A human rights commission is calling for stronger oversight of technologies used by criminal groups in Latin America. It says satellite internet, drones and online platforms are facilitating illegal mining and other environmental crimes.

Sunday's ambush and apparent abduction of members of a new international police support force underscore the relentless gang violence that has forced yet another postponement of Haiti's desperately needed elections — and the potentially deadly risks Haitian deportees face.

Indigenous leaders from the Amazon are taking their fight against illegal mining, drug trafficking, and deforestation to a United Nations conference in Vienna next week. They want stronger international action against criminal networks threatening their forests and communities.

Cuban authorities report that men captured in February after attempting to enter Cuba by force from the United States have confessed and cooperated with investigators.

Corruption is a major concern for Brazilian voters ahead of the runoff between Flávio Bolsonaro and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on October 25. Experts say the biggest impact might be on voter turnout rather than candidate choice. Both candidates are linked to corruption, which may increase abstention and anti-incumbency sentiment.

Gangs in Haiti have attacked an armored vehicle, leaving four Salvadoran soldiers unaccounted for. This marks the first major attack since an international gang suppression force began operations. The attack happened Sunday in Croix-des-Bouquets, a gang-controlled area of Port-au-Prince.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is filing state charges against Raúl Castro, he announced in Miami on Monday. Four men died in 1996 when the Cuba's military shot down two planes operated by the Brothers to the Rescue humanitarian group.

The U.S. government is proposing that all Head Start programs conduct instruction exclusively in English, and some of the strongest outcry is coming from Puerto Rico. Educators and government officials in the U.S. territory say it would be incredibly expensive to make the switch and nearly impossible to find bilingual teachers on an island where Spanish-speaking ones are already scarce.

Chile’s president is in Bolivia for the first state visit by a Chilean leader in more than seven decades.

Colombia's government has modified a set of guidelines that dictate how police should react to street protests, giving officers greater leeway to break up demonstrations in which protesters are vandalizing public property or disrupting access to essential services through actions like roadblocks.