AP Explains: What awaits Suriname’s convicted president?
PARAMARIBO, Suriname — A court in the South American country of Suriname has convicted President Desi Bouterse in the 1982 killings of 15 prominent po...
Central American offered asylum in Guatemala opts for home
COLON, Honduras — The first Central American asylum seeker sent to Guatemala under that country’s “safe third country” agreement with the U.S. has opt...
Argentine bishop says he’ll return to face sex allegations
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — An Argentine bishop close to Pope Francis said Saturday he’ll return voluntarily to Argentina to respond to prosecutors’ acc...
Evo Morales’ backers leaving barricades after Bolivia deal
LA PAZ, Bolivia — Supporters of ousted President Evo Morales began abandoning barricades set up on roads leading into Bolivia’s main cities after an a...
The Latest: Colombia president opens ‘national conversation’
BOGOTA, Colombia — The Latest on protests in Colombia (all times local):
Colombia president orders curfew in capital following unrest
BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombian President Iván Duque ordered a curfew in the nation’s capital Friday amid continuing unrest following a massive march a d...
Colombians fill streets hoping to channel wave of discontent
BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombians angry with conservative President Iván Duque and hoping to channel Latin America’s wave of discontent took the streets b...
Brazil says Amazon deforestation is worst since 2008
RIO DE JANEIRO — Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest is at its worst in more than a decade, a government report said Monday, undermining offic...
Migrants stuck in lawless limbo within sight of America
NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico — The gangsters trawling Nuevo Laredo know just what they’re looking for: men and women missing their shoelaces.
Bolivia: 5 dead in clashes challenging interim government
SACABA, Bolivia — Bolivian security forces clashed with supporters of former President Evo Morales in a central town Friday, leaving at least five peo...
Pensioners struggling to survive join Chile protests
SANTIAGO, Chile — Seventy-seven-year-old María Gonzalez is tired of waking up, Monday to Friday, to sell toilet paper in the Chilean capital. Her meag...
Bolivian interim leader says Morales can’t run in new vote
LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivia’s former President Evo Morales cannot run as a candidate in any new elections, but his political party can, the country’s in...
US-British diplomatic clash in store over Caribbean killing?
HARTFORD, Conn. — Officials in Anguilla are preparing a warrant for the arrest of a Connecticut man who refused to return to the Caribbean island to f...
Morales says he’s headed for Mexico as clashes rock Bolivia
LA PAZ, Bolivia — Former Bolivian President Evo Morales said Monday he was headed for Mexico after being granted asylum there, as his supporters and f...
The Latest: Morales says he’s leaving Bolivia for Mexico
LA PAZ, Bolivia — The latest on the political crisis in Bolivia (all times local):
AP Explains: Did a coup force Bolivia’s Evo Morales out?
BOGOTA, Colombia — Did Bolivia experience a coup or the culmination of a popular movement demanding a president's resignation?
Man charged in Caribbean hotel worker’s death skips hearing
DARIEN, Conn. — A Connecticut man charged in the death of a hotel worker he says attacked his family in Anguilla has declined to return to the British...
The Latest: Bolivian police detain electoral court officials
LA PAZ, Bolivia — The latest on the political crisis in Bolivia (all times local):
Bolivia’s president resigns amid election-fraud allegations
LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivian President Evo Morales resigned Sunday under mounting pressure from the military and the public after his re-election victor...
Church looted by vandals as protests rage in Chile’s capital
SANTIAGO, Chile — Hooded protesters looted a Roman Catholic church Friday near the main gathering site for three weeks of mass protests against Chile'...
Da Silva’s release brings new energy to Brazil’s opposition
CURITIBA, Brazil — Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva walked out of prison on Friday, injecting new energy into a weakened oppositio...
AP Explains: Brazil judge orders ex-leader Da Silva freed
SAO PAULO — Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has left a Curitiba prison, less than a day after the Supreme Court ruled that a pers...
The Latest: Brazil ex-President Da Silva walks out of jail
SAO PAULO — The Latest on Brazilian former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (all times local):
Stay or go? US residents of Mexico town torn after 9 killed
LA MORA, Mexico — U.S. citizens living in a small Mexican farming community established by their Mormon ancestors are trying to decide whether they sh...
Mexico farm town buries 3 of 9 slain Americans
LA MORA, Mexico — As Mexican soldiers stood guard, a mother and two sons were laid to rest in hand-hewn pine coffins in a single grave dug out of the ...
Brazil top court’s ruling could free ex-President Da Silva
SAO PAULO — Brazil's Supreme Court on Thursday reached a narrow decision that could release almost 5,000 inmates who are still appealing their convict...
Google digitizes artworks in Puerto Rico for 1st time
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The 1953 painting by Rafael Tufiño Figueroa features his mother with a red scarf on her head, a determined look on her face an...
Chile: president promotes minimum wage hike to quell unrest
SANTIAGO, Chile — Chile's president sent a bill to Congress on Wednesday that would raise the minimum wage, one of a series of measures to try to cont...
Deadly ambush shows Mexico lost control of area
COLONIA LEBARON, Mexico — When drug cartel gunmen opened fire on American women and children in northern Mexico, the Mexican Army, the National Guard ...
The Latest: Mexico official says suspect not tied to attack
GALEANA, Mexico — The Latest on the slaying of nine U.S. citizens in Mexico (all times local):