Castro visits hijacked ferry site Cuban President Fidel Castro on Thursday visited the port of Mariel where at least 30 men, women and children were being held hostage aboard a ferry tethered about 30 feet from the dock, a source familiar with the situation told CNN. FULL STORY
FBI: Cuban boat hijacked, drifting off Key West A Cuban boat was hijacked Wednesday morning and was drifting in international waters about 100 kilometers (60 miles) off Key West, Florida, the FBI said. It was the second hijacking from Cuba in as many days. FULL STORY
Ex-paramilitary fighters seize oil pumping station Hundreds of former paramilitary fighters seized an oil pumping station in northern Guatemala and demanded that the government pay them more for fighting alongside the army during the country's 1960-96 civil war. FULL STORY
