A 6.3-magnitude earthquake has injured at least 20 people and seriously damaged multiple buildings in the Ecuadorian port city of Esmeraldas.According to the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre, the quake...

Getty ImagesThousands of mourners have paid their respects to the late PopeThe funeral of Pope Francis will take place on Saturday, in front of St Peter's Basilica in Vatican...

Sarah Rainsford and Laura GozziEPATens of thousands of mourners have lined up for a chance to pay their respects to Pope Francis, whose body has been displayed in an...

Veronica SminkBBC News Mundo, Buenos AiresGettyJorge Bergoglio was archbishop of Buenos Aires before he was elected PopeWhen the former Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, left Argentina's capital...

APHis ascension to the papacy heralded many firsts.Francis was the first Pope from the Americas or the Southern Hemisphere. Not since Syrian-born Gregory III died in 741 had there...

AFP via Getty ImagesA cockfight in Ecuador. File photoPolice in Ecuador say they have arrested four people in connection with an attack by gunmen at a cockfighting ring in...

Colombia has declared a nationwide health emergency after at least 34 people died of yellow fever, according to official figures.Yellow fever is caused by a virus transmitted to humans...

The US has dismantled large parts of a camp built to house migrants at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, satellite images reviewed by BBC Verify show.President Donald Trump ordered...

France's President Emmanuel Macron says he will set up a commission to study French-Haitian history and the impact of a huge debt imposed on Haiti in exchange for its...

Nomia Iqbal and Brandon DrenonBBC NewsGetty ImagesProtesters gather outside a federal court in Maryland on 15 April over the case of Kilmar Ábrego GarcíaA federal judge has given the...

Peru's former president, Ollanta Humala, has been found guilty of money laundering and sentenced to 15 years in prison.A court in the capital, Lima, said that Humala had accepted...

Gemma HandyBusiness reporterReporting fromSt John’s, Antigua Getty ImagesGuyana, and the wider Caribbean region, are concerned Trump's price hikes will increase the cost of their importsThe Caribbean nation of Guyana...