Venezuela border: ‘What I earn a month is not enough to buy a bottle of gas’With rampant inflation and food shortages, starving Venezuelans flee for sustenanceTue Feb 12 2019 - 01:00
Venezuelan opposition set for showdown with Maduro over aidUS aid will be ‘first advance’ of humanitarian effort, opposition leader saysMon Feb 11 2019 - 06:00
Humanitarian aid still stored as Maduro’s forces in standoff at border bridgeFlashpoint at Colombian river crossing is posing a dilemma for Venezuelan militarySun Feb 10 2019 - 21:15
Venezuela crisis: Montevideo summit seeks to end political stand-offEmbattled president Maduro backs EU-chaired initiative but opposition rejects itThu Feb 07 2019 - 19:59
Venezuela: Maduro blocks aid, denounces it as US invasion stuntRival for presidency, Guaidó, says 300,000 will die if aid does not reach them ‘urgently’Tue Feb 05 2019 - 19:57
Maduro holds on to power despite domestic and global pressureRallies support incumbent and rival Guaidó, as Venezuela’s army backing may be on waneSun Feb 03 2019 - 16:50
The battle for Venezuela – a smoking political tinderboxIn the absence of dialogue all eyes remain on a military that is both compromised and discontentSat Feb 02 2019 - 06:00
Brazil’s new congress unlikely to give Jair Bolsonaro an easy ridePresident has had a tough first month in office, and faces more challenges aheadFri Feb 01 2019 - 01:00
US sanctions leave Maduro with few optionsBlow to struggling oil industry may make Venezuela look to China and Russia for aidTue Jan 29 2019 - 18:51
Brazil dam disaster ‘inevitable’ due to poor safety standards, say officialsChief prosecutor says there are ‘culprits’ in mining-dam rupture that killed at least 37Sun Jan 27 2019 - 17:53
Eyes on Venezuela’s army for signs of loyalty shift as crisis fears worsenHunger and disease loom as neighbouring countries lose patience with Maduro regimeSun Jan 27 2019 - 17:43
US recognition of rival leader ratchets up pressure on MaduroVenezuela’s economy in ruins after disastrous experiment in Chávez’s ‘21st Century Socialism’Thu Jan 24 2019 - 16:52
Bolsonaro’s win braces Brazil for likelihood of facile solutionsDisaffected populace has propelled unproven far-right crank to key position of presidentMon Oct 29 2018 - 18:56
President elect Jair Bolsonaro promises to unite BrazilRights groups warn against a rollback of civil liberties after far-right candidate’s victoryMon Oct 29 2018 - 08:31
Brazil elects far-right president Jair BolsonaroFormer army captain defeats Workers Party leader Fernando HaddadSun Oct 28 2018 - 22:30
Brazilian presidential election tears up political rule bookFar right moves from cranky fringe to centre of political powerSun Oct 28 2018 - 19:29
Polls in Brazil signal late tightening in presidential election raceFar-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro still clear frontrunner but his advantage has slippedFri Oct 26 2018 - 17:41
Brazil: Workers’ Party sees chink in far-right candidate’s defencesControversial favourite’s traction among key evangelical cohort seems to be slippingThu Oct 25 2018 - 17:36
Brazil’s far-right presidential candidate accused of ‘coup-mongering’Jair Bolsonaro battles fresh claims as video emerges of his son threatening supreme courtMon Oct 22 2018 - 17:50
WhatsApp implicated in bitter turn to Brazil electionRace for presidency slides into legal rancour with potential to erode legitimacy of winnerSun Oct 21 2018 - 20:18
Brazil’s overhauled congress to be dominated by hard rightPolitical polarisation deepens with newcomers comprising more than half chamberFri Oct 19 2018 - 02:00
Brazil: polls give Bolsonaro lead in run-off for presidencyOpponent Haddad’s campaign strategy suffers as debate vetoed due to Bolsonaro’s healthThu Oct 11 2018 - 21:24
Brazil lurches to far right as Bolsonaro scents victoryPolitician known for misogyny, racism and homophobia in strong position for run-offTue Oct 09 2018 - 01:00
Support rises for far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro in final opinion pollsFirst round of Brazil presidential elections on SundayFri Oct 05 2018 - 19:22
Brazilians take to streets to demonstrate against Jair BolsonaroFar-right presidential candidate opposed by women’s rights, gay and anti-racist groupsSun Sept 30 2018 - 16:59
Cash-strapped fight against Brazil’s political corruptionElection candidate Márlon Reis conducts his ‘clean slate’ campaign from a pick-up truckSat Sept 29 2018 - 05:00
Bolsonaro harnesses disillusion with Brazil’s traditional politicsDespite a poor record, candidate is far right’s best-ever chance of winning a presidential electionSat Sept 22 2018 - 06:00
Former Argentine president makes defiant declaration of innocenceCristina Kirchner delivers statement to judge investigating corruption linksTue Sept 18 2018 - 19:02
Lula abandons legal efforts to run for Brazil’s presidencyFormer president, currently in prison, will be replaced by running mate Fernando HaddadTue Sept 11 2018 - 20:35
Brazil’s anti-political mood looms large over elections‘They are all the same. Liars ... we’ve been disillusioned so many times before’Tue Sept 11 2018 - 06:00
Jair Bolsonaro knife attack: stabbing throws Brazil’s election into confusionAlleged assailant said he attacked poll-leading far-right candidate ‘by order of God’Fri Sept 07 2018 - 18:36
Bolsonaro stabbing injects new venom into Brazil’s election raceAttack on far-right candidate, now well placed to play patriotic victim, presents dilemma to rivalsFri Sept 07 2018 - 13:59
Brazil museum fire: ‘It is as if the Louvre had burnt down’Public fury over official ‘neglect’ after National Museum in Rio destroyed in blazeMon Sept 03 2018 - 16:30
Fake news again sours Brazilian politics as election loomsDisinformation used to target voters on Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and other networksThu Aug 30 2018 - 01:00
Copacabana: An urban playground for the Rio localsThe famous beach is a social melting pot, but tourists are easily spooked by crimeSat Aug 25 2018 - 06:00
Shadow of corruption hangs over Brazilian presidential campaignLeader in polls is jailed ex-president Lula, who may be blocked from runningSat Aug 18 2018 - 01:00
Brazil drinks to Neymar... but for scoring or diving?National hero and national embarrassment rolled into one. Star player is at a crossroadsWed Jun 27 2018 - 02:00
Brazil fans in hot water as vulgar stunt gets found in translationBrazilian fans sexually insulted Russian women in videos at World CupThu Jun 21 2018 - 17:56
Colombia’s new right-wing president vows to ‘correct’ Farc peace dealPopulist Ivan Duque sweeps aside leftist challenger in election run-offMon Jun 18 2018 - 16:17
Colombia’s presidential poll to shape future of peace processRight-wing senator Ivan Duque, who promises to revisit Farc peace deal, leading in pollsFri Jun 15 2018 - 20:05
Plight of Neymar a familiar worry for Brazil as World Cup loomsCoach Tite key to ensuring side don't crumble if their superstar becomes unavailableThu Jun 14 2018 - 07:00
Argentina’s shameful World Cup 40 years onFour decades ago, military junta welcomed tournament in time of torture and murderThu Jun 14 2018 - 01:00
Brazil still coming to terms with failures of its World Cup construction effortsBad public administration blamed for 2014 infrastructure improvements still unfinishedSat Jun 09 2018 - 05:01
Maduro re-elected president of Venezuela as critics condemn voteUS threatens oil sanctions after Pompeo dismisses ‘sham election’Mon May 21 2018 - 06:30
Maduro set for victory in ‘illegitimate’ election in VenezuelaGovernment accused of cutting access to subsidised food to those who do not vote for presidentThu May 17 2018 - 17:12
Colleague of murdered Rio de Janeiro council woman named as lead suspectMarielle Franco was shot four times in the head in crime that shocked BrazilSun May 13 2018 - 20:31
Farc commander’s nephew strikes plea-bargain deal with DEAColombian peace process suffers jolt after Marlon Marín held on trafficking chargesThu Apr 19 2018 - 16:23
Murder of Rio councillor Marielle Franco linked to militiasOutspoken activist shot dead in assassination-style killing with four bullets to the headTue Apr 17 2018 - 20:31
Dwyer family to pursue international case against BoliviaDecision by human rights commission to examine killing of Michael Dwyer seen as breakthroughTue Apr 17 2018 - 20:18
Ex-Brazilian president Lula starts jail term as appeal continuesArrest marks a dramatic fall for Brazil’s most popular leader in over half a centurySun Apr 08 2018 - 19:30
