Jo Tuckman
Trump's visit has Mexicans confused, amused, and very pissed
Trump’s comments about Mexico and Mexicans have generated near universal distaste for the Republican Party candidate south of the border, as well as fear of what could happen if he is elected in November.
Dilma Rousseff: Impeachment trial has 'bitter taste' of torture
Brazil’s suspended president mounted a defiant and emotional defense of her presidency on Monday during the senate impeachment trial that is due to decide whether to oust her for good.
Striking Bolivian miners beat a deputy minister to death
Miners used to be allied with president Evo Morales, but now they're protesting violently — so violently that they killed an envoy sent to negotiate.
Mexico's president may have plagiarized his thesis
President Enrique Peña Nieto filled about 30 percent of his undergraduate law thesis with paragraphs lifted from books, according to a new report. A presidential spokesman dismisses them as "errors of style" from a long time ago.
Mexico cannot work with 'crazy guy' Trump, says former Mexican president Fox
Fox also said Trump is reminiscent of charismatic left-wing Latin American leaders he has clashed with in the past, like Hugo Chávez and Fidel Castro.
Mexican police executed 22 people, report says
The national human rights commissions says the abuses took place during a May 2015 raid on a ranch occupied by cartel members that killed a total of 43 people, only one of whom was a police officer.
Rio's authorities doubt US gold medalists were robbed
Ryan Lochte's account of being robbed at gunpoint with three teammates embarrassed the Brazilian authorities. Now investigators are due to question all the swimmers involved, except for Lochte, who has already left the country.
Gay sex is no longer illegal in Belize
The tiny Central American nation's supreme court ruled that the part of the criminal code that outlaws gay sex is unconstitutional.
Rio's Olympics can't keep throwing protesters out of venues, court rules
The ruling comes amid high political tension in Brazil as the effort to permanently remove suspended president Dilma Rousseff from power approaches its culmination.
Fugitive Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero pleads for a 'second chance'
The legendary Mexican drug lord denied killing DEA agent "Kiki" Camarena, repeatedly apologized to the US government, and refuted reports that he is currently heading an assault on territory controlled by the Sinaloa cartel.
Mexico's president just apologized for his embarrassing 'White House' scandal
Enrique Peña Nieto said he was asking for forgiveness with “complete humility” for the “damage I caused” through a property deal in which a government contractor built a mansion for the presidential family.
El Chapo Wants a Say in Netflix's Series About His Life — or He's Suing
According to one of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán’s lawyers, the drug lord has the right to block both the unauthorized commercial exploitation of his image, and the airing of content that could prejudice his defence against multiple criminal charges.