Three separate clashes between soldiers and gang members near the U.S. border in Mexico left a dozen people dead and 21 injured, authorities said.
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has decreased to the lowest level since record-keeping began in 1988, according to official estimates.
The U.S. Treasury Department has added four Venezuelan officials to its drug “kingpin” list for allegedly providing arms and security to the FARC leftist guerrilla group.
Authorities in Peru hope to rescue the last stranded travelers Friday from a town near one of South America’s most popular tourist destinations, a state-run news agency reported.
“We never imagined having a house like this,” says Eric Martinez as he walks through the three small bedrooms with their flowered quilts and family pictures.
Bare brick houses stacked one on top of another cling to the hills of Rio de Janeiro.
Authorities launched a massive sweep of the Alemao favela complex in northern Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Sunday morning.
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Tuesday near Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, the U.S. Geological Survey. Several witnesses reported heavy damage and bodies in the streets of the Haitian capital.
There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries after a 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck central Chile Monday afternoon, authorities there said.
Hip-hop singer and Haiti presidential hopeful Wyclef Jean pushed back on news reports Thursday that he is not on the list of candidates approved to run in this year’s presidential election.
Mexican federal authorities say they have arrested a major trafficker of animals in danger of extinction and confiscated 196 birds and other wildlife.
The U.S. military said Wednesday it plans to send 4,000 more troops to Haiti.
For most of his 70 years, Hesiquio Trevizo has been a man of good will, preaching the word of God. These days, the Roman Catholic priest is a self-described capitan de la guerra — a war veteran.
Mexican Supreme Court of Justice minister Jesus Gudino Pelayo died from a heart attack Sunday while on vacation in England, the state-run Notimex news agency reported.
Colombians will go to the polls on Sunday in a tight presidential race that many didn’t expect would be so close just a few months ago.
Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, made its own history Tuesday as its homicide rate reached 3,000 deaths for the year — 10 times the number of killings annually that the border city counted just a few years ago.
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