Archeologists revealed their findings about nearly 5,000 cave paintings in northeastern Mexico.
Rescuers found 15 teens who went missing on a hiking trip in a Canadian park, Ontario police said.
A 22-year-old woman in El Salvador, pregnant and suffering from illnesses, has become a flashpoint in the country's debate on abortion.
Actor Sean Penn angered Bolivia's government after his call for a rerouting of the Dakar Rally and the release of a U.S. man.
Guatemala's Constitutional Court overturned the genocide conviction of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt.
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake rattled the coast of southern Chile early Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
Toronto's mayor has purportedly been filmed on cellphone video smoking crack cocaine, the Toronto Star reported.
Eastern Canada got the shakes on Friday. Even the northern U.S. twitched.
Jorge Rafael Videla, a former Argentinian dictator, has died, the state news agency said, quoting a prison official Friday.
Tropical Storm Alvin, the first named storm of the eastern Pacific hurricane season, should soon become a hurricane, forecast says.
To avoid getting caught with their pants down, Venezuelan officials say they will confront a toilet paper shortage by importing 50 million rolls to meet demand.
The deputy prime minister of Belize is calling for full prosecution of those responsible for destroying a 2,300-year-old Mayan pyramid to turn it into rock for roads.
A Mayan pyramid that has stood for 2,300 years in Belize has been reduced to rubble, apparently to make fill for roads.
The Brazilian National Council of Justice passes a resolution that denies notaries the right to refuse to perform same-sex marriages and civil unions.
Known for his outspoken, unapologetic support of migrants in Mexico, the Rev. Alejandro Solalinde is bringing his message to the United States.
Two bartenders have been arrested in connection with the killing of the grandson of civil rights activist Malcolm X, according to the office of the Mexico City attorney general.
Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt was found guilty of the genocide of more than 1,700 indigenous Ixil Mayans during his 1982-83 rule.
The grandson of civil rights activist Malcolm X, Malcolm Shabazz, died in a Mexico City hospital after suffering an apparent beating, police told CNN.
A Cuban intelligence agent now back in Havana said Friday he has no regrets about the spying that landed him in U.S. prisons for 13 years.
It is a surprising scene -- a picnic-like atmosphere with children playing in the pool under the tropical sun. The adults are also in celebration mode. The crowd is listening to a couple of rappers and some people dance to the beat.
Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt waited until closing arguments to speak in his own defense in his genocide trial in Guatemala City on Thursday.
A Brazilian woman escaped death by less than an inch after her husband accidentally shot her in the mouth this week with a harpoon, authorities said.
Three women, pretending to be nuns, were arrested in Colombia recently and are accused of hiding cocaine in their habits.
At least 20 people died and 33 were injured when a tanker carrying gas exploded on a highway near Mexico City Tuesday, officials said.
The office of Mexico's top prosecutor is investigating the slaying of the sons of two well-known journalists
A member of the "Cuban Five" spy group renounced his United States citizenship at the U.S. diplomatic mission in Havana on Monday, removing the final obstacle to his permanent return to the island.
Police in Rio de Janeiro were searching Monday for an armed man who robbed passengers and raped a woman on a moving bus.
President Barack Obama said Friday he came to Mexico to break down stereotypes between the United States and its neighbor to the south.
As President Obama prepares to head to Costa Rica to meet with Central American leaders on Friday, a top official there says he's sensed a shift in attitude.
U.S. President Barack Obama and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto agreed Thursday to create a new high-level group to discuss economic and trade relations.
Ahead of their meetings in Mexico City, President Obama and Mexican President Peña Nieto hinted that they wanted to put economic ties atop their agenda.
Venezuela's opposition filed a lawsuit with the country's Supreme Court Thursday, contesting last month's presidential vote.
Bolivian President Evo Morales said he's booting the U.S. Agency for International Development from his country for allegedly conspiring against the government.
Several key topics will be on the table when U.S. President Barack Obama heads to Mexico this week.
A brawl broke out in Venezuela's National Assembly on Tuesday as political tensions mounted over disputed elections in the South American country.
Mexican authorities say they've detained the father-in-law of one of the country's most wanted drug lords.
A plane crash Tuesday killed six public servants working for Mexico's attorney general's office, officials said.
Bolivia's constitutional court voted unanimously to allow President Evo Morales to run for a third term in office.
Mexican authorities said Monday that they've spotted a troubling immigration trend: large numbers of migrants abandoned at sea by traffickers.
Five people were rescued Sunday, but two more remain missing, after their hot air balloon crashed off the coast of Peru.
Timothy Tracy went to Venezuela to make a documentary about the political division gripping the country.
One moment they were reeling in a fish, and the next they were shipwrecked .
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Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles Radonski said Thursday that he will formally contest the South American country's presidential vote.
One of two men accused in a Canadian terror plot appeared to criticize the charges against him during a hearing Wednesday in Toronto.
Guatemala's Constitutional Court began to answer some of the questions that are holding up a genocide trial.
The lawyer for one of two men accused of planning an al Qaeda-backed attack against a U.S.-to-Canada train said his client is in "shock."
Canadian authorities have arrested two men accused of plotting to attack a passenger train in an al Qaeda-supported plot, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said.
A magnitude-5.9 earthquake hit central Mexico near the Pacific Coast on Sunday night, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Hugo Chavez's handpicked successor was sworn in as Venezuela's president on Friday.
Weeks of testimony in the genocide trial of former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt were nullified by a judge on procedural grounds, state-run media says.
Venezuela's top election official said Thursday that authorities will complete a 100% audit of votes cast in Sunday's presidential election.
A manual recount of votes isn't possible in Venezuela, the head of the country's Supreme Court said Wednesday.
A imprisoned former Mexican general has been released for lack of evidence nearly a year after his arrest on corruption charges.
The sounds of clanking pots and pans and bursting fireworks rang out in Caracas on Tuesday night as tensions mounted over Venezuela's tight election results.
As if on cue, Ermelinda Briceno entered the makeshift shrine to Hugo Chavez and shed a tear. This place of reverence to "el Comandante," the president of Venezuela for 14 years, popped up in this poor neighborhood after Chavez's death last month.
Hugo Chavez's handpicked successor won a narrow victory in Venezuela's presidential vote, but his opponent slammed the results and demanded a recount.
Juan Navarro spent nearly 37 years in a Peruvian prison before his release this week. Neither he nor officials remember if he ever was convicted of a crime.
Guantanamo Bay detainees wielding "improvised weapons" clashed Saturday with guards, an episode that occurred amid simmering tensions at the U.S. military base.
He began his career as a bus driver, and then become a member of Hugo Chavez's inner circle. On Sunday voters picked Nicolas Maduro to be Venezuela's president.
Denouncing election irregularities, Venezuelan opposition candidate Henrique Capriles Radonski demanded a recount and said early Monday that he will not recognize the country's presidential results "until every vote is counted."
A packed passenger bus tumbled into a river near the Peruvian city of Trujillo early Saturday, killing at least 33 people, state media reported.
Two pilots, an American and a Canadian, were killed Saturday when the small aircraft they were flying crashed into a house in Guyana, officials said.
A funeral took place Saturday for Canadian teen Rehtaeh Parsons, who hanged herself after she was allegedly gang-raped and no charges were filed.
Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano rumbled Saturday with explosions and expulsions of ash and gas.
Police in Canada "are reopening the probe involving Rehtaeh Parsons, 17, who tried to kill herself after being allegedly gang-raped and bullied.
Heroin, cocaine and amphetamines are the kind of street drugs you expect to find in the shady corners of any city, hiding away from the glare of law enforcement.
The family of a Canadian teenager who committed suicide after she was allegedly gang-raped and bullied opposes any kind of "vigilante justice."
For the first time in 14 years, Hugo Chavez isn't running for president in Venezuela.
Uruguayan senators voted 28-3 in favor of a same-sex marriage measure on Tuesday.
For the second time in six months, Henrique Capriles Radonski will be in an electoral fight for the presidency of Venezuela.
Less than six weeks after President Hugo Chavez's death, Venezuelans will head to the polls Sunday to pick a new leader.
Gunmen in Mexico fired on police and civilians Wednesday. At least 13 people died.
The soldiers killed Jacinto Lopez's teenage daughter Magdalena by repeatedly stabbing her in the neck.
Pablo Neruda wooed readers with his romantic poetry, but the latest lines in his story could be ripped from a murder mystery.
A 51-year-old grandmother from Toronto dances with joy after winning $40 million in the lottery.
Police in Brazil say they have arrested a fourth person in connection with the March 30 rape of an American woman on a minibus in Rio de Janeiro.
Mexican authorities say they've foiled a plot to assassinate two lawmakers.
Argentina's president declared three days of national mourning after heavy rains claimed dozens of lives.
Prosecutors this week indicted four people connected to a deadly blaze at a Brazilian nightclub that left hundreds dead.
Uruguayan senators voted 28-3 in favor of a same-sex marriage measure on Tuesday.
Is paying a fine to get out of military service fair? A debate is raging over new draft rules in Peru.
A dog named Rocky is being hailed for pulling a 9-year-old girl from an icy river on Easter Sunday. His owner, Adam Shaw, 27, is getting similar praise.
A female foreign tourist was kidnapped, raped and robbed on a minibus in Rio de Janeiro, police said.
A female foreign tourist was kidnapped, raped and robbed on a minibus in Rio de Janeiro, police said.
A Brazilian doctor appeared in court for allegedly killing seven patients to free up hospital beds in the southeast city of Curitiba.
Violence surges in Mexico as the government pushes a new drug war strategy focused on social and economic issues.
San Pedro Sula, in northwest Honduras, tops a list of the world's 50 most violent cities.
U.S. President Barack Obama will travel to Mexico and Costa Rica in May, officials said Wednesday.
A 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck Mexico's Pacific coast in the southern state of Oaxaca Tuesday morning, near the city of Santiago Pinotepa Nacional.
A 38-year-old skier died after being caught in an avalanche in Canada's Glacier National Park, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said.
Falkland Islands lawmakers say they won't back down in the face of Argentina's efforts to claim the South Atlantic territory.
After risque images surface, a Mexican model's political candidacy sparks controversy. She denies accusations that she was an escort, but loses a party primary.
Authorities in the Dominican Republic have arrested 35 people in a drug bust at the country's busiest airport.
About 100 people suffered minor to moderate injuries in a multi-vehicle crash Thursday south of Edmonton, Canada.
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