Haitians anxious as Tropical Storm Emily nears

Thousands of earthquake homeless and other poor Haitians waited nervously in flimsy shanties and tents as Tropical Storm Emily swirled...

9 Mexican poll workers missing

Nine workers from two prominent Mexican polling firms were missing Tuesday in the violence-plagued state of Michoacan, which holds elections...

Are good times in Argentina for real or an illusion?

In Argentina, soybean production is flying high. That means another banner year for farm equipment salesman Carlos Meniavere.

Top prosecutors in Mexico resign en masse

In a major upheaval in Mexico's troubled attorney general's office, top prosecutors in 21 of the country's 31 states and federal district...

Campaign puts Mexico teachers union leader back in spotlight

The most powerful woman in Mexico carries $5,000 Hermes purses and can make or break a presidency.

All you need is love for the Beatles to make a living

It says so on Rodolfo Vazquez's business card: He's the owner of the world's biggest collection of Beatles memorabilia, a claim backed by...

Poverty grew in Mexico to nearly half the population, study finds

Mexico received more bad economic news Friday with a report that shows poverty is steadily on the rise.

Plants draw bats by harnessing sound

Some flowering plants draw helpful pollinating bats to their blooms by harnessing sound, scientists have found. A peculiar leaf on a Cuban...

Emails to White House didn't mention gun sting

The ATF's field supervisor on the Southwest border sent a series of emails last year to a top White House national security official...

Suspicion in Mexico's Sinaloa cartel

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FBI report at odds with ATF claim on weapons

The claim by senior ATF officials that none of the weapons lost in the botched Fast and Furious sting operation were used in the shooting of...

Cuba draws on the past as it struggles with economic reform

Cuban authorities Tuesday used one of the most important dates in Cuba's revolutionary calendar to rally their nation to its newest battle:...

Mexico's 'boy killer' sentenced to three years in prison

The "boy killer" who for many became a symbol of the lawlessness and social deterioration of Mexican society because of the nation's drug...

'Magú' Luján dies at 70; influential Mexican American artist

Gilbert "Magú" Luján — a painter, muralist and sculptor whose whimsical, slyly humorous art works, frequently evoking a...

Cultural Exchange: The play's the thing in El Salvador

During El Salvador's civil war in the 1980s, this town was at the heart of a perilous battle zone, washed over by government soldiers one...

Ex-mayor of Cancun released as case appears to collapse

Yet another high-profile drug-prosecution case in Mexico careened toward collapse Wednesday when federal officials were forced to release...

Gun-smuggling cartel figures possibly were paid FBI informants

Congressional investigators probing the controversial "Fast and Furious" anti-gun-trafficking operation on the border with Mexico believe at...

ATF sought to downplay guns scandal, emails show

Two days after U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian A. Terry was killed in December, the top ATF supervisors in Phoenix said in internal emails...

Mexico high court rules civilian courts should handle alleged military abuses

In a decision hailed by human rights advocates, the Mexican Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered that military officers and personnel be tried...

U.S. to require more gun-buyer information in border states

As a backlash mounts over the government's failed Fast and Furious gun-tracing operation, the Justice Department will begin requiring...