BBC (UK)
Tuesday, March 5, 2013 - 00:00
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is suffering from a new, severe respiratory infection following cancer surgery
Monday, March 4, 2013 - 00:00
"The operation has been a a success, this important area was taken without firing a shot."
Friday, March 1, 2013 - 00:00
Mr Maduro, who has been named by President Chavez as his preferred successor, said the treatment was in a "complex and difficult stage"
Wednesday, February 27, 2013 - 00:00
The latest figure is much higher than previous government estimates, which put the number at a few thousand
Wednesday, February 27, 2013 - 00:00
Her arrest came a day after the government enacted major reforms to the education system
Tuesday, February 26, 2013 - 00:00
Thousands of coffee growers in Colombia have gone on strike demanding greater subsidies to protect them against falling international prices and a strong local currency
Monday, February 25, 2013 - 00:00
Late Chilean military leader Augusto Pinochet wanted to hold on to power when he lost a referendum on his rule in 1988, newly declassified documents in the US suggest.
Friday, February 22, 2013 - 00:00
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is still suffering breathing problems following his return from Cuba where he was treated for cancer, officials say.
Friday, February 22, 2013 - 00:00
Two Mexican policemen have been charged with rape and abuse of authority after allegedly attacking an Italian woman in the resort of Playa del Carmen.
Thursday, February 21, 2013 - 00:00
HRW says the majority of the cases of enforced disappearances it investigated followed a pattern, in which members of the security forces "arbitrarily detain individuals without arrest orders or probable cause".