February 23, 2016 Advocacy group condemns killing of Mexican journalist The Committee to Protect Journalists has condemned the latest killing of a Mexican journalist.
February 22, 2016 Mexico moves up fuel imports seeking to spur investment Mexican officials have moved up the date for opening the country's market to imported fuels in an attempt to spur investment at a time when low oil prices have forced the government to cut spending.
February 22, 2016 International anti-corruption panel begins work in Honduras An international mission aimed at tackling widespread corruption has been installed in Honduras.
February 22, 2016 Colombia hastens search for 28,000 bodies in unmarked graves Colombia is intensifying efforts to identify some 28,000 victims of the country's long-running conflict whose bodies were dumped in unmarked graves.
February 22, 2016 Panama to airlift 500 Cuban migrants stranded on way to US Panama is planning to fly to Mexico this week some 500 Cuban migrants stranded on their way to the United States.
February 22, 2016 High supplies seen capping oil price until early 2017 Experts at the International Energy Agency have dramatically pushed back their view on when oil prices will rebound from current 13-year lows, saying the supply glut will hold prices down until early next year.
February 22, 2016 Assange lawyers request overturn of arrest warrant A Swedish court says Julian Assange's lawyers have requested an overturn of his arrest warrant, in light of a UN panel finding that the WikiLeaks founder should be freed.
February 22, 2016 CDC, Brazil start big study to test Zika link to birth defects U.S. and Brazilian researchers are heading to João Pessoa in the state of Paraíba on Monday to recruit mothers and babies in one of the biggest government-led studies to understand whether the Zika virus is linked to microcephaly, a rare birth defect.
February 22, 2016 Spanish gold medalist believes she contracted Zika in Rio SAO PAULO (AP) -- Spanish Olympic gold medalist Marina Alabau says she got Zika while training in Brazil in December, suffering painful symptoms in an experience that the wind surfer said won't stop her from competing in the Games in August.
