Brazil: Dilma will be replaced by the corrupt, the inexperienced and...
The senate votes to proceed with Impeachment and suspend Dilma. Some of Temer's cabinet choices have provoked indignation, even horror.
Argentina: The Welsh in Patagonia & Trelew
Historian Alun Burge examines the role of the extraordinary Welsh community and its support for the Trelew prisoners -- and calls for more research.
Brazil – serious setback on children’s rights looms
The Brazilian Congress, now dominated by the right, may soon vote to lower the age of criminal responsibility from 18 to 16.
UN Grills Mexico Over Handling of 43 Missing Students
In Geneva a UN Committee asks an official Mexican delegation tough questions about the disappearance of the 43 students
Nicaragua: trouble along the route of the Canal
Dutch journalist Teake Zuidema gave a lift to some Nicaraguan police on their way to control demonstrations by farmers afraid of compulsory purchase and forced relocation.
Guatemala: Judicial system in desperate need of reform
Suspension of the retrial of Guatemalan dictator Rios Montt has dashed hopes of justice and underlined the need for a radical shake-up of the judiciary.
Mexico: the politics of Memory
The disappearance of 43 student teachers at Ayotzinapa has brought the issue of 'memoria' to the fore. Relatives do not want monuments. "You took them away alive, we want them back alive", they say.
Robert White: A US ambassador who fought against CIA policy in...
US Ambassador to Paraguay and El Salvador, Robert White, who has died aged 88, was sacked by the Reagan administration.
Mexico: Ayotzinapa parents interviewed
Hilda and Mrio González are convinced their son Cesar Manuel is still alive. "The official version is a lie," they say.
International support for disappeared Mexican students
A petition, draft letter to British MPs and an early-day motion in the UK Parliament