BBC News – Latin America
June 27, 2011 by Gordon Patterson
Filed under Latin America News
- Texas migrant deaths: Truck driver 'unaware air conditioner had stopped working'
A police informant says he was told that the driver was "unaware" the air conditioning had failed. - Texas migrant deaths: 'I still have to bring my children home'
Grieving Honduran mother in despair over migrant relatives lost in Texas lorry tragedy. - Brazil: Rio's residents garden their way out of hunger
Brazilian communities are combatting soaring food prices and a hunger crisis with urban gardens. - Watch: The moment a landslide descends on town in Peru
No deaths or serious injures are reported, but authorities are searching for people who may be missing. - Ecuador protests: Indigenous leaders agree to call off strikes
Indigenous groups led two weeks of protests against fuel costs, paralysing the country's economy.