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As Mexico's traffickers ship drugs north, they leave addicts in their wakeBeing the top supplier of illegal drugs to the United States has made Mexico a consumer nation too.
Is Canada telling Hungary's Roma 'Do not seek asylum here'?The Harper government has launched an ad campaign in the Hungarian city of Miskolc 鈥� from which many Roma have migrated to Canada in recent years 鈥� warning of tougher immigration laws.
Stopping child labor: There's an app for thatA smartphone app in Colombia uses crowdsourcing to document and fight child labor. Whenever users see a child working they can take a picture, log the location, and the app sends it to Colombia's child welfare agency.
Got sugar? Venezuela faces shortages of staple foodsThe increased difficulty in finding basic consumer goods in Venezuela is raising concerns about the viability of Ch谩vez's socialist economic policies at a time when the country is already on edge due to his prolonged absence.- Progress WatchGood news from Central America: Homicides fall in Guatemala, El SalvadorAttributed, in part, to an evolution away from hardline 'iron fist' policy approaches to crime and violence, El Salvador and Guatemala saw homicides fall in 2012 from record highs.
Haitians heap the nation's burdens on a half-ton crossIn a grassroots initiative that is bringing Haitians together across the country, men, women, and children are carrying a half-ton piece of wood roped together like a cross for some 435 miles.
Venezuela cracks down on TV station questioning Ch谩vez moveVenezuelan officials ordered opposition news channel Globovision to stop airing videos questioning the constitutionality of postponing Hugo Ch谩vez's聽inauguration. This is the eighth complaint against the news station.
Havana scraps exit visas, but most Cubans won't be going abroadThe new law will cut down on bureaucratic barriers for Cubans who want to leave the country, but for many the benefits will likely be more psychological than practical.
Where does Haiti stand three years after its 7.0 earthquake? After billions of dollars in aid spent to help Haiti 'build back better' from its devastating earthquake on Jan. 12, 2010, hundreds of thousands are still without homes.
Music schools drum up new hope for students in HaitiThree years after the earthquake that left the country in ruins, Haiti's government has an unlikely new remedy for poverty and crime: music education.
Attack of the wild dogs in Mexico City?Authorities have blamed five Mexico City residents' deaths on packs of dogs. But relatives are asking for further investigation, and animal rights supporters have raised a furor about wild dog roundups.
With Ch谩vez's health in doubt, so is leadership of Latin American leftIs there another regional leader with the clout and charisma to pick up where the Venezuelan president left off?
'We are millions': Victims of organized crime in Mexico seek justice in new lawIn a country where fewer than 4 percent of crimes are ever solved, the so-called 'victims law' will provide financial reparations and additional legal protection.
Trapped killer whales freed by shifting ice?A pod of killer whales, trapped by a sudden freeze since Tuesday, may have found a path to freedom, thanks to warmer weather and winds that shifted the ice floes around the orcas.
The ExplainerIdle No More: Canada's indigenous 'Occupy' movementIdle No More, a protest movement of Canada's First Nations native peoples, has been locking up the country with protests and blockades. Who are they, and what do they want?
Ch谩vez's inauguration in Venezuela postponed. Is that legal?Venezuela has been thrown into uncertainty over who should become president tomorrow, what the Constitution dictates, and what is against the law.
A losing battle for Venezuela's opposition?The opposition sent a letter聽to the OAS arguing that the government will violate the Constitution if Ch谩vez is not sworn in on Thursday. But many Venezuelans see this as taking advantage of聽Ch谩vez's health.
Is Iran's presence in Latin America a threat? The White House says yes.When the White House signed a law countering Iran in Latin America recently, it was the most public strategy to date against Iran鈥檚 influence in the region.
Got water? Hard to know in Mexico City.Every day, 50 to 60 broken water pipes are repaired in this megacity of over 20 million residents. Sometimes that means a surprise loss of water for Mexico City residents.
Why so much secrecy around Ch谩vez's health? Venezuela's not alone.Venezuelan officials characterized Ch谩vez's health as 'severe' for the first time last night. From dictators to leaders of Western democracies, secrecy around health concerns is often the norm.
