Ecuador’s president has declared a state of emergency in the prison system following a battle among gang members in a coastal lockup that killed at least...
A young woman working at a Chilean safari park died on Friday after a tiger attacked her, police said. The woman, who has not been identified...
A teacher in one of the poorest communities in the Andes who had never held office is now Peru’s president-elect after officials in the South American...
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, undergoing hospital treatment for complications following a near-fatal 2018 stabbing, is making satisfactory progress and may be discharged within days, the Vila...
In the San Vicente cemetery in the central Argentine city of Cordoba, Sandra del Valle Pereyra, 50, has come to visit the graves of her parents...
Colombian President Ivan Duque said Friday the helicopter he was flying in near the border with Venezuela was hit by gunfire. It was the first attack...
As Brazil hurtles toward an official COVID-19 death toll of 500,000 – second-highest in the world – science is on trial inside the country and the...
Peru’s presidential election frontrunner Pedro Castillo was poised for victory, despite legal wrangles over the ultra-close vote count that had ignited tensions in the Andean nation....
An international monitoring group on Wednesday accused police officers in Colombia of responsibility for the deaths of 20 people and other violent actions against protesters during...
Chile’s president has vowed to push a same-sex marriage bill that is stalled in Congress, a surprising move that stunned his conservative allies. “I think the...
Colombian President Ivan Duque on Friday announced the deployment of military forces to the city of Cali after at least three people died in increasingly violent...