BBC (UK)
Monday, March 2, 2009 - 00:00
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has ordered the army to take control of all rice processing plants in the country
Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 00:00
A major crackdown on Mexican drug traffickers operating in the US has led to the arrest of 755 people, Attorney General Eric Holder has announced
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 - 00:00
A Syrian-born arms dealer has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for conspiring to sell millions of dollars of weapons to Colombian rebels
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 00:00
It is still unknown how far the rot goes and how many agents are involved
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 00:00
Gang violence is surging in Mexico despite the deployment of 40,000 soldiers across the country to root out drug cartels
Thursday, February 19, 2009 - 00:00
Venezuela and China have agreed to double their joint investment fund to $12bn and signed a raft of agreements to boost co-operation
Thursday, February 19, 2009 - 00:00
To most of its four million visitors a year, Cancun is blue sky, turquoise sea, white sand, and huge all-inclusive hotels
Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - 00:00
Hundreds of people in Mexico have blocked key crossings into the US in protests against the deployment of the army to fight drug traffickers
Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - 00:00
President Alvaro Colom of Guatemala has apologised to Cuba for his country's role in the failed US-backed invasion at the Bay of Pigs in 1961
Tuesday, February 17, 2009 - 00:00
Here, four Venezuelans discuss whether the outcome of the referendum is good for their country