The former president of Costa Rica, Oscar Arias, says his US visa has been revoked. Arias, a Nobel laureate, said he was informed of the decision weeks after he had publicly criticised Donald Trump, comparing the behaviour of the...

The US State Department has revoked visas held by members of a Mexican band for "glorifying a drug kingpin".Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau said the band, Los Alegres del Barranco, had projected an image of El Mencho onto...

Gang members stormed the town of Mirebalais in central Haiti on Monday and released about 500 inmates from prison.A spokesman for Haiti's national police said extra officers had been deployed to the town, which is located 50km (30 miles)...

Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro will stand trial for allegedly attempting to stage a coup against current president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, after a ruling from the country's top court.The Supreme Court's five-member panel voted unanimously in favour...