BBC (UK)
Tuesday, February 5, 2013 - 00:00
A group of vigilantes in the Mexican state of Guerrero has injured two tourists heading to the beach.
Tuesday, February 5, 2013 - 00:00
According to local media reports, the prison houses about 1,700 inmates and sometimes has just 10 guards on duty
Monday, February 4, 2013 - 00:00
Kombo Kolombia, who specialised in Colombian vallenato music, are the latest in a long list of musical acts to be murdered by Mexico's violent drug gangs
Friday, February 1, 2013 - 00:00
Rescuers have been working to find survivors trapped after a deadly blast at the Mexico City headquarters of the state oil company, Pemex.
Friday, February 1, 2013 - 00:00
Clashes between Colombia's Farc rebels and the government have left at least nine people dead, as the latest round of peace talks begins in Cuba.
Friday, February 1, 2013 - 00:00
The governor of Brazil's most populous state, Sao Paulo, has ordered tighter inspections of all venues, including nightclubs, cinemas and theatres.
Friday, February 1, 2013 - 00:00
Mr Nieto insisted that there should not be speculation on cause of the blast at this stage.
Thursday, January 31, 2013 - 00:00
In the midst of it all is a middle-class Dutch woman, who went to Colombia to teach English in the 1990s and ended up a fighter with the Farc
Wednesday, January 30, 2013 - 00:00
The proposal would replace current laws, which ban cocaine and marijuana, although people are not prosecuted for possessing small amounts.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013 - 00:00
Argentina and Iran are to jointly set up a commission to investigate the 1994 bombing of the Israeli-Argentine Mutual Association (Amia) Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires.