The activists who won the court ruling say they don't actually plan to grow and smoke pot. Rather, they say, they wanted to force Mexico's Congress to open a debate about legalizing marijuana in order to curb drug-related violence.
The party's over for workers at the Costa Rican Oil Refinery after President Luis Guillermo Solís bans public agencies from using taxpayer money to fund recreational activities.
Their reality is a 4x4-meter cell of cement and iron, where only a few rays of sunlight enter each day and where sleep comes on concrete beds. Among the inmates are leaders of rival drug gangs that have launched a violent turf war in the streets of San José’s southern and western neighborhoods, leaving a toll of 165 deaths in only nine months. Here's a look.
Some 11,000 crocodiles unfed for almost a month because their Honduran owners had their assets frozen by U.S. authorities finally got some chow Tuesday. "That will take care of us -- for two to three days," the farm manager said.
Under a tough new immigration law, the Dominican Republic has been systematically arresting Haitians and dumping them at the border to start life over.
Former Brazilian football official José Maria Marin is the latest to appear before a U.S. court to face charges in connection with the FIFA corruption scandal.
Keylor Navas has now gotten off to the best start for a goalie in Champions League history after a sixth shutout, the latest again coming against European powerhouse Paris St. Germain.
