Brazil's Catholic Church is suing Hollywood for using unauthorized images of Rio's famous giant Christ statue in its disaster movie blockbuster "2012," a lawyer involved in the case told AFP Wednesday. Rio de Janeiro's archdiocese is demanding unspecified damages and interest from Columbia Pictures for showing the iconic landmark being destroyed in a worldwide apocalypse in a ...

PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico (Reuters) - Cuban President Raul Castro called for Latin American solidarity on Tuesday at a summit in Mexico to create a new organization that could weaken U.S. influence in the region. He backed Latin American complaints against the United States and Britain at a meeting of the "Rio Group" of regional leaders near the Caribbean resort ...

A Brazilian navy frigate carrying 10 of the 64 survivors from a class-at-sea sailing ship that sank off the Brazilian coast, arrived back on dry land Saturday after a two day ordeal. The first 10 passengers were brought ashore to the Moncague base near Rio de Janeiro, and a larger group was expected later in the day, a navy source ...