Puma to sell gasoline-ethanol mix in Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- A Swiss oil company says it will start selling regular gasoline mixed with ethanol as part of a pilot program in Puerto Rico....

Cuba lifts ban on energy-hogging appliances
HAVANA (AP) -- Cuba has authorized individual imports of appliances such as air conditioners, refrigerators and microwave ovens, lifting a ban imposed in 2005 amid a wave of energy shortages and blackouts....

Soldiers flood western Mexico to protect towns
COALCOMAN, Mexico (AP) -- Mexico's top security officials promised Tuesday that a new federal offensive to rescue towns besieged by the Knights Templar drug cartel in western Michoacan state would stay "until there is security and peace for all state residents."...

Venezuela TV host goes off air after audio scandal
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- A prominent Venezuelan talk show host has gone off the air after allegedly being caught on tape discussing politics inside Venezuela's ruling party with a Cuban intelligence official....

Brazil commission says abusers could be tried
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) -- A Truth Commission investigating human rights abuses under Brazil's military dictatorship says that those it finds guilty of torture could be brought to trial....

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