Rescuers say they have made little headway in finding survivors from a huge South Korean ship that sank in the South Atlantic. Only two sailors have...
A row has erupted over Ecuador’s presidential elections after early results projected victory for the incumbent party’s candidate. Results show former vice president Lenin Moreno of...
At least 254 people have been confirmed dead and 400 more injured in this weekend’s devastating mudslides in Colombia. CNN cited the South American country’s military...
The Venezuelan supreme court has reversed its ruling to strip congress of its legislative powers. It made the decision after the government of President Nicolas Maduro...
A Brazilian airline has agreed to pay $1.3 million to an Amazon tribe as compensation for damages for a 2006 plane crash the tribe says cursed...
Thousands of people in Chile protested nationwide against the country’s privatized pension system called the Pension Fund Administrators, first established under military ruler Augusto Pinochet. The...
George S. walks on the dark tarmac holding his sleepy 7-year-old son Fadi in his arms. “From the bottom of our hearts, welcome to San Luis!”...
Families buried some of the 37 girls killed in a fire at an overcrowded government-run youth shelter as Guatemalan authorities worked on Friday to determine exactly...
At least 11 people have been killed as massive wildfires have swept over central and Southwestern Chile, government officials said Saturday. President Michelle Bachelet declared a...
About 200 inmates escaped from a prison in south-eastern Brazil after riots, Agencia Brasil reported. The incident occurred on Tuesday around 8:30am in Bauru, in Sao...
Mario Soares, who was widely seen as the father of Portugal’s modern-day democracy, died at age 92 in Lisbon on Saturday. Soares, a Socialist leader who...