Presidential run-off looms in Argentina
Craig TaylorArgentina faces a run-off election next month after neither presidential candidate gained enough votes to win outright. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
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Argentines vote for next president
Argentines go to the polls to choose their next president in a general election that ends 12 years of rule under the Kirchners. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Hurricane Patricia hits land in Mexico
Category Five Hurricane Patricia, the strongest on record, has made landfall in Jalisco state in western Mexico, meteorologists say. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Chile civil union law takes effect
A new law comes into force in Chile granting unmarried heterosexual and same-sex couples many of the rights enjoyed by married couples. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
New probe into Mexican students
Mexico agrees with an international panel of experts that the investigation into last year’s disappearance of 43 students should be reopened. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Colombia plane crash kills five
A plane crashes into a bakery in the Colombian capital, Bogota, killing four people on board and one person on the ground. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean