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A massive landslide buried a crowd trying to dig out a bus from deep mud, killing at least 22 people, with dozens more feared dead.
SAN MARTIN DE SAMIRIA, PERU - To the untrained eye, all evidence here in the heart of the Amazon signals virgin forest, untouched by man for time immemorial - from the ubiquitous fruit palms to the cry of howler monkeys, from the air thick with mosquitoes to the unruly tangle of jungle vines. Physics - Health - Business - Medicine - Alternative
NAHUALA, Guatemala -- Torrential rains from a tropical depression caused landslides that have killed at least 38 people in Guatemala - some of them rescuers trying to save people already buried under a wall of mud. Guatemala - Mudslide - Central America - State of emergency - Mexico
Education is a major stumbling block in Brazil's bid to accelerate its economy and establish itself as one of the world's most powerful nations.
Songwriter Kara DioGuardi becomes the latest member of the judging panel on American Idol to quit this year.
Every year, more than a million Amazonian turtle eggs do not make it to the hatching period, nor do they serve as food for humans in the Tabuleiro de Embaubal, a series of beaches along the final stretch of Brazil's Xingú River.
Colombians call Uriel Henao the king of the prohibited ballads, a genre that describes the exploits of rebels, coca farmers and traffickers.
The official in charge of cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill says the well which caused the damage is no longer a risk to the environment.
Tropical Storm Earl reaches Nova Scotia, on the eastern Canadian coast, with hundreds of thousands of people experiencing power cuts.
MEXICO CITY - A ritual is performed when drug lords are arrested here. They are paraded before the news cameras, often with black eyes and fresh bruises, then stand shackled and grimacing between a pair of masked police. Mexico City - Mexico - United States - Edgar Valdez Villarreal - La Barbie
Online marketplace Craigslist closes its US adult services listing following pressure from attorneys general and advocacy groups.
Seen from up high, the route to Puente Inambari looks like a green serpent -- long, robust and sinuous. The Amazon jungle that dominates this landscape will be underwater if one of the largest hydroelectric dams in Peru (and all Latin America) is built.
BP replaces the blowout preventer that failed to stem the leaking Gulf of Mexico oil well and says it has paid $8bn (£5.2bn) in damage costs.
The decision was based on concerns that the country was not doing enough to protect its people from abuses by the police and the military.
Efforts by the U.S. and Russian governments to move speedily towards the abolition of strategic nuclear weapons have hit stumbling blocks and continue to generate debates among experts about the practicality of achieving a nuclear-free world in the near future.
The State Department has determined that Mexico can receive millions in anti-drug money that was contingent on its human-rights performance, but officials said Friday that they are withholding additional funds in hopes of seeing more progress. Human rights - Mexico - Human Rights and Liberties - Advocacy Organizations - Africa
A trial that dragged on for six years amidst public outrage ended Friday in Portugal with the unexpected sentencing of prominent personalities, found guilty in a child sex abuse scandal that shook the nation.
Exports from Latin America and the Caribbean will grow again this year, driven largely by demand from China. But the high proportion of commodities may increase dependency on China, and Asia as a region, warns a new report by ECLAC, the regional United Nations agency.
While all parties maintained a spirit of cordiality and mutual understanding, no new promises emerged from this week's talks between the leaders of Israel and the Palestine Authority (PA) that offered tangible hope for a major breakthrough in resolving the more than 60-year-old conflict.
The US economy shed another 54,000 jobs in August, the third month in a row that jobs have been lost, official figures show.
Twenty-eight minors have been documented as victims of last month's four-day raid of more than a dozen villages centred around Walikale, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), U.N. officials told reporters here today. Children, including one 12-years old boy were identified. The Walikale victim toll has risen to over 240.
Sugarcane could replace the energy produced by three hydroelectric dams like the Belo Monte in the Amazon, claims the Brazilian sugarcane industry, which remains relegated to marginal participation in the national electricity matrix.
Mavi Susel, the first transsexual in Cuba to undergo sex reassignment surgery, back in 1988, has found herself trapped in the traditionally assigned gender role of a housewife.
A surprisingly small number of scientists have studied the impacts of the oil spill resulting from the 1979 blowout at the Ixtoc I oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. Wes Tunnell, who first studied the spill's effects in July and August of 1980 and has returned many times since, is one of the few exceptions.
MEXICO CITY - President Felipe Calderon acknowledged Thursday that an increasingly bloody war with powerful drug trafficking organizations continues to pose "the central threat" to Mexico. Mexico - Drug cartel - Organized crime - Crime - Narcotrafficantes
A loan deal between the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and flood-stricken Pakistan announced Thursday has drawn the ire of several NGOs that claim the deal represents an "inadequate" and "cynical" response to the disaster that is estimated to have affected the lives of millions.
A loan deal between the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and flood-stricken Pakistan announced Thursday has drawn the ire of several NGOs that claim the deal represents an "inadequate" and "cynical" response to the disaster that is estimated to have affected the lives of millions.
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA - He was once one of London's best-known '60s-era rogues, dressed flamboyantly, spinning around town in a Mini Cooper and using a bodyguard known as "the butcher" to threaten his rivals. South America - Rock music - Maps and Views - guitar-hero-warriors-of-rock - Dave Mustaine
Migrants are apparently dying at the hands of a drug gang seeking money or possibly recruits, officials said, though no nobody knows for sure.
As President Obama on Wednesday initiates the ninth U.S. attempt in the last 30 years to bring about a final Palestinian-Israeli peace agreement, expectations are low and pessimism is high.
The organization and leadership of the miners will be essential to their rescue, officials said.
As Hurricane Earl made its way toward the Eastern Seaboard on Tuesday, the Federal Emergency Management Agency warned people along the coast to prepare for possible evacuation orders from state and local governments. Labor Day - North Carolina - Hurricanes - Earth Sciences - Atmospheric Sciences
MEXICO CITY - A high school football star from Texas who went on to become one of the most wanted drug traffickers in Mexico was arrested Monday by federal police. Mexico - Drug lord - Barbie - United States - ®TMark
ZAPATA, TEX. - The driver was wearing a deputy's uniform and swore he was a real law officer. But to the Border Patrol agents manning a checkpoint here, something just looked funny about the pickup truck with Webb County sheriff decals. Police - Mexico - Gang - Law Enforcement - Law
At six in the morning in Cite Soleil, the poorest zone of Haiti's capital city, the sun is already up. It's the start of another workday for Lurene Jeanti, making cookies from mud, butter and salt. She's been mixing the ingredients on the side of the road to sell to her neighbours for the past eight years.
LAREDO, TEX. - Stashing cash in spare tires, engine transmissions and truckloads of baby diapers, couriers for Mexican drug cartels are moving tens of billions of dollars in profits south across the border each year, a river of dirty money that has overwhelmed U.S. and Mexican customs agents. United States - Mexico - Drug cartel - El Salvador - Illegal drug trade
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI -- Immacula Pierre had a question. Why, she wanted to know, are she and 50,000 other homeless Haitians still living in a squalid tent city on the Champ de Mars, an esplanade in the heart of Port-au-Prince just across the street from the destroyed National Palace. Earthquake - Haiti - Natural Disasters and Hazards - Earth Sciences - Technology
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI -- Haiti's electoral council ruled Friday night that hip-hop artist Wyclef Jean cannot run for president, ending his bid to lead the reconstruction of the earthquake-ravaged Caribbean island. Wyclef Jean - Haiti - Caribbean - Organizations - Country music
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI -- In the space of two weeks, Wyclef Jean has redrawn the map of Haitian politics, emerging as a new force -- and perhaps the leading contender -- in the country's presidential contest. Wyclef Jean - Haiti - Hip hop - Caribbean - Arts and Entertainment
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI -- In the space of two weeks, Wyclef Jean has redrawn the map of Haitian politics, emerging as a new force -- and perhaps the leading contender -- in a presidential election scheduled for November. Wyclef Jean - Haiti - Caribbean - Hip hop - Arts and Entertainment
SOUTH AMERICA Colombia - Venezuela - South America - Juan Manuel Santos - Diplomacy
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA -- The arrival of a more moderate president in Colombia has opened the possibility, if ever so slight, of talks with Marxist rebels to end a cocaine-fueled conflict that dates to the 1960s. Colombia - South America - Venezuela - Juan Manuel Santos - Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
Luis Miguel, a soft-spoken and serious 21-year-old from Haiti's Artibonnite Valley, stands on a ridge overlooking the small farm in the Dominican Cibao where he works as the owner's overseer. He adopted his Dominican moniker in order to fit in.
Gonaives, the third largest city in Haiti, is rushing to prepare for an expected highly active hurricane season. The city was flooded by three hurricanes in the past six years - Hannah and Ike in 2008, and Jeanne, which killed at least 2,500 people in 2004.
Gaston Dorelus has little education, no vocational training, no extrinsic qualifications to make his way through life any easier.
After weeks of delays, Haitian President René Préval confirmed this month that presidential and legislative elections will take place on Nov. 28. The U.N. and Western donor nations are pledging millions of dollars in support of the polls, but with at least 1.5 million people still homeless from the January earthquake, questions loom over how to ensure voter participation.
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