BBC (UK)
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 - 00:00
Government inspectors backed by soldiers have shut more than 70 shops in Venezuela accused of trying to cash in on last week's currency devaluation
Monday, January 11, 2010 - 00:00
A proposed truth commission to investigate torture during military rule is said to have so angered forces chiefs that they threatened to resign
Friday, January 8, 2010 - 00:00
Argentina's central bank boss has stepped down after the president signed a decree firing him for refusing to use currency reserves to pay foreign debt.
Friday, January 8, 2010 - 00:00
Washington has labelled "false" Cuban claims that an American contractor arrested at Havana airport last month was a US spy
Thursday, January 7, 2010 - 00:00
Honduran prosecutors have charged three military chiefs with abuse of power in connection with the ousting and exile of President Manuel Zelaya last June
Wednesday, January 6, 2010 - 00:00
A Farc rebel statement said the aim had been to try Luis Francisco Cuellar for corruption and paramilitary ties
Monday, January 4, 2010 - 00:00
Peru's Supreme Court has upheld a 25-year jail sentence imposed on former President Alberto Fujimori.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 00:00
Four members of marine Melquisedet Angulo Cordova's family were killed at their home in the south-eastern state of Tabasco within hours of his funeral
Tuesday, December 22, 2009 - 00:00
A Colombian provincial governor has been seized by gunmen dressed in military uniforms
Monday, December 21, 2009 - 00:00
The BBC's Gary Duffy examines the increase and speaks to two British women who are currently in jail awaiting sentencing for smuggling cocaine.