Wyclef Jean's disqualification leaves Haiti in political uncertainty

First Wyclef Jean urged his supporters to respect last week's decision by Haiti's electoral council that he cannot run for president of...

Calderon proposes steps against money laundering

As part of his administration's fight against organized crime, Mexican President Felipe Calderon proposed new steps Thursday to curb money...

Successful Tijuana security chief's job at risk

He is the rare Mexican lawman feared by organized crime. Tijuana's secretary of public security has chased out major drug traffickers,...

Case of Mexico peasant activists goes to human rights court

Rodolfo Montiel's struggle to protect southern Mexico's mountainside forests from loggers and land barons landed him in prison, where he...

Mexico marines find 72 bodies at ranch, navy says

Mexican marines searching a ranch in northern Mexico found the bodies of 72 people who may have been Central and South American migrants...

Rescuers prepare trapped Chile miners for long stay

Trapped underground and facing perhaps four months there before they are freed, 33 miners began accepting food, water and oxygen Monday as...

Trapped Chilean miners send note saying they are alive after 17 days

SANTIAGO -- Thirty-three Chilean miners trapped 17 days deep underground sent a message that they were all alive Sunday, but rescuers said...

Nicaragua hopes 'Survivor' will propel a tourism surge

The cast and crew from the television show "Survivor" have moved into this southern Nicaragua beach town. But don't talk about it!

Mexico arrests 6 police officers in mayor's slaying

Mexican authorities on Friday announced the arrest of six police officers as suspects in the slaying this week of the mayor of a wealthy...

Mayor found dead three days after being kidnapped

Spiraling drug-war violence in Mexico's wealthiest region has claimed the life of a prominent mayor — kidnapped Sunday and found...

Mexico City's gay marriage law still igniting debate

Gays in Mexico's capital today can marry and adopt children, broad rights that go beyond anything offered in much of the world and enshrined...

Under threat from Mexican drug cartels, reporters go silent

A new word has been written into the lexicon of Mexico's drug war: narco-censorship.

Gunmen grab Mexico surgeon, later release him

Felix Perez Rocha, a plastic surgeon, had finished a liposuction and was starting another procedure when gunmen burst into his operating...

Uncovering jobs a major challenge since Haiti earthquake

Pedro Milien used to bend iron into grillwork for doors and windows in Haiti's capital. The work was sporadic and low-paying, but it felt...

BP relief well work suspended as storm approaches in Gulf of Mexico

The effort to permanently kill BP's troubled gulf well, originally scheduled for the end of this week, has been delayed several days by...

Venezuela-Colombia summit to include issues of rebels, trade

In an effort to improve severely strained diplomatic relations, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and newly inaugurated Colombian President...

Mexico drug cartels thrive despite Calderon's offensive

Nearly four years after President Felipe Calderon launched a military-led crackdown against drug traffickers, the cartels are smuggling more...

At museum, Nicaragua president's favorite masterpiece is himself

Go to the Museum of the Sandinista Victory, and Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega is everywhere. There he is on the northern front of the...

Can Wyclef Jean save Haiti?

Wyclef Jean's candidacy for president of this rubble-strewn country gives a charge of electricity to what so far has been feeble interest in...

With Uribe era ending, Colombia looks back and ahead

On his inauguration day eight years ago, leftist guerrillas tried to kill Colombian President Alvaro Uribe with a rocket and mortar attack....