Associated Press
Tuesday, October 30, 2012 - 00:00
Maya Fernandez Allende, 41, defeated the incumbent mayor Pedro Sabat in the Nunoa district in Santiago.
Tuesday, October 30, 2012 - 00:00
Panama's government has repealed a measure to sell state-owned land in a duty-free zone along the Panama Canal following a week of sometimes violent protests.
Monday, October 29, 2012 - 00:00
Jose Serra, of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party and a former mayor and governor of Sao Paulo, won 44 percent of the vote. He ran against Rousseff in the presidential race in 2010.
Friday, October 26, 2012 - 00:00
Mexico City has largely been spared the drug-fueled violence that has resulted in massacres in other parts of the country.
Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 00:00
In a region where military dictators ruled by force for decades, millions of Latin Americans are backing a new crop of leaders extending their rule and dominating power through the ballot box.
Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 00:00
The number of migrants crossing illegally into the United States from Mexico appears to have risen some in the first half of 2012, while the number of migrants returning to Mexico decreased, a report by U.S. and Mexican researchers said Tuesday.
Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 00:00
Police spokesman Frantz Lerebours said businessman Clifford Brandt was locked up Monday on suspicion of involvement in kidnapping two children of another family in the capital, Port-au-Prince.
Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 00:00
Mexican court authorities have fired a federal judge accused of improperly dismissing charges or releasing suspects in drug cartel cases.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012 - 00:00
"The recession-induced decline of undocumented migration from Mexico appears to have stopped in the first half of 2012 amid tentative signs of a renewed northbound flow".
Wednesday, October 24, 2012 - 00:00
Marines arrived at a safe house just outside the city of Zacatecas early Tuesday when they were attacked by an armed group.