Track-It Latin America

WASHINGTON -- A retired State Department employee and his wife are expected to plead guilty Friday in federal court to charges that they have been spying for Cuba for decades. Read more

SALVADOR, Brazil — 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. Read more

GUATEMALA CITY — 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. Read more

pCuba's celebrated and increasingly brassy blogger Yoani Sanchez emerged as a player in U.S.-Cuba relations, scoring a lengthy reply from President Barack Obama to her questions and playing a starring role in a congressional hearing on efforts to... Read more

WASHINGTON -- A high-octane effort to let U.S. tourists visit Cuba got a major endorsement Thursday from one of the island's leading dissidents, who suggested that "along with suitcases, Bermuda shorts and sun block, support, solidarity and freedom... Read more

LIMA, Peru — 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. Read more

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras' interim president said Thursday he may step down temporarily to allow voters to concentrate on the upcoming presidential elections. Read more

HAVANA — President Barack Obama has answered questions submitted by a celebrated Cuban blogger, saying he isn't interested in "talking for the sake of talking" with Raul Castro and indicating he won't visit the island until the communist government... Read more

MIAMI -- A country's consuls are usually low-key diplomats who handle issues like visa applications. But under President Hugo Chavez, two Venezuelan consuls in the United States have been anything but low-profile. Read more

WASHINGTON -- A small group of rich people who own most of Honduras and its politicians enlist the military to kidnap the elected president at gunpoint and take him into exile. They then arrest thousands of people opposed to the coup, shut down and... Read more