14 killed in army raid in Mexico's Veracruz state

Mexican soldiers clashed with gunmen for hours in the capital of the coastal state of Veracruz, leaving at least 12 suspects and two...

Amid drug violence, Acapulco watches tourism recede

The black-and-white photos still hang in the faded Hotel Los Flamingos. Over there is the muscled star of "Tarzan," Johnny Weissmuller,...

Haitians turn out for one-year anniversary of quake

Hundreds of white balloons were released into the air, buglers played taps and Haitians sang their national anthem a capella Wednesday...

Haiti still mired in post-quake problems

Gray ribbons of fresh concrete streak the side of Clarisse Brisson's broken home, where she and her family are slowly making repairs....

Residents of Colombia oil patch complain boom is passing them by

Weather-beaten rancher Leonardo Bautista brings to mind the character in a Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel who waited years in vain for a...

25 bodies found in Acapulco, 15 decapitated

The bodies of at least 25 people, 15 of them with their heads cut off, were discovered Saturday in the resort city of Acapulco,...

Mexico has arrested a leader of Santa Muerte 'church'

Her skull-face peers from beneath a cloak, the Grim Reaper's scythe often clutched in her hand. She is the Saint of Death, icon of an...

High mercury levels in Colombia port raise concern

A scientific study indicating high levels of mercury in Colombia's largest Pacific port, a possible byproduct of illegal mining, has...

Out of prison and into mortal danger in Mexico

They called her La Pelirroja, The Redhead.

A chance at soccer south of the border

The first time Natalie Vinti took the field with Mexico's national soccer team, her arms were covered with more ink than those of an NBA...

7.1 quake rocks central Chile

A strong earthquake rattled central Chile on Sunday, panicking residents but apparently causing no serious injuries or damage, authorities...

Former Marxist guerrilla sworn in as president of Brazil

Accepting the green and yellow mantle of power from her immensely popular mentor, former Marxist guerrilla Dilma Rousseff was sworn in...

Bolivia leader restores fuel subsidies in the face of protests

Faced with mounting political opposition and the specter of crippling strikes, Bolivian President Evo Morales late Friday night reversed his...

Mexican exiles in El Paso can see their pasts across the river

They go about their lives here, trying to begin anew. They want to forget about the clean-shaven assassins, the sound of gunfire, the graves...

In Haiti, a relationship built on adversity

With his rap sheet and crooked gold teeth, Jean Pierre knew America didn't want him anymore, but he missed it so much he sometimes cried.

Mexico army's failures hamper drug war

Four years and 50,000 troops into President Felipe Calderon's drug war, the fighting has exposed severe limitations in the Mexican army's...

Drug lord Pedro Guerrero killed, Colombia's president says

Ending a years-long manhunt, troops in Colombia have found the corpse of Pedro "the Knife" Guerrero, one of the country's top right-wing...

Fugitive in UCI fertility clinic scandal held in Mexico

A physician who rocked a UC Irvine fertility clinic 15 years ago, when he and a partner switched the frozen embryos of dozens of...

Scenic Cartagena benefits – and suffers – as Colombia tourism takes off

It wasn't so long ago that Colombia was synonymous with "narco-state" to many foreigners, and just about the only international visitors...