Rafael Correa has been the president of Ecuador since 2007, and his third and final term officially ends in 2017. He is now looking to change the laws of the country's democracy, however, to allow him to run for presidential re-election indefinitely.
Last week, the Mexican government announced that it will open its oil resources to domestic and foreign private investors. Now, various U.S. petroleum companies are eyeing a piece of the pie.
Agata Oleksiak, a Polish artist, is being accused of harming marine life in Cancun, Mexico by putting her famous crocheted covers on a museum's underwater sculptures.
The country's constitutional court will decide in the coming weeks if the ban is overturned, until then seven bullfighters continue their hunger strike.
In the largest robbery in Chile's history, a gang of thieves managed to steal around $10 million from Santiago's airport in under three minutes. The highly organized crime has brought to light the security inadequacies in Chile's airports.
The trial of opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez continues in the Venezuelan capital, despite the fact that the presiding judge has thrown out most of Lopez's defense evidence.
