Brazil

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6 US soldiers serving in Haiti aid operation come down with malaria; 1 evacuated for treatment

6 malaria cases reported for US soldiers in Haiti

Mexico says first lady met with Michelle Obama, discussed obesity, migrants, addictions

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Jamaica police investigate doctor accused of performing abortion on 13-year-old

Jamaican doctor accused of abortion on 13-year-old

Paraguay soccer player who was shot in head in Mexico City bar last month moved out of ICU

Soccer player who was shot in head out of ICU

Colombian woman moves arm seconds before embalmment, 2 hours after doctors declare her dead

Brazilian woman expelled from school for short miniskirt, overheats during Rio Carnival debut

Woman in skirt scandal is Brazil Carnival star

Brazilian woman expelled from school for short miniskirt, emerges as Rio Carnival star

Disgraced in skirt scandal, woman is Carnival star

Unusually wet Arizona winter leads to more illegal immigrant border deaths

Wet Arizona winter leads to more border deaths

Former President Bill Clinton is home with Secretary Clinton after NYC heart procedure

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Former President Bill Clinton returns home to Chappaqua after NYC heart procedure