She has survived two murder attempts, her house was burnt down, she has received countless death threats, but nothing has stopped Susana Trimarco from looking for her missing daughter for the last 10 years. On 3 April Maria de los Angeles Veron, known as “Marita”, went missing. In February, 13 people accused of kidnapping Ms […]

Two fishermen have been rescued by a cruise ship after being stranded for 20 days at sea. Royal Caribbean’s Empress of the Seas found them after a “miracle” chance encounter en route to Jamaica. The fishermen were pulled off course by strong winds, while a storm had also diverted the cruise ship from its planned […]

The body of seven-year-old Guatemalan girl Jakelin Caal – who died earlier this month while in the custody of the US Border Patrol – has been returned to her home country. Jakelin was crossing the US-Mexico border with her father as part of a caravan of Central American migrants. They handed themselves in to US […]

Argentina’s former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is to go on trial for corruption, a federal court has ruled. She is accused of accepting millions of dollars in bribes over a 12-year period in what has become known as the “corruption notebooks” scandal. Ms Fernández, who is now a senator, denies any wrongdoing and claims […]

A peace deal aimed at ending Colombia’s armed conflict is in limbo after voters narrowly rejected the agreement signed between the government and left-wing Farc rebels. Many voters felt that the deal, reached after years of negotiations, was too lenient for rebels who may have committed war crimes. However the two sides have said they […]

Chile’s President Sebastián Piñera has asked the country’s police chief, Hermes Soto, to stand down amid growing pressure over the death of an indigenous man five weeks ago. Mr Piñera said Hermes Soto and 10 other police commanders should resign to make way for new leadership in the Chilean police. The death of Camilo Catrillanca, […]

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has launched the Maya Train – an ambitious project to build a railway through five south-eastern states. At an indigenous ceremony near the ancient Mayan ruins of Palenque, he said this would help create hundreds of thousands of jobs. The 1,525km (950-mile) railway will link Palenque and the tourist […]

Nicaraguan police are reported to have kicked and beaten several journalists who were protesting against raids on their offices. The journalists were outside a police station in the capital Managua, complaining that raids on the offices of a news website were illegal. Witnesses said riot police armed with batons dispersed them with force. Nicaragua has […]

Brazilian police have arrested fugitive Italian writer Cesare Battisti, a former communist militant convicted of murder in his home country. He was granted asylum in Brazil four years ago, but earlier this month a judge ruled that he should be deported to serve his sentence. He has been released from jail in Sao Paulo pending […]

Ever since Reddy Guaygua was a boy, he dreamt of discovering hidden ruins. Born in Mapiri, 130km (80 miles) north of La Paz in Bolivia, he was the only person from his small town to study archaeology. “My goal was to work in the villages, visit their archaeological sites and work in them,” he says. […]