David Rochkind for The New York Times

Maurice Guillome replanted rice after flooding.

Already Desperate, Haitian Farmers Are Left Hopeless After Storm

By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD

Haiti is slipping deeper into crisis, officials say, after the huge blow from Hurricane Sandy to the tiny nation still struggling to recover from the devastating earthquake of 2010.

2nd Tunisian Man Held in Embassy Attack Dies

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A prisoner who had been on a two-month hunger strike after his arrest on charges of attacking the United States Embassy in Tunis in September died on Saturday, his lawyer said.

Sir Rex Hunt and Prince Andrew, second and third from left, in 1985. At left is Lady Mavis Hunt.

Sir Rex Hunt, Symbol of British Defiance in the Windswept Falklands, Dies at 86

By MARGALIT FOX

In 1982, Sir Rex found himself, literally overnight, directing a tiny band of British military men against an amphibious Argentine invasion.

House Passes Russia Trade Bill With Eye on Rights Abuses

By JEREMY W. PETERS

The House on Friday approved a bill that would help normalize trade relations with Russia but that includes severe penalties for human rights abusers there.

Mexico: Top Mob Prosecutor Resigns

By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD

José Cuitláhuac Salinas, the nation’s top organized crime prosecutor abruptly resigned Thursday.

Haiti: Young Protester Killed in Capital

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

An unidentified man was shot to death on Friday while students staged another demonstration in a week of small but raucous street protests in downtown Port-au-Prince.

Killing of Honduran Teenager Could Jeopardize U.S. Aid

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

American officials are seeking more information after learning that the soldiers who killed a 15-year-old were trained and vetted by the United States.

Recent Features on the Americas

Mexico City Journal

On These Soccer Fields, a Brief Respite from the Killing Fields

By DAMIEN CAVE

Adriana Zehbrauskas for The New York Times

This year’s Homeless World Cup, in Mexico City, drew young people whose lives have been affected by the particular pain of the country these days: drug violence.

People in line outside Spain's embassy in Havana on Wednesday.

Easing Path Out of Country, Cuba Is Dropping Exit Visas

By DAMIEN CAVE

The move by the government would allow many Cubans to depart for vacations, or forever, with only a passport and a visa from the country where they plan to go.

Confiscated drugs were burned in July on the outskirts of Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

U.S. Rethinks a Drug War After Deaths in Honduras

By DAMIEN CAVE and GINGER THOMPSON

A series of deaths involving a United States antidrug program in Honduras show what can go wrong when war tactics are used against a problem that goes well beyond drugs.

In Toribío, in the Cauca region, where guerrillas are defending drug routes, security is high and gunfire is common. Many buildings still show bomb damage.

Colombia Tries Again to End Drug-Fed War

By WILLIAM NEUMAN

For the first time in a decade, rebels and the government of Colombia came together with the goal of ending the longest-running war in the Western Hemisphere.

A soldier carried a Guatemala flag at a training center in the Department of Peten.

Guatemala Shooting Raises Concerns About Military’s Expanded Role

By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD

Guatemala has forged closer military ties with the United States as it fights drug trafficking, but the fatal shooting of protesters and revelations of ties between former soldiers and drug gangs are worrying human rights groups.

Slide Show: Guatemala’s ‘Mano Dura’

José Dirceu de Oliveira e Silva, right, a former presidential chief of staff, has been charged with orchestrating a vote-buying scheme at the heart of the corruption scandal.

Brazilian Corruption Case Raises Hopes for Judicial System

By SIMON ROMERO

In a country where elite citizens are often shielded by the courts, a scandal where prominent politicians and bankers may be punished has caught the public’s imagination in Brazil.

A Rapanui man who lives as a squatter in a cave in Easter Island’s national park, land that the islanders say was stolen from their ancestors. Chile controls the island, which the locals call Rapa Nui.

Slow-Burning Challenge to Chile on Easter Island

By SIMON ROMERO

Inspired by other parts of Polynesia that have obtained political autonomy or are seeking independence, leaders of the Rapanui people are mounting a rebellion against Chile.

Slide Show: Chile’s Challenge on Easter Island

Heriberto Lazcano, known as El Lazca and the main leader of the Zetas, was one of Mexico’s most wanted criminals.

Mexico Kills a Drug Kingpin, but the Body Gets Away

By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD

The death of Heriberto Lazcano, known as El Lazca and the main leader of the Zetas, was confirmed through fingerprint analysis, the navy said. But in an odd twist, the corpse was quickly stolen.

Brazilian Corruption Case Raises Hopes for Judicial System

By SIMON ROMERO

In a country where elite citizens are often shielded by the courts, a scandal where prominent politicians and bankers may be punished has caught the public’s imagination in Brazil.

Dunvegan Journal

War of 1812 re-enactors in Dunvegan, Ontario, last month. Canada did not become a nation until decades after the conflict.

Canada Puts Spotlight on War of 1812, With U.S. as Villain

By IAN AUSTEN

The Canadian government’s enthusiasm for the conflict has puzzled and angered many in the country, where shows of patriotism are more subdued than they are south of the border.

San Antonio De Pichincha Journal

Tourists at the Middle of the World in Ecuador pose for pictures.

How the Center of the Earth Got a Little Off Kilter

By WILLIAM NEUMAN

At Ecuador’s Middle of the World park, tourists stand on a yellow line that is said to be precisely at Earth’s midpoint. Except that it is not. The Equator is hundreds of feet north.

Policemen stood near the body of a gunman on Saturday after the murder of an off-duty officer. More than 70 police officers have been killed in São Paulo this year.

Alarm Grows in São Paulo as More Police Officers Are Murdered

By SIMON ROMERO

The increase in murders of police officers, up almost 40 percent in a year, has led to fears that a powerful criminal organization is restarting a war of retaliation.

Memo From Brazil

Geraldo Wolverine campaigning in Piracicaba, Brazil.

Where Daniel the Cuckold and Zig Zag Clown Vie for Office

By SIMON ROMERO

Do strange nicknames confer an electoral advantage? Some candidates for office in Brazil, including Ladi Gaga, Christ of Jerusalem and several Batmans, seem to think so.

Imprisoned members of Barrio 18, one of two Salvadoran street gangs that agreed to a truce.

Gangs’ Truce Buys El Salvador a Tenuous Peace

By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD

A truce between two notoriously violent street gangs endures in El Salvador after five months, but some wonder whether the government has made a deal with the devil.

A family walks by graffiti in Quito that says, “Assange is coming ...” Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, has taken refuge in Ecuador’s embassy in London.

Ecuadoreans Close Ranks in Assange Standoff

By WILLIAM NEUMAN

While some Ecuadoreans have only a vague idea of who Julian Assange is, they are clear in their pleasure that their country stood up to Britain in the asylum dispute.

Members of the Colombian Navy provided security near a semi-submersible vessel discovered in 2009. Vessels like this can surreptitiously carry tons of drugs.

To Smuggle More Drugs, Traffickers Go Under the Sea

By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT and THOM SHANKER

American authorities have discovered models of a new drug-ferrying submarine capable of traveling, unseen from the surface, from Ecuador to Los Angeles.

The legislation was signed into law on Wednesday by President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil.

Brazil Enacts Affirmative Action Law for Universities

By SIMON ROMERO

The law, signed Wednesday by President Dilma Rousseff, seeks to reverse the racial and income inequality that has long characterized Brazil.

Presenting evidence and questioning witnesses in open court is rare in Mexico, but the judicial system is about to change.

In Mexico, Rehearsing to Inject Drama Into the Courtroom

By KARLA ZABLUDOVSKY

As part of the overhaul of its justice system, Mexico is seeking to move away from a system where judges rule on court cases behind closed doors, based on written evidence.

Santiago Journal

The police have often used tear gas to dispel student protests in Santiago, Chile, where the government has declared zero tolerance for school occupations.

Volunteers Keep Watch on Protests in Chile

By PASCALE BONNEFOY

Groups of observers take notes and help people who have been injured or abused during student protests, but for the most part they do not intervene.

Mexico City Journal

The ruins of the Aztecs’ Templo Mayor, in Mexico City’s famous Zócalo, where it abuts a Spanish-built cathedral.

Mexico City’s Aztec Past Reaches Out to Present

By ELISABETH MALKIN and SOFIA CASTELLO Y TICKELL

Mexico City might be one of the world’s classic megacities, but it is also an archaeological wonder, with surprises still being uncovered in the city’s superimposed layers.

A boy inside a new home in rural Leogane, which was the epicenter of the earthquake in Haiti.

Years After Haiti Quake, Safe Housing Is a Dream for Many

By DEBORAH SONTAG

Two and a half years after the earthquake, the pressing need for safe, stable housing for all displaced people in Haiti remains unmet, despite billions of dollars in reconstruction aid.

The practice of psychoanalysis has surged in Argentina, like at this Buenos Aires studio, even as it has declined in the United States and other countries.

Do Argentines Need Therapy? Pull Up a Couch

By SIMON ROMERO

The number of practicing psychologists in Argentina has been surging, making the country a world leader, at least when it comes to people’s broad willingness to bare their souls.

Cancún Journal

Some of the nearly 500 statues in the Museo Subacuático de Arte in Cancún, Mexico.

Trying to Protect a Reef With an Otherworldly Diversion

By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD

Nearly 500 statues in an underwater museum in Cancún, Mexico, serve as part of a conservation effort of the Mesoamerican Reef, the second-largest barrier reef system in the world.

A police officer outside the Ecuadorean Embassy in London. Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, is staying in the embassy of Ecuador, which has granted him asylum.

Assange Faces Long Stay in Ecuador’s London Embassy

By JOHN F. BURNS

The word the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has used more than any other is free, but he now finds himself in a genteel prison, without limit of sentence.

Multimedia Feature

When Buildings Take Birds From the Sky

The Fatal Light Awareness Program estimates that one million to nine million birds die every year from run-ins with buildings in Toronto and surrounding areas. Here are studio portraits of some of the birds collected on Toronto’s sidewalks on Oct. 8.

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Cubans and Tourists Recover From Sandy

Residents and tourists in Santiago, Cuba, try to return to normal life after Hurricane Sandy leaves a trail of destruction on its way north. Sandy’s winds and rains were blamed for 11 deaths in Cuba.