Mexico’s air force flies grain into southern Oaxaca state to deal with dwindling food supplies there caused by roadblocks set up by protesting teachers. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Mining giant BHP Billiton says it will fight the suspension by the Brazilian Supreme Court of a settlement for damages caused by a dam burst at an iron ore mine. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Argentine police search a number of properties belonging to the family of the former president, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
A judge in Mexico temporarily halts the extradition of the country’s most notorious drugs lord, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, to the US. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
The Colombian army says 17 members of the security forces were killed when one of its helicopters crashed in central Caldas province. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
A Chinese container ship has become the first vessel to sail into the newly expanded Panama Canal. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Craig Taylor