A massive landslide buried up to 100 people in Guatemala when they tried to dig out a bus caught in deep mud as torrential rains battered the country.

Education is a major stumbling block in Brazil’s bid to accelerate its economy and establish itself as one of the world’s most powerful nations.

Colombians call Uriel Henao the king of the prohibited ballads, a genre that describes the exploits of rebels, coca farmers and traffickers.

The decision was based on concerns that the country was not doing enough to protect its people from abuses by the police and the military.

The dead lawmakers were identified as Guillermo Zavaleta and Juan Huerta, both members of President Felipe Calderón’s National Action Party.

Mexico’s military says 25 suspects have been shot dead by soldiers in a gunbattle near the U.S. border.

Five police officers were killed and four wounded by a roadside bomb while on patrol Wednesday evening in the southern town of Doncello, where leftist rebels are active.

In a startling twist, migrants are apparently dying at the hands of a drug gang seeking money or possibly recruits, officials said, though no

At 8 a.m. Wednesday the National Hurricane Center in Miami issued its latest advisory on Hurricane Earl, with this updated forecast of the path it could follow in the days ahead.

Eight employees of a Cancun strip club were killed early Tuesday when a group of men threw Molotov cocktails into the building in a working-class area not frequented by tourists.

Franklin Brito, 49, has died in a hunger strike to protest President Hugo Chavez’s land nationalization policies.

Thirty-three miners deep underground will play a critical role in their rescue, making their organization and leadership essential, officials said.

Spectacular images of Hurricane Earl seen from space give little sense of its destructive power.

Using a 31-ton drill, rescue workers made a shallow, preliminary hole Tuesday, the first step in a bid to rescue 33 trapped miners.

The man, known as La Barbie, could be extradited to the United States to face charges of cocaine trafficking.

Hurricane Earl passed through the northern Caribbean early Tuesday after strengthening to Category Four status and veered onto a path toward the East Coast.

Tour operators said that they were confident they could reschedule flights, but many customers feared they would not get promised refunds.

Forecasters projected that some areas along the Eastern seaboard of the United States might feel the affects of the Category 3 Hurricane Earl within a few days.

Hurricane Earl swelled with heavy rain and strong winds after strengthening into a Category 2 storm. Earl could become a major hurricane Mondy night or early Tuesday.

Hundreds of passengers are taken into detention each year from domestic trains and buses along the nation’s northern border.