BBC (UK)
Tuesday, June 24, 2008 - 00:00
Congress in Paraguay is set to meet to decide whether to accept President Nicanor Duarte's resignation so he can take up a seat in the Senate.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008 - 00:00
In the first ruling of its kind, a US court has overturned the designation of an inmate at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp as an "enemy combatant".
Tuesday, June 24, 2008 - 00:00
Five of Bolivia's nine regional governors have rejected President Evo Morales' plans for a vote on whether they should all stay in office
Tuesday, June 24, 2008 - 00:00
Una serie de ataques de los ultimos dias, protagonizados por las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, FARC, han generado preguntas sobre el rumbo de esta guerrilla
Monday, June 23, 2008 - 00:00
Bolivia's gas-rich Tarija province has voted overwhelmingly in favour of greater autonomy, exit polls suggest.
Sunday, June 22, 2008 - 00:00
Sigifredo Lopez is the only survivor of a group of 12 politicians who were killed by the Farc rebels in 2002
Thursday, June 19, 2008 - 00:00
A Brazilian judge has ordered troops to leave a Rio de Janeiro shanty town after a group of soldiers was allegedly involved in the deaths of three men.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 - 00:00
The UN's office on drugs and crime (UNODC) says the increase is "a surprise and a shock" given Colombia's efforts to destroy coca crops.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 - 00:00
So far this year more than 1,400 people have died in Mexico as drug cartels battle one another for control of the illegal drugs trade to the US, and battle the authorities trying to stop them.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - 00:00
People in the town of Moquegua have been blocking roads to demand a greater share of taxes paid by the country's biggest copper producer for their area