The death toll from the landslides that occurred on Saturday night in west Guatemala has risen to 54, official sources said. The sources said that rescuers found 18 more bodies, bringing the total number of confirmed deaths to 54 from the earlier announced 36. On Saturday night, a major landslide on the ...

HAVANA -- The Cuban government on Sunday urged the farmers to help achieve the country's food security at the end of the 10th Congress of the National Association of Small Producers (ANAP). Cuban leader Raul Castro attended the closing session of the two-day Congress, together with more than 1,000 delegates from ...

  After being down 2–0 at halftime, Brazil defeated the United States 3–2 in the final round of the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, claiming their third ...

OTTAWA (PNA/Xinhua) -- More Canadians are now surviving and living with cancer, thanks in part to better detection, government agency Statistics Canada reported.

HAVANA (PNA/RIA Novosti) -- Fidel Castro has said that the two Cuban revolution-era leaders who were “freed” from their posts as vice presidents in the Cabinet of Ministers earlier this month stepped down of their own accord. The Official Gazette announced on Tuesday that Osmany Cienfuegos and Pedro Miret had been dropped from their posts in the Cabinet of Ministers in a Cabinet reshuffle, but no reason was given.

LIMA, Peru - President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was conferred here today a doctorate degree in science, economic and public administration, honoris causa, from the Universidad de San Ignacio de Loyola, one of the most distinguished and prestigious educational institutions in Peru.

SANTIAGO (PNA/Xinhua) -- FIFA president Joseph Blatter affirmed that the global economic recession will not affect the organization of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

LIMA, Peru (Mabuhay) – The Philippines and other member-countries of the Asia- Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) have pushed for the early conclusion of the Doha Round of the World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations to promote a free and more balanced trade in the region.

Office of the Mayor and ABS-CBN International Team Up for 4th Annual Reception REDWOOD CITY, CA– The Office of the Mayor of San Francisco City and County and ABS-CBN International teamed up for the third straight year to host the annual reception in celebration of Filipino American History Month at the San Francisco City Hall Rotunda.

MOSCOW (PNA/Xinhua) -- Cuba and Russia are not discussing the possibility of deploying Russian missile shield in the Caribbean country, visiting Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque said here on Monday.

BRASILIA (PNA/Xinhua) - Brazil will have its first nuclear submarine by 2020 if the USD560 million investment pledged by the government is in place in time, local press reported. By 2015, the country will probably have nuclear fuel capabilities to power a submarine if research and development is progressing on schedule, Navy Commander Admiral Julio Soares de Moura told the Federal Senate's Committee for Foreign Relations and National Defense.