More than 100 dead in El Salvador flooding Nov 9, 2009, 5:54 GMT    Mexico City/San Salvador, El Salvador - More than 100 people were killed as heavy rains set off mudslides and sent rivers over their banks in El Salvador, rescue workers said Sunday. ....more

US enacts sanctions in connection to Cali cartel Nov 10, 2009, 20:22 GMT Washington - The US government enacted sanctions Tuesday targeting 14 people and 25 companies in Colombia, Spain and the Netherlands believed to have assisted the financial network of the imprisoned leaders of the Cali cartel. ....more

Nine soldiers, 30 rebels killed in Colombia clashes Nov 10, 2009, 16:28 GMT Bogota - Nine soldiers and at least 30 rebels were killed in clashes in the southwestern Colombian province of Cauca, the Colombian Army said Tuesday. ....more

Canadian teenager survives on ice floe with polar bears Nov 10, 2009, 8:25 GMT    Toronto - A Canadian teenager was rescued Monday after being trapped on an ice floe in the Arctic Sea with a polar bear and her two cubs. ....more

Brazil study links high police kill rate in Rio to bonuses Nov 9, 2009, 19:02 GMT    Rio de Janeiro - An independent study in Brazil suggests that the soaring number of police killings of suspected criminals in Rio's war on drugs is linked to bonuses now paid to 'courageous' police officers, according to a newspaper report Monday. ....more

More than 100 dead in El Salvador flooding Nov 9, 2009, 5:54 GMT    Mexico City/San Salvador, El Salvador - More than 100 people were killed as heavy rains set off mudslides and sent rivers over their banks in El Salvador, rescue workers said Sunday. ....more

More than 100 dead in El Salvador flooding (Roundup) Nov 9, 2009, 2:36 GMT Mexico City/San Salvador - More than 100 people were killed as heavy rains set off mudslides and sent rivers over their banks in El Salvador, rescue workers said Sunday. ....more

Gone with the rain: 130 dead in El Salvador (Feature) Nov 9, 2009, 19:26 GMT    San Salvador - The sky above Salvadoran capital El Salvador appeared clear Tuesday: a radiant sun shone to dry the remnants of a weekend of weather chaos that changed whole landscapes. ....more

In Pictures: 'El Salvador Floods' Nov 9, 2009, 6:31 GMT We have added a new set of pictures from the event "El Salvador Floods". ....more

In Pictures: 'Mexico Floods' Nov 7, 2009, 17:52 GMT We have added a new set of pictures from the event "Mexico Floods". ....more

CIA infiltrates even the Castro family Oct 27, 2009, 14:15 GMT    Miami/Washington - For decades, the Cuba of Fidel and Raul Castro has accused the CIA of doing all it could to destabilize the the communist island. ....more