BBC
Thursday, July 1, 2010 - 00:00
President Barack Obama has pressed for reform of US immigration policy in his first major speech on the issue.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 00:00
The Haitian president, Rene Preval, has set November 28 as the date when voters will elect his successor.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 00:00
The Guatemalan government says the latest in a series of gruesome murders will not make it give in to demands by gangs to loosen prison rules.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 00:00
French prosecutors say they want the maximum 10-year jail sentence for Panama's former dictator Manuel Noriega on charges of laundering drug money.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 00:00
Many in Honduras think that, 12 months on, the political divisions that precipitated the crisis have not subdued; some even argue that they have worsened.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 00:00
Two Guatemalan brothers who allegedly helped a prominent lawyer organise his own murder, and then blame the president of Guatemala for the crime, have turned themselves in.
Monday, June 28, 2010 - 00:00
Gunmen in Colombia have seriously wounded the president of the Medellin city assembly, Jhon Jaime Moncada Ospina.
Monday, June 28, 2010 - 00:00
Nine people have been shot dead in an attack on a drug rehabilitation centre in northern Mexico.
Friday, June 25, 2010 - 00:00
Suspected drug lord Christopher "Dudus" Coke has arrived in New York to face drug and gun-trafficking charges after being extradited from Jamaica
Thursday, June 24, 2010 - 00:00
Monterrey, the richest city in the country and its industrial capital, seems to be falling into a spiral of violence.