Forensic scientists in Mexico have managed to identify 44 bodies buried in a well in the state of Jalisco. Discovered just outside the city of Guadalajara, the human remains were hidden in 119 black bags. The remains were discovered earlier in September when local residents started complaining about the smell. Jalisco is the heartland of […]

Thousands of fires are ravaging the Amazon rainforest in Brazil – the most intense blazes for almost a decade. The northern states of Roraima, Acre, Rondônia and Amazonas have been particularly badly affected. Huge fires have also been burning across the border in Bolivia, devastating swaths of the country’s tropical forest and savannah. So what’s […]

A new storm is threatening the Bahamas just two weeks after Hurricane Dorian tore through part of the islands. Tropical Depression Nine strengthened into Tropical Storm Humberto on Friday night. It is currently moving northwest towards Great Abaco island, one of the islands worst hit by Dorian. About 1,300 people are missing in the Bahamas […]

“He was shot 11 times and died on the street,” says Ismael Ramos of the day back in 2006 when Telésforo Ramírez was killed. The two men were police patrol partners in Mexico City and the image of his colleague bleeding to death on the tarmac haunts him to this day. No-one has been arrested […]

Head of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) has compared the damage from Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas to that of a nuclear bomb. Mark Green said he had taken a flight to observe the damage caused by the storm on Grand Bahama and the Abacos islands. Dorian ripped through the Bahamas last Sunday […]

When the water surged to the level of their house’s roof, Adrian Farrington grabbed his five-year-old son and put him there, thinking he would be safe. For almost an hour, he had been fighting the flood with a broken leg, carrying Adrian Farrington Jr, who would not stop crying. “I keep telling him, ‘Don’t cry. […]

A court in Honduras has sentenced former First Lady Rosa Elena Bonilla to 58 years in prison. Bonilla, 52, was found guilty of misappropriating $779,000 (£635,000) from international donations and public funds during the four years her husband Porfirio Lobo was in power. Prosecutors said she had used the money to buy jewellery and to […]

Gustavo Reyes Reyes stands in his language class in front of two dozen energetic children who have been tasked with calling out the names of the ingredients found in “sancocho”, a Colombian stew. “Apù!” the students shout out together, which means water in the town’s native language, Palenquero. Palenquero is one of the 68 languages […]

Hurricane Dorian has dropped in strength to a category three storm but is now stationary and continues to batter the northern Bahamas. The maximum sustained winds fell to 125mph (205km/h) on Tuesday but Grand Bahama faces at least another day of heavy rain and storm surges. Dorian killed at least five people when it hit […]

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro will miss a planned summit on the fires ravaging the Amazon rainforest to prepare for surgery, an aide has said. The operation will be the far-right leader’s fourth after he was stabbed in the stomach during his presidential election campaign in 2018. Brazil may send a representative in his place or […]