AFP via Getty ImagesThe Argentine human rights activist Rosa Roisinblit has died at the age of 106, her organisation says.She was honorary president and a founding member of the...

Donald Trump has warned that, if Venezuelan jets fly over US naval ships and "put us in a dangerous position, they'll be shot down".The president's warning comes after Venezuela...

A federal appeals court has overturned a legal order requiring Florida and US President Donald Trump's administration to shut Alligator Alcatraz, allowing the immigration detention centre to stay open.In...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said the US will "blow up" foreign crime groups if needed, possibly in collaboration with other countries."Now they're gonna help us find these...

Tom McArthur & Chris GrahamBBC NewsSTR/EPA/ShutterstockThe painting by Italian artist Giuseppe Ghislandi after it was recovered in ArgentinaA long lost painting looted decades ago in Nazi occupied Europe has...

Security forces in Guyana say a boat carrying election officials and ballot boxes was shot at "from the Venezuelan shore" in the contested Essequibo region.Police and the Guyana defence...

The coup trial of Brazil's right-wing former President Jair Bolsonaro will enter its final stage on Tuesday.He is accused of masterminding an attempt to stay in power after losing...

Jacob EvansBBC World ServiceGetty ImagesAnguilla is a British Overseas Territory renowned for its pristine beachesBack in the 1980s when the internet was still in its infancy, countries were being...

Will GrantMexico Correspondent andChris GrahamBBC NewsWatch: Demonstrations in Mexico on International Day of the DisappearedThousands of people have held protests across Mexico to highlight the country's many enforced disappearances...

Will GrantBBC Mexico correspondent, Mexico CityGetty ImagesThe protesters say locals are being priced out of central Mexico CityThe timing of the first of several recent anti-gentrification protests in Mexico...

The number of animals infested with New World screwworm (NWS), a flesh-eating parasite, has risen by 53% in the four weeks to mid-August, Mexican government data reveals. While infestations...

A 15-year-old boy has been sentenced to seven years in juvenile detention for shooting Colombian presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay at a rally in Bogotá in June. The conservative...