Stung by criticism that aid hasn’t been getting into earthquake-ravaged Haiti quickly enough, U.S. officials say they are taking steps to rectify the problem and the perception.
British explorer Ed Stafford finished his two-year, 4,000-mile trek along the Amazon River on Monday, completing a feat never before accomplished, his publicist said.
Seventeen people were killed and 10 injured in an attack on a party in Torreon, Mexico, the state-run news agency Notimex reported, citing a representative of the federal attorney’s general office.
Gas accumulation triggered by intense heat caused a garbage dump explosion Tuesday in central Mexico, damaging about 100 homes but leading to no known fatalities, the state-run news agency reported.
Colombia’s president says devastating flooding forced him to cancel his scheduled trip to the United Nations’ climate change conference this week — even though global warming itself could be causing the disaster his country faces.
Doctors successfully performed a thyroidectomy on Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, a spokesman said Wednesday.
Mexican federal police rescued 51 migrant hostages who were being held in northeastern Mexico, the country’s public security ministry said Tuesday.
A world mesmerized by a 68-day tale of true grit expects a joyful ending Tuesday in a desolate patch of Chile’s Atacama Desert.
Seventeen people were killed and two injured in a prison riot Monday night in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, officials said Tuesday.
More than 2 million people were affected by a massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake that rocked Chile early Saturday, President Michelle Bachelet said in a televised news conference.
The death toll from Haiti’s cholera outbreak has risen to 292, the Haitian government said Wednesday. There are 4,147 confirmed cases.
The blue plastic envelope is packed with papers: security camera photos, cell phone records, business cards and letters asking for help.
After 16 hours of debate, Argentina’s Senate passed a controversial reform law Saturday that critics say targets media outlets critical of the government.
A man was gunned down Thursday in front of children at an elementary school as they were leaving for the day, local officials and witnesses told CNN.
At least 16 people died and more than 15 others were missing Thursday after heavy overnight rains caused severe mudslides in parts of Costa Rica, the nation’s Red Cross said.
Peruvians went to the polls Sunday to pick their next president in a runoff election between a former army officer and the daughter of a former president who’s serving a 25-year sentence for human rights abuses.
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