AP - Cuban President Raul Castro flew to Caracas on Friday to attend a meeting with other allies of Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, who was at the airport for the arrival.

AP - John and Wanda Casias knew the risks of being missionaries in one of Mexico's most violent, cartel-dominated regions, their children say, but they refused to curtail their work and instead put their ministry ahead of their safety.

AP - President Hugo Chavez is strongly condemning an armed pro-government group for allegedly allowing children to pose with assault rifles. He says it could hurt his image ahead of Venezuela's presidential election.

AP - The Mexican government is sending thousands of additional troops to the violence-stricken western state of Michoacan, a military official said Thursday.

AP - Members of an Indian tribe in Panama are blocking roads in two provinces on the border with Costa Rica in a dispute over mineral exploitation on their lands.

AP - Every day, Richard Hill has to pass the bullet-scarred courtyard outside his home where he saw his 47-year-old brother gunned down at point-blank range by a police officer.

Cuba's President Raul Castro, right, speaks to an official as Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, second right, gestures next to him at the international airport in La Guaira, Venezuela, Friday, Feb.

Their faces concealed by scarves, a group of about 60 leftist activists armed with wooden batons, gathered outside of British banks in Buenos Aires with one very clear demand ---- return the Falkland Islands to Argentina.

Few hummingbirds are as fancy as showy coquettes. Colorful, crested, frilled, tufted, and oh so festive, they are jewels of Central and South America.

Like most Brazilians, Evandro dos Santos' devotion to soccer borders on the religious.

Meryl Streep may have been nominated for an Oscar for her portrayal of former prime minister Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady, but Argentine critics have panned the film during its premiere in Buenos Aires.

Prince William, the second in line to the British throne, has arrived in the Falklands for a stint as a military pilot that's drawn condemnation from Argentina as the 30th anniversary approaches of the war between the countries over the South Atlantic archipelago.

At least six people were killed and more than 20 wounded Thursday in an attack with homemade mortars on the police station in this western town, the regional police chief said.

LIMA, Peru -- A piece of advice for Chilean visitors to Peru: It's best not to pitch your tent next to a military base, especially if you're carrying a camera.

BOGOTA, Colombia - Colombian officials now say a lunch-hour bomb at a police station killed nine people in the Pacific port city of Tumaco.

Okay everyone, ready for some serious South America travel news? So LAN -which is really a group of airlines including LAN Chile, LAN Ecuador, LAN Argentina, LAN Express and LAN Colombia-made all kinds of changes, for the better, to their routes and in-flight service today, February 1. First off, LAN Colombia is now flying direct from Miami to ... (more)

The wrestling ring is a place where stereotypes are turned on their head and left locked in a half-nelson. Carmen Rosa, with pigtails and gold front teeth, is the undisputed champion.

As Bogota's new mayor, he wants to get firearms off the streets of this city where the conspicuous display of guns has long been the norm.

Six Chileans face as many as five years in jail after they allegedly stole ice from a glacier in the south of the country and tried to truck it to Santiago as an "exclusive" product, a prosecutor said.

Prince William is flying off to the Falkland Islands today leaving Kate Middleton earlier than expected.

In this July 1, 2010 file photo, a worker rolls up barricade tape that marks a manhole in the Copacabana district of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.