The rural area, which is plagued by violence, is largely under the control of the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel.

   Winds of up to km h mph have brought down trees and power lines.

   A new study shines light on a hotly contested centuries old mystery.

   Video shows the San Francisco Church in Iquique, Chile engulfed in flames, with smoke rising above it.

   Public gatherings are also banned on the French Caribbean island amid unrest that injured officers.

   The country’s Supreme Court made the order after the platform also blocked certain accounts.

   A minister in Buenos Aires province sparks controversy by suggesting that it could become independent.

   Research seeking to solve the mystery of the legendary explorer’s birthplace will feature in a documentary.

   He could be the next great meet the year old international goalkeeper hoping to one day make it in the Premier League.

   Hurricanes Helene and Milton have bookended a particularly stormy period. What’s behind it

   More than , sq km of rainforest has burned in Brazil, this year alone.

   Colombia and a US firm are fighting over a shipwreck in the Caribbean Sea that could be worth bn.

   At her inauguration, the first female president of Mexico promises to focus on improving health and education.

   Adventurer describes going where nobody has been before in the Amazon rainforest.

   The solar eclipse was visible in Chile and Argentina on October.

   BBC Monitoring’s Luis Fajardo looks at how the Mexican media has been reporting on US elections.

   Eleven people were rescued by boat from the uninhabited island of Monito in Puerto Rico.

   The protesters many of them pensioners tore down police barriers and hurled stones at police in Buenos Aires.

   Officers are investigating whether organised crime gangs are involved in running the machines.