BBC
Tuesday, February 16, 2016 - 09:19
Police have retaken control of the Topo Chico jail following last week's riot in which 49 inmates were killed, Mexican officials say. Officials said officers had "put an end to the self-government imposed by criminal leaders in collusion with some prison authorities". They also dismantled "luxury cells" containing mini-bars, aquariums and saunas in the prison in Monterrey.
Friday, February 12, 2016 - 05:31
Health officials in Brazil say they expect to develop a vaccine for the Zika virus in about a year. But two more years would be needed for any large-scale rollout, the health minister said.
Thursday, February 11, 2016 - 06:37
On the evening of 26 September 2014, a group of 43 Mexican students disappeared in south-western Guerrero state. Their relatives have been searching for them ever since. There have been three investigations into the events that night and a fourth is still under way. Their findings have differed widely. Below we look at what is known and what is not known about the missing 43.
Wednesday, February 10, 2016 - 05:19
A second report into the disappearance of 43 students in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero says there is no evidence to support the official version of what happened to them.
Tuesday, February 9, 2016 - 06:04
The Obama administration has said it will ask the US Congress for $1.8bn (£1.25bn) in emergency funding to combat the Zika virus. The virus, which is transmitted primarily through mosquitoes, has spread rapidly through the Americas.
Friday, February 5, 2016 - 05:52
President Barack Obama has said he will ask the US Congress for $450m (£309m) in aid to help Colombia implement a peace deal with the Farc rebel group.
Thursday, February 4, 2016 - 05:22
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has declared war on mosquitoes responsible for spreading the Zika virus in a recorded TV message to the nation.
Tuesday, February 2, 2016 - 07:11
A trial has begun in Guatemala of two ex-military officers for human rights abuses against indigenous women during the country's long armed conflict.
Francisco Reyes and Heriberto Valdez are accused of allowing the rape and abuse of 11 women at the Sepur Zarco military base in the 1980s.
Tuesday, February 2, 2016 - 07:10
A trial has begun in Guatemala of two ex-military officers for human rights abuses against indigenous women during the country's long armed conflict.
Wednesday, January 27, 2016 - 05:09
Forty inmates escaped from jail in the eastern Brazilian city of Recife after a bomb was used to blow a hole in an external wall, authorities there say.