Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom called for calm as a volcanic eruption spread ash over the capital, prompting evacuations and shutting down the city’s international airport.
Peruvian President Ollanta Humala has removed 30 of 55 generals in the national police, the largest such purge in the institution’s history.
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has decreased to the lowest level since record-keeping began in 1988, according to official estimates.
Venezuelan cable television providers dropped a channel Sunday that has been critical of President Hugo Chavez, citing violation of broadcast laws.
The Dominican Republic issued a hurricane warning for its southern coast as the Tropical Storm Irene spins west, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said Sunday.
Authorities found 26 bodies Thursday inside three abandoned vehicles in Guadalajara, Mexico, an official said.
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is expected to leave Havana on Friday after a series of meetings with Cuban officials, including the country’s foreign minister.
A 4-year-old U.S. citizen who was denied entry into the country earlier this month will attempt the journey again, an attorney representing her said.
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.
Guatemala’s government has declared a state of siege and sent hundreds of troops to a northern province where officials say a Mexican drug gang is overtaking towns and threatening residents.
Nicaragua’s election officials have officially declared President Daniel Ortega’s victory, but opponents are protesting the results.
A Mexican military cargo plane crashed Wednesday on takeoff from Monterrey International Airport, killing five people, the state-run Notimex News Agency reported, citing Mexico’s secretary of defense.
Former U.S. President George W. Bush will travel to Haiti on August 10 in part to “view progress made on rebuilding after the January earthquake … and visit with organizations that are assisting in the rebuilding effort and have been supported by the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund,” according to a statement from Bush’s office.
Unknown gunmen fired into a crowd of people outside an elementary school in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Wednesday afternoon, killing one person and injuring four others, a Juarez municipal police spokesman said.
Three Americans died in weekend violence in the area of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, a U.S. official said.
Residents of a center-city neighborhood in Guatemala City, Guatemala, are still in shock after a massive sinkhole opened last weekend, gobbling several buildings and nearly an entire intersection, according to local officials.
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