The Tarahumara people from northern Mexico are struggling to survive a chronic food shortage after one of the most severe droughts ever to strike their remote homeland. They are no strangers to famine, but this time the drought has combined with freezing temperatures to force many away from their mountain communities to seek food handouts elsewhere. Their plight has prompted an outpouring of aid across Mexico.
South Carolina prepares to vote in the Republican nomination campaign, with front-runner Mitt Romney hoping to win over the party's heart. Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visits allies in South America. And children on the frontline of the war between the Colombian government and FARC rebels learn how to survive, and how not to get involved.
With presidential elections less than a year away, Barack Obama hopes to woo America's Latino electorate with his so-called Dream Act. The proposal would enable undocumented college-level graduates to obtain citizenship. California has already taken a step in that direction, with undocumented students there eligible for public grants from next year.
Until recently, the city of Monterrey in northern Mexico was a safe and prosperous haven from the drugs war raging around it. But that all changed with the attack on its casino in August. At least 52 people were killed when armed men set fire to the building. President Calderon called it "terrorism", and this has started a debate about whether the drugs-related violence paralysing the country can indeed be termed "terror".
An unsolved double murder in Brazil adds to a recent spike in crimes believed to be linked to disputes over the Amazon's vanishing forest. Pictures of Hugo Chavez are released by Venezuela and Cuba - an attempt to end feverish speculation about his health. Finally, a new Brazilian soap explores the dark past of the country’s military dictatorship.
President Barack Obama arrived in Chile Monday, where he called for deeper trade and political ties between the US and Latin America, outlining a “two-way street” policy. He also acknowledged that past relations had not always been smooth.
No serious damage was reported across the Pacific as the tsunami that devastated Japan Friday hit the coasts of Central and South America, which had been placed on high alert.
At least 37 people were killed and more than 100 people are missing after record rainfall in Colombia caused a landslide near the northwest city of Medellin.
His latest work is chaotic, explosive and dangerous. It's in the form of a video that's being shown at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie here in Paris. Eve Jackson speaks to the artist Miguel Angel Rios about his latest piece of work 'Mecha'.
Two of Latin America's leading airlines, Chile's LAN and TAM of Brazil, have announced plans for a merger that would create the continent's largest carrier, to be known as LATAM airlines.
