The FBI has returned a 500-year-old stolen document signed by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés to Mexico.The manuscript page was penned in 1527 and is one of 15 pages thought...

Three soldiers have been killed in a drone attack in south-west Colombia, which authorities have blamed on a dissident rebel group.The devices dropped explosives on members of Colombia's navy...

Charges against an American influencer and teen pilot who has been stranded on a remote island in the Antarctic since June have been dropped.Ethan Guo, 19, is alleged to...

Vanessa BuschschlüterBBC NewsJosé Carlos CuetoBBC News Mundo Colombia correspondent in BogotáDaniel Garzon Herazo/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Miguel Uribe has died of injuries he sustained during a shooting on 7 JuneColombian...

Mexico has said US military would not be entering its territory following reports that President Donald Trump had directed the Pentagon to target Latin American drug cartels."The United States...

Alejandro Millán ValenciaBBC News MundoBBCResidents of Pampa Clemesí, in southern Peru, rely on flashlights to make their way through the darknessEach morning, Rosa Chamami wakes to flames licking at...

Nawal Al-Maghafi and Jasmin DyerBBC World Service, reporting from Port-au-PrinceBBC/ Phil PendleburyHelene says the gang told her to have an abortion but she wanted to keep her baby and...

The US has doubled a reward for information leading to the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to $50m (£37.2m), accusing him of being "one of the largest narco-traffickers...

Gustavo OcandoReporting for BBC Mundo from Maracaibo, VenezuelaGustavo OcandoMervin Yamarte says his tattoos led to him being mistaken in the US for a gang member and deported to El...

Camilla Veras MotaBBC News BrasilReporting fromMaceió, Alagoas state BBCRute Freires lives with her daughter Tamara, who has congenital Zika syndromeWhen Rute Freires was told by a doctor that her...

Nine people, including an Irish missionary and a three-year-old child, were kidnapped from an orphanage near Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince on Sunday, an official has said.Gena Heraty, the facility's director,...

Victoria GillScience correspondent, BBC NewsBernardo Reyes-TurA Polymita snail in its native forest habitat in Eastern Cuba Researchers have embarked on a mission to save what some consider to be...