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Rattled by Ottawa shooting, Canada to broaden powers of spy agencyA new bill would give Canada's national intelligence agency new powers to conduct covert operations and surveillance of foreign nationals anywhere in the world. Last week's fatal shooting on Parliament Hill stalled the bill's introduction.
As Day of the Dead looms, families of missing Mexican students hold out hopeFour new suspects in the case of 43 missing college students pointed Mexican authorities toward a mass grave this week. A month after the students' disappearance, families still have no answers.
In Mexico's Guerrero state, ties to drug trafficking - and Colombian guerrillas?The newly installed governor of beleaguered Guerrero state has been in office just one day, and already he's under fire. A prominent citizens group accuses him of having links to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
Brazil election: Why antigovernment protesters are now voting RousseffMany far-left Brazilians, active in the protests that rocked this South American nation over the past year and a half, have taken a 180-degree political turn. But that doesn't mean smooth sailing for President Dilma Rousseff.
Uruguay election: How will next president stack up against President Mujica?Mujica has been a trailblazer, winning global praise for his social policies and marijuana legalization while choosing to live in a remote farmhouse instead of a presidential mansion. On Sunday, Uruguay votes for its next leader.
Mexico's missing students expose nexus of crime and politicsPatience is wearing thin among activists seeking the return of 43 Mexican students that went missing last month. Some accuse the government of trying to buy time, and fear a return of guerrilla violence in Guerrero.
After Ottawa shooting, Canadian media weigh liberty and securitySo far 'restraint' is the main byword across the nation after Michael Zehaf-Bibeau shot dead a soldier on Parliament Hill on Wednesday. He is one of two violent aggressors in Canada in recent days.
Ottawa parliament shooting: What are Canada's gun laws?A soldier was shot near Canada's parliament building in Ottawa on Wednesday in an ongoing incident possibly involving multiple shooters. Canada has far tighter restrictions than the US on owning a firearm.
Mexico's human rights chief accused of ignoring powerful abusersThose who monitor Mexico's human rights commission say it often focuses on social ills – like school bullying or racial discrimination – rather than high-profile cases of elected officials abusing power or abuses that put the military in a bad light.
Why Bolivia could be the new hub for regional drug traffickingBolivia borders Brazil, the second biggest consumer of illegal drugs in the world; Peru, the world's top producer of cocaine; and Paraguay, South America's primary producer of marijuana.
Ebola fears spur rumors and travel bans in Latin America, CaribbeanHealth ministers from several Latin American countries are meeting in Cuba today to discuss how to confront Ebola. A growing number of countries in the region are banning travelers from Ebola-stricken nations in West Africa.
To fight scammers dangling US jobs, a 'Yelp' for Mexican migrant workersAfter thousands of Mexicans were robbed of savings via illegal 'recruiting fees' for low-skilled jobs in the US, a nonprofit created a review website and app to keep potential migrant workers informed.
Cuba to the rescue: Ebola-stricken countries welcome Castro's doctorsThe US is the biggest financial donor to Ebola-infected countries in West Africa. But the largest number of healthcare workers deployed in the field hail from an island nation with a cash-strapped communist government.
Can new leader jumpstart Venezuela's struggling opposition?Jesús Torrealba heads a coalition of political parties opposed to the socialist government of Nicolás Maduro. His challenge is to reunite the fractured group and appeal to the country's poor who make up the bulk of votes.
At college of missing Mexican students, history of revolutionary zealThe Raul Isidro Burgos Normal Rural School is one of 16 teacher-training schools that came out of Mexico's revolution nearly a century ago. In more recent years the schools have become bastions of leftist politics.
In 'untamed Mexico' a mass grave and a challenge for a presidentMexican President Enrique Peña Nieto has sought to keep Mexico's crime problem on the fringes of his agenda. But the disappearance of 47 students in Guerrero could change that.
The fight to keep 'macho men' off election ballots in BoliviaTwo political scandals swept headlines in Bolivia recently, giving rise to protests and a campaign to publicize past misogynistic comments or policies by political candidates. Violence against women affects more than 50 percent of Bolivian females.
Can Haiti keep alive memories of 'Baby Doc's' brutal dictatorship?Victims and survivors of dictator Jean-Claude 'Baby Doc' Duvalier say they fear the truth behind his violent reign are being forgotten in Haiti, where half the population wasn't even born by the time he was forced into exile.
Pope Francis works to reconcile divisions among Catholics in Latin AmericaThe changes - like mending fences with proponents of liberation theology – have won Pope Francis grassroots support, even as they have rattled bishops, most of whom were installed during the tenures of his more conservative predecessors.
Mexico's president vows justice for missing students – but will he deliver?Forty-three students disappeared late last month after a confrontation with police. Many fear that Mexico's grim record of impunity will thwart an investigation into their fate.
