27 September 2010 Last updated at 07:03 GMT
The Venezuelan opposition overturns President Hugo Chavez's two-thirds majority in parliament in a poll seen as a test of the president's popularity.
- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos says the killing of guerrilla leader Mono Jojoy marks the "beginning of the end" for the country's Farc rebels.
- Mexican police have arrested a man believed to be one of the leaders of the powerful Sinaloa drugs cartel, the government says.
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In-depth coverage of the plight of the trapped Chile miners and
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