Two city officials in Monterrey, Mexico, were kidnapped on Sunday and Monday, respectively, the state-run Notimex news agency reported.
A predawn, hourlong gun battle — the latest volley in an escalating series of attacks on Mexican federal police by drug cartel hitmen — left three cartel gunmen dead Sunday in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, a federal police spokesman told CNN.
The peace process in the Middle East may be stalled, but the balance between Israel and the Palestinians continues to shift in other ways. In the last month, four Latin American countries have added their names to the list of nations officially recognizing a Palestinian state, and more are on the horizon.
Armed men burst into a newspaper office in eastern Mexico Sunday, warning staff before they set fire to the building, the newspaper’s editor said.
Costa Rica elected its first female president, as the ruling National Liberation Party claimed a historic victory.
The former governor of Colima state in southwest Mexico was killed Sunday by unidentified gunmen, state media reported.
For years, small groups of Cuban dissidents have taken their demands to the streets, calling for political freedom as they get pushed around and shouted down by swarms of government supporters.
Using high-tech robotic cameras, a team of scientists is getting a rare first glimpse of marine life in the North Atlantic that could shed light on the ocean’s ecosystem and climate to as far back as 1,000 years.
A Peruvian court has given American activist Lori Berenson permission to travel to the United States for the holidays, her mother and attorney said Friday.
Colombia’s Constitutional Court on Tuesday ruled that a military agreement that would give U.S. troops access to seven Colombian military bases is unconstitutional.
Opponents and supporters of Venezuela’s current government have planned marches on Sunday — the anniversary of a popular revolt that overthrew dictator Marcos Perez in 1958.
Haiti’s top prosecutor on Friday denied reports that charges have been dropped against nine of the 10 American missionaries accused of kidnapping children after a devastating earthquake hit the nation in January.
Bolivia’s president could face high political costs after a policy change last month that sent gas and food prices soaring for several days in the South American country, analysts say.
Tests of the hole through which rescuers hope to hoist 33 miners trapped nearly half a mile below the surface of the Earth have proved “very promising, very positive,” Chile’s mining minister said Monday, adding that the rescue is expected to begin Wednesday, and possibly earlier.
Ecuador is the latest country to recognize an independent Palestinian state.
Mexican authorities uncovered a mass grave containing at least 17 bodies, the state-run Notimex news agency reported, citing federal and state officials.
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