A prison warden in the Mexican state of Morelos was abducted as he reported to work Saturday morning and his dismembered body was found later in four locations in the city of Cuernavaca, the government-run Notimex agency reported.
A statement from al Qaeda on Friday marking the death of Osama bin Laden included renewed warnings of terrorist attacks against U.S. interests around the world and suggested that a process to choose his successor is already under way.
Ecuador Monday invited WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to come to Quito to discuss documents leaked on the site relating to Ecuador and other Latin American countries, according to a statement from the country’s foreign ministry.
A bomb exploded at the Greek Embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina, early Thursday, the state-run Telam news agency reported, citing federal police. No one was injured in the blast.
Haiti reported more cholera deaths Wednesday as chaos reigned in this country’s second-largest city and cases among people who had traveled from Haiti were reported in Florida and across the island in the Dominican Republic.
The Mexican government announced Wednesday it was strengthening its security operation in the country’s drug-riven northeast by sending more soldiers and federal police to the states of Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas.
Haiti’s infrastructure was among the world’s worst even in the best of times, the country’s ambassador to the United States said Tuesday.
An intense cold front in southern Latin America continues to blanket the region, causing deaths, school and highway closures, and other woes.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez underwent surgery Friday in Cuba, a top official in Caracas said.
The death toll from Tropical Storm Agatha continued to grow Tuesday, with 152 reported killed in Guatemala, 16 in Honduras and nine in El Salvador.
We went to see orphanages Monday. One was called Maison des Enfants de Dieu — House of the Children of God. The house is still standing, but the children are afraid to go back in.
A Spanish court on Tuesday approved the extradition of former Guatemalan Interior Minister Carlos Vielmann to his homeland to face 10 murder charges stemming from incidents at two prisons there.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returned unexpectedly Monday to his nation’s capital, where he vowed to win the “battle for life” after undergoing emergency surgery in Cuba.
Mexico’s leading opposition party captured most of the 12 governorships at stake in Sunday’s elections, but that doesn’t mean the party is assured of victory in the 2012 presidential election, analysts said Tuesday.
A Colombian has officially been declared the world’s shortest man by Guinness World Records officials — but his reign looks set to be short-lived.
A state of emergency in Ecuador has been extended to Friday, the country’s government announced, as investigators watch videos and review photographs to identify officers involved in last week’s police uprising. It was originally set to expire Tuesday.
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