A fully functional submarine built for the primary purpose of transporting massive amounts of cocaine has been seized by Ecuadorean authorities with the help of U.S. drug enforcement agents.
Hundreds of Mexican federal police officers from two opposing groups clashed in Ciudad Juarez over the weekend over allegations of corruption within their ranks.
Inmates at the Rodeo II prison in Venezuela — who had been in a 27-day standoff with the national guard — Wednesday abandoned the building and turned themselves over to authorities, according to Venezuelan Interior and Justice Minister Tarek El Aissami.
Opposition candidate Leopoldo Lopez vowed Tuesday to run in Venezuela’s presidential election next year, despite a ruling from the country’s top court that upheld a ban on his holding office.
Mexican authorities said Monday that they had arrested a founder of the Zetas drug gang and that he could be connected with the killing of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent this year.
New laws governing radio, television and the internet in Venezuela “could be very dangerous,” anti-censorship campaigners warned Wednesday, two days after the controversial laws passed.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who is undergoing cancer treatment in Cuba, said Friday he is recuperating and thankful that former Cuban President Fidel Castro pushed him to seek additional care.
Endurance swimmer Diana Nyad is continuing her third bid to swim from Cuba to Florida despite suffering the effects of multiple Portuguese man o’ war stings received only a couple of hours into the attempt.
Residents and worried travelers in Cancun stocked up on supplies Tuesday as forecasters warned that Hurricane Rina could hit the popular Mexican resort city.
A candidate for governor for the southeastern Mexican state of Quintana Roo was detained Tuesday — accused of providing protection to two drug cartels, the country’s federal attorney general’s office said.
Peru’s new president signed a law Tuesday that will require energy and mining companies to consult local communities about projects on their lands.
Anger swept Port-au-Prince on Wednesday as protests erupted throughout the Haitian capital the day after election results were announced.
For observers of Latin America, this week’s meeting in Caracas between Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos was remarkable for how unremarkable it was.
Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa claimed victory in a referendum on government and social reforms that critics have charged is a thinly disguised attempt to consolidate more power.
Another of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s Cabinet members is under scrutiny for alleged corruption following an exposé in the magazine Veja.
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