Honduras' coup-installed president says he will not allow a visit by regional delegates trying to negotiate an end to the country's political crisis because their leader lacks "impartiality and professionalism." ...more

August 9, 2009

The children of more than a dozen Cuban doctors and medical professionals who defected from the communist island nation are not being allowed to travel to the United States even though they have visas, their parents said Tuesday. ...more

November 19, 2008

The Organization of American States program originally scheduled for 12:15 p.m. Friday has been rescheduled to 8:30 a.m. Nov. 7. Jane Barbar Thery, head of the Organization of American States-U.S. Relations program in Washington, is scheduled to speak at The Tampa Club, 101 E. Kennedy Blvd. on "What Lies Ahead Under A New Administration: Future Political and Economic Trends in Latin America." ...more

October 15, 2008

Jane Barbar Thery, head of the Organization of American States-U.S. Relations program in Washington, is scheduled to speak at a 12:15 p.m. luncheon program on Friday at The Tampa Club, 101 E. Kennedy Blvd. ...more

October 13, 2008

AVON PARK — A fire that destroyed an isolated mobile home late Monday morning spread to the surrounding yard, then growing into a wildfire that had firefighters on alert through the afternoon, according to firefighters on scene. No injuries were reported from the Avon Park Estates mobile home on West Starr Road, which was believed to be abandoned. However, the mobile home was reduced to its cinder blocks and a floor that resembled a nearly cleared, blackened platform. ...more

May 12, 2008