Americas
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After Pearl Harbor, US state department strong-armed allies into expropriating, confining and often deporting German emigrants living in Central and Latin America
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High Commission for Human Rights says parents and protesters have been put at risk by a social media campaign to ‘vilify and insult’ their sons
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Letters: Not only is the US blockade of Cuba cruel and vindictive, it is also counter-productive
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This week delegates and activists began arriving in the Peruvian capital for the COP20 UN climate talks, where nations will negotiate a draft text on a climate deal to be agreed in Paris next year
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As Iguala incident and growing inequality fuel national security crisis, human rights minister describes student disappearances as ‘wake-up call’ to country
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Climate talks in Lima can save the Amazon rainforest by recognising rights of its best protectors, writes Dan Collyns
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Club Deportivo Palestino has become a focal point for tensions between Santiago’s sizeable Arab and Jewish communities
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Activists say their presence at the meeting in Peru would be embarrassing to President Rafael Correa, who wants to drill for oil in the Amazon
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Maria Corina Machado told she will face criminal charges for her alleged involvement in a supposed plot to kill Nicolas Maduro
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President Juan Manuel Santos suspended negotiations after Farc guerrillas captured an army general last month before releasing him on Sunday
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Seumas Milne: From Ebola to earthquakes, Havana’s doctors have saved millions. Obama must lift this embargo
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Luis Hernández Navarro: This new stage of civic insurgency cannot be ignored. People want an honest explanation and change from the top down
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Martin Lukacs: Canada’s oil corporations have made a profitable mess of the country: it’s time to put them under public, democratic control
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Massacres are not unusual in Mexico. But protests have spread across the country since 43 student teachers disappeared
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Opec, the oil cartel, believed it could help production. Instead, it ended up hurting itself as well as the Russian rouble, energy stocks, infrastructure development and more
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Thaw in US-Cuban relations hangs on fate of 65-year-old arrested in 2009 and jailed for importing banned technology
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General Rubén Darío Alzate, whose kidnapping triggered most serious crisis in peace talks, has resigned one day after his release by rebels
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Eradication effort to protect the island’s wildlife from millions of invasive rats, which will feed on the brains of live seabird chicks, starts in 2015
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Kathryn Borel: The now-disgraced CBC radio star fondled and abused me for years. He got away with it because management decided to protect their celebrity
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Masked demonstrators smash shopfronts and set fire to buildings in Mexico City as a protest over the missing students turns violent
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Side effects of illegal mining in the Amazon caused a resurgence of malaria. Creating job opportunities could be a solution, writes Camila Nobrega
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Only four of the remanded men – who sawed through steel window bars – have been recaptured, say police
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Embattled Enrique Peña Nieto facing growing pressure over violence and corruption, with more protests taking place across Mexico
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Freed officer Ruben Alzate apologises for breaching military protocol when he travelled under civilian guise into conflict zone
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Leftwing Tabaré Vázquez won clear victory in Sunday’s presidential poll, and will stand by legislation to introduce world’s first state-run marijuana marketplace
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Picturing Place: In the first of a series looking at how imagery shapes our cities, we look at the origin of Brasilia and how it started life as a simple drawing
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Victory for Tabare Vazquez means liberal policies established by predecessor Jose Mujica likely to continue
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COP20 is a forum for regional green policies not just global climate targets
Julian Hunt in London and Joy Pereira in Kuala LumpurWith Latin America already hit by climate change, talks in Lima are the perfect chance to discuss local green programmes, write Julian Hunt and Joy Pereira -
Australian racing driver appears unhurt after heavy collision in later stages of six-hour endurance race in São Paulo
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Gill Rosenberg reported to be among female fighters taken prisoner after former Israeli military pilot went to fight alongside Kurds
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Colombia’s largest rebel group frees General Ruben Alzate, whose capture led to the suspension of peace talks in Havana
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Rio lights worlds biggest floating Christmas tree - video
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Colombian president announces release of Rubén Alzate, whose capture caused cessation of peace talks in Havana
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Hopes rise for global warming deal after US-China carbon commitments inject much-needed momentum into Peru talks
Brazil should take lead on climate, not just broker talks