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Guatemala’s Pérez Molina clings to power despite unprecedented pressure to resign

GUATEMALA CITY – In a pre-recorded message broadcast to the nation last night, Guatemalan President Otto Pérez Molina refused to step down in the face of growing evidence of his likely involvement in a massive customs fraud network known as “La Línea.”

How Jimmy Carter has long pursued peace, justice and care for those on the margins

Carter's address captured the attention of Hunter Thompson of Rolling Stone magazine. During the course of his speech, Carter noticed that Thompson had briefly left the room; he surmised that the self-proclaimed "gonzo journalist" had simply exited to refresh whatever adult beverage he was drinking that day. Thompson, however, scurried to the parking lot to retrieve a tape recorder so he could record what he believed was an extraordinary moment: a politician who dared to speak the truth.

Former US President Jimmy Carter says cancer has spread to his brain

"I'm perfectly at ease with whatever comes," Carter said at a news conference at the Carter Center in Atlanta.

Meet the White House’s first transgender staffer

Raffi Freedman-Gurspan has been hired as an outreach and recruitment director for presidential personnel in the White House Office of Presidential Personnel, LGBT groups and the White House said Tuesday.

For Mexicans, the Donald Trump candidacy is getting scarier

The longer he floats atop the polls, the more Donald Trump has started to make people here feel a bit queasy, forcing them to contemplate whether his candidacy is really something they need to worry about.

In heroin fight, White House tries to break down walls between public health, police

As heroin overdoses and deaths soar in many parts of the United States, the White House plans to announce on Monday an initiative that will for the first time pair public health and law enforcement in an effort to shift the emphasis from punishment to the treatment of addicts.

Costa Rica’s struggle with fiscal reform highlights its governance problems

Former two-term President Óscar Arias: “In this dysfunctional democracy that we have, it is difficult to achieve what you propose.”

A whopping 88 percent of Guatemalans disapprove of President Otto Pérez Molina’s job

Walk around Guatemala these days and you'd be hard-pressed to find someone who thinks President Otto Pérez Molina is doing a good job.

Two dead in Haiti election violence

PORTU-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Two people were killed during Haiti's long-delayed legislative elections amid violence that forced some polling stations to close early, political parties said Monday.

Alcatel-Lucent makes $10 million payment to Costa Rica’s ICE in corruption settlement

ICE attorneys say that despite the out-of-court settlement in the civil case, all legal proceedings in the criminal case will continue.

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