Latin America & Caribbean
El Salvador confirms first Zika-linked birth defect
El Salvador confirmed its first case of microcephaly in a baby that was linked to a Zika infection in the mother. Microcephaly ...Gunmen kill 11 from same family in Mexico
Gunmen marched into a remote mountain village in Mexico and killed 11 members of the same family, including two children, apparently over ...Anti-gang offensive in El Salvador cuts murder rate
El Salvador, ranked one of the most dangerous countries in the world, has nearly halved its staggeringly bloody monthly murder rate amid ...Mexico rescues kidnapped footballer Alan Pulido
Mexican authorities have rescued football star Alan Pulido following his kidnapping in his crime-plagued home state of Tamaulipas, with the player declaring ...WHO rejects call for Olympics to be moved due to Zika
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday rejected a call for the Rio Olympic Games to be moved or postponed due to ...World leaders open G7 talks with economy in focus
World leaders kicked off two days of G7 talks in Japan on Thursday, with the creaky global economy taking centre stage and ...Cuba considers legalizing small private businesses
The Cuban authorities are considering legalizing certain private businesses, a potentially transformative move for the communist island as it liberalizes its economy.Venezuela enters critical stage in political crisis
Venezuela braced Monday for more upheaval as President Nicolas Maduro prepared to unveil the scope of a new emergency decree and the ...Peru expels British woman convicted of drug trafficking
Authorities in Peru said they will expel a British woman in prison since 2013 after being convicted of trafficking cocaine.Earthlings watch as tiny Mercury sails past the sun
Tiny Mercury, the solar system\'s innermost planet, sailed across the face of the sun on Monday, a celestial dance that occurs about ...