Gang Members Torch Bus Full Of Travelers In El Salvador, Killing 14

Sexual Assaults Add to Haiti’s Miseries Existing numbers, whether kept by the police or women’s groups, indicate that violence against women has escalated in the months following the Jan. 12 earthquake.

Oil leak sullies river in Peru's Amazon basin region

Syncrude guilty in death of 1,600 ducks Syncrude Canada has been found guilty under wildlife laws of causing the death of 1,600 ducks in a tailings pond at its oilsands min

Brazil's crucial archives could perish, leaving questions unanswered

First sentences for Colombia paramilitary leaders A Colombian court on Tuesday handed down the first prison sentences to leaders of the illegal far-right militias

Noriega: Panama drug money a US-run 'banking scheme'

U.S. charges 18 in Colombian money-laundering case

Economies in Latin America Surge Forward as Others Creep While the recovery remains fragile in the United States and Europe, Latin America is benefiting from strong commodity demand and economic measures taken in the past.

Amnesty blasts Cuba's rights record

21 Killed In Massive Mexican Gang Shootout Near US Border

Mexico Makes Arrest in Killing of U.S. Consular Worker

Mexican claims US consulate infiltratedThe drug-cartel enforcer told an unsettling story: A woman who worked in the Mexican border's biggest U.S. consulate had helped a rival gang obtain American visas. And for that, the enforcer said, he ordered her killed.

Rioters Hit Puerto Rico's Capital

Cuba Communists Want Member Expelled for Essay Local leaders of Cuba's Communist Party want to expel a prominent academic for an article decrying widespread corruption, but lower-ranking members have rejected the order pending an appeal, according to an associate of the writer.

Cuba Agrees To Free A Third Of Its Political Prisoners

Ecuadorians, DEA Seize Drug-Smuggling Submari