As Dominicans prepare to vote Friday for president, polls indicate strong support for incumbent Leonel Fernandez who rescued a flagging economy over the last four years.
The Colombian government sent 14 suspected paramilitary leaders to the United States on drug charges Tuesday after authorities said they violated a peace deal with the government.
Bolivia's president Monday set an August date for a recall vote aimed at giving him a new mandate and strengthening his hand against movements for autonomy in several states.
A Brazilian rancher convicted of orchestrating the 2005 killing of an American nun has been acquitted after a witness contradicted his own earlier testimony and said there had not been an order to carry out the assassination.
The police officer in charge of Mexico City's anti-kidnapping department was shot and killed Friday morning as he left his home in the capital city, authorities said.