Argentina’s former president Carlos Menem is sentenced to seven years in jail on charges of violating international embargoes and illegally smuggling weapons to Ecuador and Croatia during his tenure.

At least three people have been killed and more than 70 others injured after a train crashed near Argentina’s capital, Buenos Aires, officials said.

Brazilian police have arrested more than 25 protesters in Sao Paulo after a demonstration against public transportation fare hikes turned violent.

Peru has successfully test fired its first domestically made rocket capable of reaching the stratosphere, the head of the National Aerospace Research and Development Commission says.

The body of a candidate running for mayor of a town in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua has been found, state officials say.

A new report by a Canadian ombudsman has shed light on “brazen acts of violence” committed by some prison guards against inmates in the country’s province of Ontario.

The Canadian government has been spying on its people by monitoring their telephone records and Internet data,Press TV reports.

Venezuela's electoral council has confirmed that President Nicolas Maduro won the presidential election in April after carrying out an audit on millions of votes.

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) have asked the Colombian government to postpone the 2014 presidential election in order to ensure that the peace talks between the two sides continue.

Caracas says it has detained a number of foreign criminals who were allegedly planning to assassinate Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

A report says that Mexican government has held talks with an Israeli military official on ways to crack down on the Zapatistas in the southern state of Chiapas.

A court in Peru has sentenced “Comrade Artemio,” the leader of a remnant of the Maoist Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso) guerrilla movement, to life in prison.

Venezuela has released and expelled US filmmaker Timothy Tracy, held on suspicion of involvement in espionage activities and fomenting post-election violence in the country.

US Secretary of State John Kerry says the United States will engage in dialogue with Venezuela with the aim of restoring ambassador-level relations.

A Honduran court has issued arrest warrants for five police officers accused of killing seven gang members, prosecution’s spokesman says.

A class-action lawsuit alleging harassment of female members within the Canadian police force has begun at the Supreme Court in the British Colombia province.

Four rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) have been killed by government soldiers in recent clashes in Colombia's southern Putumayo province.

Cuba has expressed support for Venezuela saying the dispute between Caracas and Colombia could hurt the ongoing peace talks with Farc rebels.

Hundreds of Canadians have held a protest in Toronto demanding the resignation of Mayor Rob Ford as he faces a scandal over allegations of using drugs.

Colombia has praised Venezuela’s role in the peace talks between Bogota and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).

A new Canadian poll shows that only 13 percent of Canadians believe Prime Minister Stephen Harper is honest in saying that he had no knowledge of the recent scandal involving his chief of staff's 90,000-dollar bailout of Senator Mike Duffy.

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has censured his Colombian counterpart Juan Manuel Santos for ‘betrayal’ over his meeting with Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles.

More staffers are leaving the office of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford over a video which purportedly shows him smoking crack cocaine.

Conflicting reports about the incident involving two US embassy staff in Venezuela may finally lay bare a scandal as the two officials were reportedly shot after a brawl at a strip club.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has come under fire from the public after a judge ruled that the 2011 federal election was fraudulent, Press TV reports.

Two officials from the US Embassy in Venezuela have been shot in a nightclub in Caracas, but their injuries do not appear to be life-threatening.

Seven people have died in a landslide on a road in Mexico’s central state of Hidalgo, the federal police say.

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has said that the CNN in Spanish encourages Venezuelans to ‘carry out a coup d’etat’ against the government.

Mexico has established a special investigative unit to track down thousands of people who have gone missing amid a brutal drug war in the Latin American country.

Sixteen people have died and nearly 20 other have been injured in a bus accident in Mexico’s Hidalgo State.

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the government of Colombia have come to an agreement over land reform.

Venezuela’s Supreme Court has rejected one of the six lawsuits on allegations of fraud during the presidential election of April 14.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has promised to toughen the expense rules of the Senate of Canada following a scandal that led to the resignation of his chief of staff.

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) says the rebel group is close to reaching a deal on land reform with the government of Colombia.

The Canadian Federal Court has confirmed that the country’s 2011 federal election, which led to the victory of Stephen Harper's government, was fraudulent.

Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo has been flown to the United States to face charges of laundering more than $70 million in public funds through US banks.

Paraguay’s anti-drug police have seized and burned 25.6 tons (56,400 pounds) of marijuana in the eastern department of Alto Parana.

A Venezuelan police helicopter has crashed outside the capital, Caracas, killing all five people aboard the aircraft, police officials say.

Thousands of Canadians have turned to Twitter to express their anger with the shortcomings of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government and called on him to resign, Press TV reports.

Many Canadians have renewed their call for full separation from Britain on Victoria Day -- a federal public holiday in honor of British Queen Victoria's birthday, Press TV reports.