Vanessa BuschschlüterLatin America online editorEPA/ShutterstockUS President Donald Trump has said that his country's involvement in Venezuela could last for years.He told the New York Times that "only time will...

Vanessa BuschschlüterLatin America online editorREDIJavier Marcano Tábata was the commander of the presidential honour guardThe general in command of Venezuela's presidential honour guard, Javier Marcano Tábata, has been sacked...

Cuba has held close relations with Nicolás Maduro's Venezuela. But with Maduro gone after a military operation in which Maduro was seized, Havana could be exposed if oil supply...

The Cuban government says 32 of its nationals were killed during the US operation to seize Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.It described the dead as members of its armed forces...

Vanessa BuschschlüterLatin America editor, BBC News OnlineREUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez ViloriaMany of those who tuned in to US President Donald Trump's news conference on Saturday were probably hoping to hear dramatic...

André Rhoden-Paul and Mallory MoenchandBBC VerifyWatch: How the US attack on Venezuela unfoldedThe US has captured Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro after a large-scale strike on the South American country,...

President Claudia Sheinbaum calmly stopped her press conference when the 6.5 magnitude trembler shook the room and set off the country's earthquake alert system. The quake shook Guerrero, Mexico,...

The US military says it struck two boats it alleges were carrying drugs on Wednesday, killing five people on board.US Southern Command did not say where it had carried...

Rozina SiniandTom BennettReutersA train driver was killed and at least 40 others were injured in the crash on TuesdayA passenger has described "chaos" after two trains collided head-on near...

Brazil's jailed former president, Jair Bolsonaro, has undergone a third medical procedure over four days to treat persistent hiccups. Doctors performed a third operation to block his phrenic nerve....

Watch: Stranded passengers walk past derailed train as wounded are carried from carriagesAt least 13 people died and almost 100 were injured in a train derailment in Mexico's south-eastern...

Getty ImagesStock image of a residential street in Suriname's capital, ParamariboNine people including five children have been stabbed to death on the outskirts of Suriname's capital, Paramaribo, police have...