Americas
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This debut novel set among those who work Jamaican resorts reveals how much suffering and sacrifice is behind the beautifully kept rooms and beaches
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Change in methodology by national statistics institute provokes scepticism after it shows Mexico’s poor are richer by a third compared with last year
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Peña Nieto makes unusually frank apology over the scandal surrounding his wife’s 2014 purchase of a $7m luxury home from a government contractor
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Republican convention delegates in Cleveland interviewed by the Guardian on Monday mostly backed the plan as a means of stopping illegal immigrants
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Thirty-year-old Swedish skier was skiing in a film shoot in Andes mountains near Santiago after a major snowstorm when the avalanche occurred
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Business and the sustainable development goals Quinoa isn't a threat to food security. It's improving Peruvian farmers' lives
Alexander KasterineWorldwide appetite for this super grain was once thought to be undermining food security in the Andes, but a new report suggests the opposite is true -
Similar border opening last week led to dramatic scenes of the elderly and mothers storming Colombian supermarkets
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With three weeks to go until the opening ceremony, Rio de Janeiro is desperate for an uplift – and fearful of what will happen when the athletes leave
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Amer Saka of the Chaldean Catholic church allegedly collected money to support refugees arriving from the war-torn nation
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Novels from Colombia and Mexico explore how our lives are shaped by history
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Sebastian de-Ramon performs at a presidential rally in the Chilean capital days before Patricio Aylwin was elected
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The Argentine-Brazilian film-maker, who broke out in the 1980s with controversial drama Pixote, has died of a heart attack
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Researchers have created a model of the virus, currently circulating in more than 35 countries in the Americas, to explore how the epidemic will play out
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At least half a million American citizens have enrolled in Mexican schools since 2010 amid a wave of deportations and voluntary repatriations
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The 17-year-old Canadian swimmer was a great hope for gold in 1968 – but she could only manage silver, and found the pain of defeat almost too much to bear
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The former New Zealand prime minister – one of 10 confirmed candidates to take part in a debate at UN general assembly in New York – said it was critical the best person is chosen for the role, regardless of region
The Guardian view on Colombia: peace beckons