Official: Negotiate end to Brazil custody battle over 8-year-old boy

BRASILIA, Brazil — A Brazilian official says there should be a negotiated end to a custody battle between a U.S. father and a Brazilian stepfather over a boy.

Report: Venezuelan polo team member links commonly used supplement to deaths of 21 polo horses

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A member of a Venezuelan-owned polo team says a supplement likely killed 21 horses before a match last weekend in Florida.

Woman says Paraguayan President Lugo has third child; named after late Pope John Paul II

ASUNCION, Paraguay — A third woman came forward Wednesday claiming Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo is the father of her child — this one a 16-month-old boy she named after late Pope John Paul II.

Colombian drug lord sentenced in New York to more than 31 years in prison after apologizing

NEW YORK — One of Colombia’s once most feared drug lords was sentenced Wednesday to more than 31 years in prison, after telling the judge he only sold drugs to help his people and apologizing to Americans for harming so many of them with cocaine.

Venezuelan court asks Interpol to detain opposition leader who fled to Peru

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan prosecutors say a court has asked Interpol to detain a leading opponent of President Hugo Chavez who is seeking political asylum in Peru.

Spain justice system shying from once-famed role as international prosecutor

MADRID — Spain grabbed world headlines a decade ago by indicting Chile’s former dictator Augusto Pinochet, and has since probed alleged atrocities as far away as Tibet and Rwanda.

Authorities open criminal probe into deaths of 21 polo horses before tournament in Fla.

WELLINGTON, Fla. — Organ by organ, veterinarians are taking apart 21 prized polo horses to uncover what killed them mysteriously over the weekend during preparations for a match in one of the sport’s top championships. Simultaneously, state authorities have opened a criminal probe to determine whether the deaths were intentional, a result of negligence or simply a terrible accident.

Diplomat says more time needed to repair Venezuela-US relations, appoint new ambassadors

CARACAS, Venezuela — The top official at the U.S. Embassy in Venezuela said Tuesday that ambassadors won’t be returning to Washington and Caracas anytime soon, but he was optimistic that diplomatic relations will improve.

Bolivia rejects Ireland, Croatia, Hungary requests for info in alleged assassination plot

LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivian President Evo Morales on Tuesday rejected requests from the governments of Ireland, Croatia and Hungary seeking information about the deaths of three of their citizens whom Bolivia accuses of plotting to assassinate Morales.

Bishop: Paraguay Church covered up parishioners’ complaints that Lugo fathered their children

ASUNCION, Paraguay — A Roman Catholic bishop alleged Tuesday that Paraguay’s president resigned from his church leadership position in 2004 after at least two women in his parish wrote to a Vatican official that he had fathered their children.