Associated Press
Thursday, November 29, 2012 - 00:00
Brazil's Supreme Court has sentenced the last 3 of 25 defendants convicted on charges involving a congressional cash-for-votes scheme.
Thursday, November 29, 2012 - 00:00
A drama-free return to power for an Institutional Revolutionary Party trying to replace a history of repression and corruption with a new image of businesslike, technocratic efficiency.
Thursday, November 29, 2012 - 00:00
Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest has dropped to its lowest level in 24 years, Brazilian government says.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012 - 00:00
President Sebastian Pinera on Tuesday asked the International Court of Justice in the Hague to rule in favour of Chile and settle its maritime border dispute with Peru.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 00:00
Mexican beauty queen Maria Susana Flores Gamez, 20, has been killed during a gun battle between soldiers and a gang of drug traffickers she was thought to be travelling with.
Monday, November 26, 2012 - 00:00
Nineteen bodies have been discovered in Mexico's northern border state of Chihuahua.
Friday, November 23, 2012 - 00:00
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia says Simon Trinidad's presence at the current peace talks with the Colombia government in the Cuban capital of Havana would be an "immense" help to negotiations.
Friday, November 23, 2012 - 00:00
The four Chinese nationals, three contractors and a translator, were the only foreigners known to still be held by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
Friday, November 23, 2012 - 00:00
Hundreds of migrants have been stuck for three days along railway tracks in southern Mexico because the freight train they usually ride toward the U.S. border caught fire
Friday, November 23, 2012 - 00:00
The name "United Mexican States," or "Estados Unidos Mexicanos," was adopted in 1824 after independence from Spain in imitation of Mexico's democratic northern neighbor, but it is rarely used.