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At least 43 children among those confirmed dead, as survivors in Mocoa are still being pulled from mud and wreckage left in wake of overwhelming floods
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Letters: Such confrontations can be resolved by patient and skilled diplomacy, but much will depend on whether the pressure to compromise is felt most strongly in Madrid or in London
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Letters: St Lucia has had an excellent record on wildlife conservation, and visitors should emphasise this to the island’s tourist office
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Assange alludes to allegations that Guillermo Lasso, who said he would evict activist from Ecuador’s London embassy, stashed millions abroad
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President Nicolas Maduro asks supreme court to review ruling nullifying lawmaking body following protests
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Luisa Ortega Díaz and governments across Latin America have denounced the power grab as security forces violently repressed small protests in Caracas
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Victory for opposition candidate Guillermo Lasso could mean the end of WikiLeaks founder’s asylum in London embassy
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The $2.6bn project in St Lucia has promised sorely needed jobs, but critics say it threatens the natural environment and local culture
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The uncomfortable looking seat, labelled ‘for men only’, was installed on one of the busiest trains on the Mexico City Metro in an effort to highlight sexual harassment on public transport.
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President Nicolás Maduro ‘is now the national assembly’, says assembly’s leader after court rules it can assume congressional duties
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The Mexican drug lord is being held in a New York prison cell 23 hours a day with the lights on at all times, according to letter from the human rights group
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Edgar Veytia, the top law enforcement officer in the state of Nayarit, faces a three-count US indictment over trafficking conspiracy allegations
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Campaigners celebrate victory for ‘water over gold’ after country unaninmously ushers through historic bill to end all forms of metal mining
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Canada’s current ‘green rush’ makes Amsterdam’s coffeeshops look restrained – but Justin Trudeau hopes to tame it by making recreational cannabis legal
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Proposal deadline is first step in a process that combines three of the president’s most successful ventures: pageants, reality TV competitions and xenophobia
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Diego Cruz, 21, one of four privileged youths dubbed ‘Los Porkys’ who abducted and vaginally penetrated the teenager, did so without ‘carnal intent’ a judge ruled
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Feike de Jong walked the entire perimeter of one of the biggest cities in the world, to capture the strange scenery of the fringes of Mexico’s capital
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Liberal lawmakers plan to reveal legislation in April to decriminalise and regulate recreational marijuana, one of Justin Trudeau’s campaign promises
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Police hunt for thieves with ladder who escaped with record-breaking Canadian exhibit from bullet-proof case
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Despite Mauricio Macri’s pledge of ‘zero poverty’, a third of the country lives below the line – spurring action from people who grew up in the towns themselves
Arron Banks: ‘Brexit was a war. We won. There’s no turning back now’