BBC (UK)
Monday, February 14, 2011 - 00:00
In a country where the presence of the state has always been weak, the result was a grinding war on multiple fronts.
Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 00:00
Mr Farinas was arrested along with other activists as they tried to stop the eviction of a family from a property in the city.
Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 00:00
The Mexican government will continue to pursue La Familia drug gang which has been weakened since its leader was killed last month.
Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 00:00
Hundreds of people chewed the leaf outside the US embassy in La Paz and in other cities across the country
Monday, January 3, 2011 - 00:00
"We greeted each other," he told reporters at Brasilia's airport. "She had a very spontaneous smile and I greeted her with the same effusiveness"
Thursday, December 23, 2010 - 00:00
Police in Brazil say they have dismantled a criminal gang which is accused of running an arms trafficking and extortion ring in a poor neighbourhood of Rio
Thursday, December 23, 2010 - 00:00
Dozens of police and national guard troops blocked a march by students outside the University of Central Venezuela in Caracas
Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 00:00
Mexico has disputed El Salvador's allegation that dozens of Central American migrants who stowed away on a cargo train were kidnapped by gunmen
Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 00:00
From Guatemala, the BBC's Julian Miglierini reports on the huge task of taking on the cartels
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - 00:00
The violence that has erupted in poor neighbourhoods in the south of Buenos Aires in recent days has shocked many in Argentina.