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Suspected cartel shootout kills 19 in northern Mexico

Responding authorities seized 18 long firearms, one short, two vehicles and two grenades at the site of the clash.

Panama to restrict movement by gender during virus quarantine

From Wednesday, men and women will only be able to leave their homes for two hours at a time, and on different days. Until now, quarantine regulations were not based on gender.

Volkswagen to close factories in Mexico to protect public health

The closures will take effect on March 30 and extend through April 12, according to a statement.

Guatemala find reveals early Mayan writing

Experts are trying to decipher the hieroglyphs on a stone discovered in September 2018 140 kilometres south of Guatemala City.

"Don't forget their names" Women in Mexico sing anthem protesting femicides

The 36-year-old from Coahuila state has written a song that is shaping into an anthem for Mexico's growing outcry over the killings of women, channelling anger along with hope for justice.

Nicaraguan poet and priest who criticised president dies at 95

Ernesto Cardenal, the renowned poet and Roman Catholic cleric who became a symbol of revolutionary verse in Nicaragua and around Latin America, and whose suspension from the priesthood by St. John Paul II lasted over three decades, died.

Attack at truck stop in Mexico kills 9: officials

A group of heavily armed men burst into a hostel restaurant frequented by truck drivers and opened fire in Guanajuato state.

Another country designates Hezbollah as a terrorist group

Heavily armed Hezbollah, a militant Shia group, has also been designated a terrorist organisation by the US government.

Children go missing as Central American migrants clash with Mexican forces

The clashes between hundreds of US-bound Central Americans and the Mexican National Guard underscores the challenge President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador faces to contain migration at the bidding of his US counterpart Donald Trump.

Mexican troops block US-bound caravan travellers

Standing on the wall above the Rodolfo Robles International Bridge that connects Mexico with its southern neighbour, National Guard General Vincente Hernandez told migrants they would be allowed to cross the border in a "controlled" manner.

Guatemala cuts diplomatic ties with Venezuela

Guatemala's new President Alejandro Giammattei says his country was breaking off relations with Venezuelan government of President Nicolas Maduro and would close its embassy in Caracas.

Honduran migrant caravan rumbles on through Guatemala

Authorities in Guatemala say 1,350 Hondurans have submitted documentation to pass through the country, in bid to join hundreds of others heading for US.