BBC (UK)
Thursday, November 8, 2007 - 00:00
Gunmen in Venezuela have opened fire on students returning from a peaceful march in Caracas against President Hugo Chavez's planned consitutional reforms
Tuesday, November 6, 2007 - 00:00
At least 31 prisoners have died after a fire swept through a maximum security prison in Argentina.
Monday, November 5, 2007 - 00:00
Centre-left candidate Alvaro Colom has declared victory in Guatemala's presidential election with the count nearly complete.
Friday, November 2, 2007 - 00:00
Rescue workers in southern Mexico are battling to help some 300,000 people trapped in their homes by flooding, with more rain forecast in coming days.
Friday, November 2, 2007 - 00:00
Mexican authorities have made what they say is one of their largest drug seizures after finding 23.5 tons of cocaine at the port of Manzanillo.
Friday, November 2, 2007 - 00:00
Venezuelan troops have used tear gas and water cannon to disperse thousands of students in the capital, Caracas.
Friday, November 2, 2007 - 00:00
The Colombian navy has seized two homemade submarines believed to have been built by the Farc rebel group to smuggle cocaine out of the country.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007 - 00:00
The US must keep to pledges to tackle the flow of arms from the US into Mexico and money-laundering, Mexico's attorney general has stressed.
Tuesday, October 30, 2007 - 00:00
Argentina's current first lady, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, has secured victory in the country's presidential election.
Thursday, October 25, 2007 - 00:00
US President George W Bush has vowed to maintain the trade embargo on Cuba for as long as the government in Havana keeps its "monopoly" on power.