Mexico's tomato-farm workers toil in 'circle of poverty'

VILLA JUAREZ, Mexico — They sure do have tomatoes here in the Mexican state of Sinaloa.

Activists cheer release of Mexico massacre suspect

MEXICO CITY — Usually, human rights activists and victims are on the same side of a conflict. But the case of Israel Arzate has put...

Venezuela frees Miami journalist

BOGOTA, Colombia --  A Miami Herald reporter detained Thursday by authorities in western Venezuela on suspicion of working in the...

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford loses radio show, calls mount for his exit

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford on Friday lost the radio show he has used to ignite a conservative following and came under mounting pressure from...

Ecuador official denounces illegal mining after deadly conflict

QUITO, Ecuador — The vice president of Ecuador on Friday denounced illegal mining as growing scourge a day after a violent...

No poison found in exhumed remains of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda

No traces of poison were found during tests of the exhumed remains of Chilean Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda, forensics experts reported Friday...

Toronto mayor says he was 'extremely inebriated' in video rant

Two days after apologizing for having smoked crack cocaine, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford was confronted Thursday with another video in which he...

Downed plane in Venezuela draws questions from Mexico

MEXICO CITY -- When a high-ranking officer in the Venezuelan military posted the picture of the burned-up remnants of a small Mexican...

Mexico's Lazaro Cardenas port thrives — with commerce and crime

MEXICO CITY — The city of Lazaro Cardenas is a scrappy Mexican success story.

Defiant Mexican bishop denounces drug gangs, government

MEXICO CITY -- In a rare public airing, a senior Catholic prelate has denounced control of Mexico's Michoacan state by violent drug...

In post-coup Honduras, rising poverty and inequality, report says

MEXICO CITY – Violence and political upheaval in Honduras in the four years since a military coup ousted the elected president have...

U.S. offers $5-million reward for drug kingpin

MEXICO CITY — The U.S. State Department is offering a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest of Mexican drug...

Toronto's crack-smoking mayor: Revenge of the hosers?

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's admission that he "probably" smoked crack cocaine during "one of my drunken stupors" proved a swift and sure gift...

Toronto mayor apologizes for crack use, defies calls to resign

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford apologized to the residents of Canada's largest city Tuesday after admitting that he lied for six months about...

Toronto mayor admits to crack cocaine use; no sign he will step down

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford admitted Tuesday that he has smoked crack cocaine "in one of my drunken stupors," six months after reports of a video...

More violence plagues Mexico; military supplants police force

MEXICO CITY — While millions of Mexicans celebrated the Day of the Dead holiday in peace this weekend, violence erupted in numerous...

Mexican businesses vow fight on new tax laws

MEXICO CITY — Hardly had the ink dried on President Enrique Peña Nieto's contentious $14-billion tax plan when big business...

Dominican Republic citizenship ruling stirs outcry across Caribbean

MEXICO CITY — The recent decision by the highest court in the Dominican Republic to cancel the citizenship of three generations of...

Brazil's Eike Batista: From billionaire to bankruptcy

SAO PAULO, Brazil — A little over a year ago, Brazilian playboy Eike Batista was reputed to be the seventh-richest man in the world...

Mexican president to pardon Chiapas teacher convicted of murder

MEXICO CITY -- Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto announced Wednesday that he would pardon an indigenous...