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Colombia caught spying...on itself?President Santos this week ordered a thorough investigation into allegations that factions within the Army might be spying on the government's own negotiators at FARC peace talks in Havana.
Long overlooked, the Dominican Republic's colonial capital gets a face liftThe Dominican Republic is the most visited country in the Caribbean, but just 10 percent of tourists step off the beaches to visit Santo Domingo. The government's trying to change that.
Costa Rica's surprise presidential election outcomeSol铆s, who proposed cracking down on corruption and improving infrastructure, came from behind to win 31 percent of votes in Costa Rica's election over the weekend. He's now a frontrunner in the April runoff.
Why El Salvador's first-round electoral powerhouse is no sure thing in runoffEl Salvador's left-wing candidate won 49 percent of the vote, just short of the majority needed to secure victory in this weekend's election. The next round isn't expected to be an easy win.
El Salvador election: Is 'democratic revolution' fading?As Salvadorans go to the polls to elect their next president, the leading FMLN remains torn between its guerrilla heritage and the need to play politics and win votes.
Decriminalizing marijuana: Could Mexico City be next to light up?Mexico City is considering the decriminalization of possession of marijuana, and other jurisdictions may follow suit in a nation wracked by drug-related violence.
Is staid Costa Rica headed for an unpredictable vote?A leftist candidate is making strides in investment-friendly, centrist Costa Rica in the lead up to this weekend's presidential election.
Nicaragua's Ortega: President for life?Nicaragua's National Assembly approved a new Constitution this week, clearing the way for President Daniel Ortega's indefinite reelection.
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.