Latin America

Mexican President Felipe Calderon has appointed the current head of the national intelligence agency, Alejandro Poire,...

Mexico: The helicopter crash that killed Mexican Interior Secretary Francisco Blake Mora and seven others could...

RIO DE JANEIRO: Three thousand troops backed by helicopters and armored vehicles occupied Rio de Janeiro’s...

An alleged senior leader of Mexico's notorious Sinaloa drugs cartel has been arrested, officials say. Ovidio...

A former Soviet military officer has been found guilty in a New York court of attempting...

Colombia: President Juan Manuel Santos dissolved Colombia's scandal-plagued DAS domestic intelligence agency Monday, saying its employees...

Hundreds of campaigners have occupied the construction site of the Belo Monte dam project in the...

MEXICO CITY: The Mexican navy said Wednesday it had arrested the alleged local chief of the...

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has won re-election in a landslide victory, on the back...

Bolivia:  More than 1,000 Indians opposing a jungle highway that they say will spoil their lands...

A former Colombian beauty queen has denied drug-smuggling, at the start of her trial in Argentina.Model...

LA PAZ, Bolivia: Most Bolivians who voted in Sunday's election to choose the country's top judges...

Mexico:Mexican authorities on Thursday raised to six the death toll from Hurricane Jova, which hit along...

RIO DE JANEIRO: Authorities in Brazil say nearly 700,000 people have celebrated in a gay pride...

A Chilean appeals court has ruled in favour of a multi-billion-dollar dam project in Patagonia, in...