BBC (UK)
Friday, March 30, 2012 - 00:00
Nearly 400 people have demonstrated in Brazil against a ceremony to mark the 48th anniversary of the 1964 military coup.
Friday, March 30, 2012 - 00:00
At least 13 people have died in unrest at a prison in Honduras, officials say.
Monday, March 26, 2012 - 00:00
More than 500,000 people gathered to hear his message beside the Christ the King monument in Silao - one of the most important symbols of Mexican Catholicism.
Monday, March 26, 2012 - 00:00
Pope Benedict XVI has finished a three-day visit to the Mexican state of Guanajuato.
Monday, March 26, 2012 - 00:00
The criminals have been targeting wealthy women in shopping centres, Sao Paulo's anti-kidnap police unit says.
Monday, March 26, 2012 - 00:00
Former Guatemalan police chief Marlene Blanco Lapola has been arrested for alleged involvement in extra-judicial killings in 2009.
Monday, March 26, 2012 - 00:00
He was addressing a Central American summit in the Guatemalan city of Antigua.
Monday, March 26, 2012 - 00:00
The Venezuelan leader's illness has cast doubt on his ability to campaign for re-election in October.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 - 00:00
China has been looking to increase its investment in the region's economies.
Monday, March 19, 2012 - 00:00
Prosecutors wanted Sebastiao de Moura to face criminal charges over the kidnap of five leftist guerrillas in the 1970s.