BBC (UK)
Thursday, October 13, 2011 - 00:00
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has hailed a "historic day" after the US Congress passed a long-delayed free trade agreement with Colombia.
Thursday, October 13, 2011 - 00:00
Thousands of students have protested in the Colombian capital, Bogota, and other cities against government plans to reform higher education.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 - 00:00
Nohora is not the first young person to be abducted in 2011: officially, 21 such cases had been registered by the end of July
Friday, October 7, 2011 - 00:00
The discovery comes two weeks after 35 bodies were dumped in broad daylight on a busy road on the city outskirts
Thursday, October 6, 2011 - 00:00
Noel Salgueiro Nevarez is accused of running the Sinaloa cartel's operations in the northern state of Chihuahua
Thursday, October 6, 2011 - 00:00
Judicial officials in Mexico say the murder of a federal Congressman in the southern state of Guerrero last month was ordered by a political rival
Wednesday, October 5, 2011 - 00:00
Marines arrested the agents in eastern Veracruz state, along with nine fugitives who escaped from a jail in the same region two weeks ago
Tuesday, October 4, 2011 - 00:00
The girl, whose father is the town's mayor, was abducted along with her mother on her way to school
Thursday, September 29, 2011 - 00:00
The consortium behind the project is expected to appeal against the decision
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 - 00:00
It was not clear if the discovery of the heads and five decapitated bodies elsewhere in the city was linked to extortion threats against teachers