Will GrantMexico and Central America correspondentReporting fromCiudad JuárezBBCSilvia Delgado defended the notorious drug lord, El Chapo. Now she's running for officeAs drivers sit in traffic near the Bridge of...

Fritz PinnowReporter, Comayagua, HondurasFritz PinnowHugo Daniel Chávez is proud of the soap his team makes from recycled cooking oilFew 27-year-olds look at used cooking oil and see a green...

Shakira has cancelled her upcoming concert in Washington DC after "complications" with the stage at her previous show in Boston - an event that was also called off.The Colombian...

ReutersThe musicians were last seen in the Mexican city of Reynosa, near the US borderFive musicians who disappeared in the Mexican city of Reynosa, near the US border, were...

The bodies of 11 people believed to have been migrants have been found inside a boat washed onto the shores of the Caribbean island of Canouan, which forms part...

Ancelotti has selected Manchester United midfielder Casemiro and Tottenham forward Richarlison in his first squad for next week's World Cup qualifiers.The pair have not played for their country since...

Vanessa BuschschlüterBBC NewsEPANicolás Maduro's wife, Cilia Flores - who likes to be called 'First Warrior' rather than 'First Lady' - was photographed casting her voteVenezuela's ruling party is celebrating...

The US Department of Homeland Security has said 64 people took a government-funded flight to their home countries as part of a new programme encouraging undocumented immigrants to "self-deport."The...

Mark Poynting and Esme StallardBBC Climate & ScienceGetty ImagesThe world's tropical forests, which provide a crucial buffer against climate change, disappeared faster than ever recorded last year, new satellite...

An Amazonian tribe has sued the New York Times (NYT) over a report about the community gaining access to high-speed internet, which it claims led to its members being...

An 11-year-old Colombian boy has been reunited with his family 18 days after he was kidnapped by members of a dissident rebel group. Five armed men wearing balaclavas stormed...

Vanessa BuschschlüterBBC NewsX/@ClaraBrugadaMA gunman has shot dead two top aides of the mayor of Mexico City, Clara Brugada.The mayor's private secretary, Ximena Guzmán, and Brugada's adviser, José Muñoz, were...