5/22/2013 Mexico cartel dominates, torches western state Entrenched Mexico drug mafia, vigilantes battle for control of agricultural Michoacan state read full article...

5/22/2013 Little done in Brazil to improve safety after fire Little done in Brazil to improve safety at gathering spots 100 days after nightclub fire read full article...

5/22/2013 Puerto Rico legislator targets parents of dropouts Puerto Rico legislator seeks to reduce dropout rates through increased fines, jail time read full article...

5/22/2013 Puerto Rico's Culebra awaits new hospital, school Puerto Rico promises Culebra island more independence with hospital, school, recycling center read full article...

5/22/2013 Argentine dictator Videla's burial protested In Argentine dictator Videla's birthplace, townspeople gather to protest his burial read full article...

5/22/2013 New Paraguay leaders promise more free milk Paraguay's incoming leaders to expand milk handouts to fight child malnutrition and poverty read full article...

5/22/2013 Colombia: 10 soldiers killed by in rebel attack Colombia says 10 soldiers killed in attack by rebels who hold Canadian mining executive read full article...

5/22/2013 4-nation Pacific Alliance trade bloc forges ahead Leaders of Latin America's 4-nation Pacific Alliance trade bloc meet to discuss final form read full article...

5/22/2013 Argentine Indians ask president for their lands Argentina's Qom Indians ask President Fernandez for help getting ancestral lands returned read full article...

5/22/2013 Costa Rican volcano spews ash, smoke Costa Rican volcano spews ash, smoke; sets off alert, prompting small-scale evacuation read full article...