CARACAS, Venezuela — A U.S.-mediated pact reached last week that aims to return deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya to office and end the country's destabilizing political crisis is in danger of unraveling as Honduras' Congress takes its
PARIS - The son of the late French president Francois Mitterrand was given a two-year suspended sentence Tuesday and fined 375,000 euros for his role in an arms-to-Africa scandal.
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay - Voters in Uruguay faced a stark choice in Sunday's presidential election: an ex-rebel who yearns to create enduring socialism or a former center-right president who privatized government services and wants to pull away from all
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica - A former Costa Rican president was convicted and sentenced to five years in prison Monday for embezzling funds from a Finnish loan intended for medical equipment for public hospitals. Rafael Calderon, who was president from 19
TAIPEI - Taiwan's convicted former president defended himself in a High Court session Thursday as it deliberated whether to keep him in detention as he appeals against a life sentence on graft charges, officials said. Chen Shui-bian, who was the pr
SEOUL - A South Korean businessman linked to a graft probe which apparently sparked the suicide of a former president was Wednesday jailed for three-and-a-half years. Park Yeon-Cha was charged last year with evading 29 billion won in taxes and wit
TAIPEI, Taiwan A Taiwan court imposed a life sentence on former President Chen Shui-bian after convicting him of corruption Friday, marking a watershed in the island's turbulent political history.A strong advocate of Taiwanese independence, Chen wa
TAIPEI - Former Taiwan president Chen Shui-bian, known for fiery anti-China rhetoric while in office, was found guilty of corruption on Friday and sentenced to life in prison. Taipei District Court convicted the two-term president on six charges re
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