BBC
Wednesday, August 4, 2010 - 00:00
At the root of his popularity is one simple fact: President Uribe made Colombia a safer place.
Wednesday, August 4, 2010 - 00:00
More than 28,000 people have died in drug-related violence since President Felipe Calderon declared war on the drug cartels in 2006, officials say.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010 - 00:00
If Rafael's political project continues to lose support, Fabricio's emergence onto the political scene may mean that in three years' time there is still a Correa in the presidency. The question is which one?
Monday, August 2, 2010 - 00:00
What has happened is that the cartels and criminal groups are creating an internal market for drug consumption and have provoked a war for control of this new income, along with that from prostitution and extortion.
Friday, July 30, 2010 - 00:00
The US has closed indefinitely its consulate in Ciudad Juarez, the Mexican city worst affected by the drugs war being fought by rival gangs.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 - 00:00
Eight human heads have been found in four locations outside the northern Mexican city of Durango.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 - 00:00
Fears over Mexican drug cartel violence near the border are fueling the debate over immigration and border control, but is the idea that the killings are spreading into the US just a myth?
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 - 00:00
Indigenous people protesting against the construction of a hydro-electric plant in the Brazilian Amazon have allowed most workers to leave the site.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 - 00:00
Cuba's former President Fidel Castro has unveiled plans to release the first volume of his memoirs.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 - 00:00
For every 10% of lost crop yields in Mexico, another 2% of Mexicans are likely to leave their country.