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Why is Mexico's Knights Templar reaching out to rival cartels?Authorities in Mexico found evidence of a budding alliance between the Knights Templar and Beltran Leyva drug cartels. Some say it's a sign that vigilante groups in Michoac谩n are 'working.'
Knights Templar cartel beware? Mexico strikes deal with vigilantes.Mexico and self-defense groups reached an agreement this week allowing vigilantes to participate in local police departments or form temporary military units. Is it setting a dangerous precedent?
As Argentina's currency plunges, echoes of past financial crisesThe government today announced new rules that make it easier to buy dollars after the central bank let the peso plunge. So far, Argentines are taking it calmly.
Brazil Kiss nightclub fire: One year on, has anything changedThe devastating fire at the Kiss nightclub in Santa Maria, Brazil, started when a band lit a flare. But pushing through new safety laws has been difficult, despite the common safety failings the fire exposed.聽- Should Honduras be eliminating its police reform commission?The commission was created in 2012 in order to design, plan, and certify community police, public prosecutor, and judicial reforms. President-elect Hernandez is in favor of a militarized police force.
Mexican's execution in Texas reignites dispute over global treatyEdgar Tamayo was convicted of killing a Houston cop in 1994. He sought a reprieve from execution by arguing that he didn't get rapid access to consular officials as stipulated by international law.
Nicaragua forges ahead on canal plan, but skepticism aboundsNicaraguans have a long list of concerns 鈥撀爁rom hurricanes to displaced communities 鈥撀爋ver a Chinese-funded canal that would take a decade to build and cost $60 billion.
World Cup prep or welfare help? S茫o Paulo razes centrally located shantytown.Some 400 displaced squatters from an informal settlement razed in downtown S茫o Paulo this month will be funneled into motel rooms and state-run treatment programs.
A young Mexican governor takes heat over nationwide publicity campaignGov. Velasco of Chiapas state, one of Mexico's poorest, has been accused of using state funds to boost his profile and target President Pe帽a Nieto's office for 2018.
Mexican vigilantes complicate the president's positive messageThe expansion of self-defense groups in Mexico has presented problems for President Pe帽a Nieto, who is trying to turn the page on cartel killings and turf wars associated with his predecessor.
Brazil shopping malls: New epicenter for social protest?In recent months, Facebook-organized teen gatherings at malls in S茫o Paulo have caused protest that's fractured Brazilians along class lines.
Mexican vigilantes take on Knights Templar as government takes on vigilantesThe spread of vigilante groups in Mexico's Michoac谩n State, a response to the rise of a powerful drug cartel, has placed the government in a law and order Catch-22.
El Salvador's first presidential debate brims with pledges - but can candidates deliver?El Salvador's presidential election takes place next month, and topics of gang violence, the economy, and healthcare are top of mind.- Think you know Colombia? Take our quiz.
From civil war to cumbias and coffee, how well do you know Colombia?
Deja vu in Nicaragua? President Ortega and first lady wield 'dynastic' powerPresident Ortega and first lady Rosario Murillo have forged a level of control that political observers say holds echoes of the sort of family dynasty the Sandinista Front once took up arms to topple.
The art of Fidel Castro's public night outFormer President Castro was seen publicly in Cuba for the first time in nine months.
Miss Venezuela murder enrages nation. But what will be done?A high-profile murder saw President Maduro convene a national political meeting and promise to meet a soaring murder rate with an 'iron fist.'
Can Haiti and the Dominican Republic repair relations after citizenship ruling?A September court ruling strips Dominican citizenship from children of undocumented immigrants - mostly Haitian - even if they were born in the DR.
Murder of former Miss Venezuela spotlights country's rampant crimeThe murder of former Miss Venezuela Monica Spear and a companion in a roadside robbery was only unusual for the famous name in a country that suffers one of the world's highest murder rates.
Label it: Chile battles obesityPackaged foods and soft drinks sold in Chile that are high in saturated fat, sugar, or salt will carry prominent labels on the front of the package. But not everyone is happy with the rules.
