AP - The old businessmen in the corner store were laughing about Venezuela, deriding their World Baseball Classic rivals after the Dominican Republic beat them yet again.

AP - The U.S. team could be eliminated from the World Baseball Classic if Japan loses to South Korea tonight.

AP - Daniel Cabrera threw four hitless innings and the Dominican Republic one-hit Venezuela to advance to the semifinals of the World Baseball Classic with a 2-1 victory on Tuesday night.

AP - On a day when opponents of Fidel Castro caused turmoil in and above the stands, David Ortiz powered the Dominican Republic to a key victory over Cuba.

AP - Bernie Williams and Carlos Beltran homered and Puerto Rico routed Cuba 12-2 in a World Baseball Classic game Friday night that was strictly for pride, with both teams having already secured spots in the second round.

Julie Farby - AHN Staff Writer San Juan, Puerto Rico (AHN)—Sparking an international incident that quickly escalated Friday, a spectator in the stands raised a sign saying: "Down with Fidel," while Cuba played the Netherlands in the World Baseball Classic. According to the Associated...

AP - While Cuba played the Netherlands in the World Baseball Classic, a spectator in the stands raised a sign saying: "Down with Fidel," sparking an international incident that escalated Friday with the velocity of a major league fastball.

AP - You need permission to run for Congress in this steamy northern Colombian town where right-wing militias hold sway — that is, if you value your life.

AP - Infielder Alex Cintron was acquired by the Chicago White Sox from the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday for pitcher Jeff Bajenaru.

AP - Cuba won its World Baseball Classic opener, but only after a ninth-inning meltdown.

AP - Infielder Alex Cintron was acquired by the Chicago White Sox from the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday for pitcher Jeff Bajenaru.

AP - The World Baseball Classic resumes today with five games on the schedule, including the first game for the U.S. team. The U.S. takes on Mexico in Phoenix at 4 p.m. EST.

AP - Puerto Rico's governor has signed into law a ban on smoking in enclosed public places — the toughest anti-tobacco prohibition in the Caribbean.

AP - Cuban academics hoping to attend a gathering of Latin America experts in Puerto Rico were denied visas by the American government, marking the latest in the current U.S. administration's trend of shutting out Cubans.

AP - More than 1,000 demonstrators chanting anti-FBI slogans and carrying Puerto Rican flags marched through the capital of this U.S. island territory on Sunday.

AP - Thousands of Puerto Ricans danced to the beat of conga drums on Friday at a memorial for Ray Barretto, a world-famous percussionist known for integrating the conga drum into jazz.

AP - Puerto Ricans have a higher death rate linked to high blood pressure than blacks, whites or other Hispanic-Americans do, federal health researchers said Thursday in one of the first analyses of specific U.S. Hispanic populations.

AP - Puerto Ricans have a higher death rate linked to high blood pressure than blacks, whites or other Hispanic-Americans do, federal health researchers said Thursday in one of the first analyses of specific U.S. Hispanic populations.

AP - Washington Nationals second baseman Jose Vidro will not play for Puerto Rico in the World Baseball Classic.

AP - The family of Ray Barretto, the Grammy-winning Latin jazz percussionist who died last week at age 76, has started a foundation to help musicians without medical or life insurance.