A bus traveling south of Ecuador’s capital lost control Sunday, killing 42 people and injuring 11 others, officials said.
Flights transporting critically injured Haitians into the United States have temporarily been suspended because of logistical issues, including a lack of space, a White House spokesman said Saturday in response to reports of a dispute over who would pay for patients’ care.
Colombian politician Marcos Baquero was released by the FARC Colombian rebel group after one year and seven months of captivity, according to CNN affiliate Caracol TV.
Mexican authorities on Thursday are following leads on a grisly find from the night before — 21 bodies, some with signs of torture — strewn in five separate locations on the outskirts of Morelia, Mexico.
Hurricane Tomas could unleash more rain on Haiti and the Dominican Republic as it moves farther away from Hispaniola this weekend.
A lawyer for Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the former Haitian leader living in exile in South Africa, on Saturday pressed the government his client once led to show it is actively taking steps to bring him home.
Mexican authorities tried to cover up the shooting death of an American who they said fled a military checkpoint, a Mexican investigation into the incident concluded.
An international scientific panel will investigate the cause of a cholera outbreak in Haiti, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon said Friday.
The 33 men trapped deep in a mine in Chile since August 5 sent a video message to their families Thursday in which they expressed thanks for the efforts under way to free them and displayed occasional flashes of humor and patriotism.
The Colombian military on Sunday rescued Gen. Luis Mendieta and Col. Enrique Murillo, two top national police officers held by the FARC guerrillas for nearly 12 years, President Alvaro Uribe announced.
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The mother of three Mexicans jailed in Malaysia for allegedly manufacturing drugs is pleading for authorities to intervene in their case. They face death by hanging if convicted.
Three Salvadoran gang members were arrested Monday in connection with the killing of French filmmaker Christian Poveda last June, police said.
Guatemala’s Constitutional Court overnight Tuesday upheld a supreme court ruling that barred former first lady Sandra Torres from running as a presidential candidate in upcoming elections.
The United Kingdom has “no doubt” about its sovereignty of the Falkland Islands, a British government minister said Tuesday.
Candidates wound up a flurry of election campaigning before a midnight deadline Friday night amid reports of a violent attack on one of the candidates’ campaigns.
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