Brazil's President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Thursday released the names of 16 of his future ministers for when he takes office on Jan. 1. Lula also said that 16 other ministers are to be named next week.
Bad weather led to the cancellation of a large number of commercial flights throughout the United States ahead of the Christmas Eve celebrations, it was reported.
A team from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) Thursday paid a visit to former Peruvian President José Pedro Castillo Terrones, who is under arrest for trying to stage a coup d'état, which led to his impeachment and subsequent pre-trial detention.
The Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo Thursday announced they had found the 131st grandchild born from parents who disappeared under the military dictatorship (1976-1983).