BBC (UK)
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 - 00:00
Cuba has allowed foreign journalists to visit several of its prisons, for the first time in almost a decade
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 - 00:00
Fistfights have broken out in Venezuela's parliament over the recent disputed presidential election
Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - 00:00
Police in Brazil have occupied three shanty towns around Rio de Janeiro's famous Christ the Redeemer statue, ahead of a visit by Pope Francis.
Monday, April 29, 2013 - 00:00
Mr Capriles called the audit a fake, accusing the electoral council (CNE) of following the government's orders.
Monday, April 29, 2013 - 00:00
Almost 29 million people lived in internal displacement in 2012, with 6.5 million newly displaced just in the past year, a report by the Norwegian Refugee Council suggests.
Monday, April 29, 2013 - 00:00
A group of inmates used homemade knives and picks to attack rivals at the La Pila prison, the state attorney general's office was quoted as saying.
Monday, April 29, 2013 - 00:00
Eduardo Villanueva and Mario Chinchilla handed in their resignations after coming under heavy criticism in congress for their lack of progress.
Friday, April 26, 2013 - 00:00
Mr Capriles said his movement would boycott the audit because the electoral authorities had not accepted his demand for voter signatures and fingerprints to be examined.
Friday, April 26, 2013 - 00:00
Marta Rita Velazquez, 55, worked for the state department between 1989-2002 and had top-secret clearance.
Friday, April 26, 2013 - 00:00
Interior Minister Miguel Rodriguez Torres said Timothy Hallet Tracy had directed funds towards student protests after the disputed presidential elections earlier this month.