Argentine campaigners say they have found the 106th child stolen during military rule and reunited him with his biological family.
Hurricane Ernesto drenches parts of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula as it moves over land heading towards the Gulf of Mexico.
Celebrations erupt in the Caribbean island of Grenada after Kirani James wins the men's 400m, securing the nation's first ever Olympic gold.
Archaeologists in Peru are getting ready to fly an unmanned craft that could radically speed up data gathering at historical sites
One of the leading figures of 1970s rap reggae music, has died in a traffic accident in Jamaica, aged 60.
Kenya charges the first secretary of the Venezuelan embassy in Nairobi with the murder of the acting ambassador.
Jamaica basks in independence day celebrations after Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake triumphed in the men's 100m at the Olympic Games in London.
Venezuelan fencer Ruben Limardo, who won his country's first gold medal in 44 years, is cheered by tens of thousands in the streets of Caracas.
Mexican singer Chavela Vargas, famous for her deep-voiced renditions of "ranchera" songs, dies in Cuernavaca, Mexico at the age of 93.
Honduran radio journalist Jose Chinchilla asks the US to grant him and his family asylum after they are apparently threatened and attacked.
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