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Fito - Ecuador's most-wanted fugitive - found hiding under...
Ecuador's most-wanted fugitive has been recaptured - more than a year after he escaped...
Colombian army frees 57 soldiers held captive by locals
Fifty-seven soldiers who had been held captive by locals in the mountains of Colombia...
Millions swelter as heatwave descends on North America
The first major heatwave of the summer is intensifying across the eastern half of...
Brazil: Eight dead in hot air balloon crash, say officials
At least eight people have died after a hot air balloon crashed in Brazil, say officials.
Colombia presidential hopeful shot in head at rally
A Colombian presidential candidate is in critical condition after he was shot three...
Colombian presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay in...
A 15 year-old-boy has been arrested after a Colombian senator running to be the...
'Attacks on staff are common': Inside hospital saving Haiti's...
In a simple breezeblock and cement building, cholera patients are attached to drips...
90% of Port-au-Prince controlled by gangs as thousands...
A group of school children in their smart uniforms skip past us, overseen by their...
Uruguay's José Mujica, world's 'poorest president', dies
Former Uruguayan President José Mujica, known as "Pepe", has died at the age of...
Chile issues tsunami warning after earthquake
Chile has issued a tsunami warning and said people should evacuate a coastal area...
Dominican Republic detains pregnant Haitian women in hospital...
The Dominican Republic says it deported more than 130 Haitian women and children...
'British man' dies after being dragged out of police station...
A "British man" has died after being beaten and set on fire by a mob in Ecuador,...
Peru's president avoids impeachment over 'Rolexgate' scandal
A congressional committee in Peru has dismissed an investigation into President...
Girl, 17, whose dad is lost in nightclub rubble spends...
Máximo Peña had been coming to the Jet Set nightclub every single Monday for the...
Amazon forest felled to build road for climate summit
A new four-lane highway cutting through tens of thousands of acres of protected...