BBCLuz María Telumbre is still seeking answersThrough driving rain, Luz Maria Telumbre travelled to Mexico City from the western state of Guerrero to mark 10 years since the darkest...

More than half of Argentina's 46 million people are now living in poverty, new figures indicate, in a blow to right-wing President Javier Milei's efforts to turn around the...

Family handoutJan Franco (left) was stabbed to death in Havana, aged just 19The late leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, once famously called Cuba “the safest country in...

Getty ImagesTropical Storm Helene has intensified into a hurricane and is predicted to turn into a dangerous Category 3 storm before hitting the US Gulf Coast on Thursday.Forecasters warn...

Getty ImagesIn Latino exile communities across the US, a question is being asked: is Kamala Harris really a communist?The vice-president has been the subject of numerous misleading claims that...

Supporters of Evo Morales have clashed with followers of his rival ahead of 2025 electionPro-government supporters and security forces in Bolivia have clashed with protesters loyal to the former...

Kenya has pledged to send 600 more police officers to Haiti in the coming weeks to help fight gangs controlling much of the capital, Port-au-Prince, and nearby areas.This would...

Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo González has said he was "forced" to recognise President Nicolás Maduro as the winner of July's disputed election before being allowed to seek asylum in...

A former CIA officer has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for drugging and sexually assaulting dozens of women while on assignment in the US and overseas.Over a...

GettyMore than half a million Haitians have been displaced by gang violence, many of them women and childrenHaiti's government has taken a key step towards holding long-delayed elections with...

Water levels in many of the rivers in the Amazon basin have reached their lowest on record amid a continuing drought, the Brazilian Geological Service (SGB) says.The Madeira river,...

GettyPresident Daniel Noboa is trying to come to grips with the criminal gangs that have driven up Ecuador's murder rateEcuador's president, Daniel Noboa, has said he wants to change...