Voting is under way in Venezuela to elect a new assembly with powers to rewrite the constitution. The opposition is boycotting the vote which it says...
Venezuela is banning protests that could “disturb or affect” Sunday’s controversial election for a new constituent assembly. Prison terms of between five and 10 years could...
The singers of global hit Despacito have lashed out against the Venezuelan president, accusing him of using their song for political gains. President Nicolas Maduro presented...
A Venezuelan violinist who has become a renowned presence at the front of the country’s anti-government protests has been taken to hospital during the latest violent...
Millions of Venezuelans have joined a general strike called by the opposition as pressure mounts on President Nicolás Maduro to cancel elections for a new constituent...
Senators in Chile have voted in favour of a proposal which would end the country’s total ban on abortions. The measure would allow abortion in cases...
A nurse aged 61 has been shot dead while waiting to vote in an unofficial, opposition-organised referendum in Venezuela’s capital, Caracas. Men on motorbikes fired at...
A rare snowfall in the Chilean capital Santiago has caused disruption and blackouts, leaving thousands of residents shivering in the dark. About 250,000 people were hit...
A New Zealand woman has died on the Caribbean territory of Sint Maarten after the blast from a powerful jet engine knocked her to the ground....
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been convicted of corruption charges and sentenced to nine and a half years in prison. The judge...
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has praised the decision to release from prison one of the country’s main opposition leaders, Leopoldo Lopez. Mr Lopez has been moved...