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- Nobel plea for Mexico journalists
A host of international writers including several Nobel laureates issue a joint statement condemning attacks on... - Funeral for Rio collapse victim
The funeral is held for the first of 14 confirmed victims of Wednesday's building collapse in Rio de Janeiro, as the... - Paraguay president 'cancer free'
Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo is now free of cancer after successful chemotherapy treatment in Brazil, his doctors... - Guatemala ex-leader to face trial
Ex-Guatemalan military leader Efrain Rios Montt is placed under house arrest after a judge rules he should be tried on... - Senate condemns UK over Falklands
Argentina's Senate condemns a statement by the UK prime minister in which he criticised Argentina's attitude towards the... - Zetas Mexico's 'biggest cartel'
The Zetas are now the largest cartel in Mexico, overtaking their bitter rival, the Sinaloa cartel, a report by US... - Brazil slum clearance row grows
Amnesty International adds its voice to criticism of a Brazilian police operation that cleared some 6,000 people from an... - Suriname team find 46 new species
Three-week research expedition to Suriname documents 1,300 species, including 46 believed to be new to science. - Venezuela's Lopez exits poll race
Leopoldo Lopez bows out of Venezuela's election race and backs Henrique Capriles as the candidate to take on President... - Ecuador court suspends libel case
A hearing to ratify or revoke huge damages against newspaper editors for libelling President Rafael Correa is suspended... - Six die in failed Mexico escape
An attempt by gunmen to free two detainees ends in a shoot-out in which five policemen and one detainee are killed. ... - Allen Stanford fraud trial begins
Texas financier Allen Stanford pleads not guilty to 14 counts of fraud and money laundering on the first day of his... - Country profile: Antigua and Barbuda
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An overview of the French overseas department in the Caribbean - Regions and territories: Montserrat
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An overview of Puerto Rico, including key facts, political leaders and notes on the media - Regions, territories: Turks and Caicos Islands
A profile of the British overseas territory in the West Indies - VIDEO: Ancient Aztec school exhibition opens
An exhibition displaying artefacts from an ancient school for the children of Aztec nobility opens in Mexico City. ... - VIDEO: Cuba oil project drilling to start
Cuba is to begin exploratory drilling in search of oil - this weekend a rig will begin drilling for oil just 100... - VIDEO: "We lost everything, nothing's left"
Businesswoman lost her 13 year-old company in Rio building's collapse. - VIDEO: Surf School
Schools World Service tells the story of the children from Brazil's favelas who go to surf school for key stage 2 ... - Is game up for Brazil's illegal gambling?
Brazil tries to stamp out an illegal gambling obsession - Voodoo artists heal Haiti quake's aftershocks
Two years after the quake, voodoo binds Haitian emigrants - How to build an empire out of a bikini
How do you start your own swimsuit business? - Haiti army plans divide opinion
Haiti's plans for new army divide opinion - In pictures: Food aid for Mexico's Tarahumara
Mexico steps up emergency food aid for indigenous Tarahumara - Race to save 'lungs of the world'
Ecuador's race against time to save 'lungs of the world' - From banker to ice cream maker
Bringing the flavours of South America to Miami
