Flight taking tourists left stranded by Covid-19 restrictions home via London

São Paulo Letter: Budget for Bolsa payment cut despite inequality gap increasing

Inside Politics: Poll predicts majority for Boris - but a much smaller one than thought

Populist Alberto Fernández wins presidential election in first round

Mercosur will have the right to export 99,000 tonnes of beef annually to the EU at a reduced tariff of 7.5 per cent

Mercosur countries show little euphoria following conclusion of beef agreement

Former president is serving eight years for corruption and money-laundering

Defence team of ex-president Lula to seek his release over claim judge was biased against him

Investigation into death of Michael Dwyer in police raid held up by ‘farcical’ related trial

Build-up to the date has been the most turbulent in years under president Jair Bolsonaro

Venezuela’s opposition leader issues rallying cry in bid to take presidential palace

Brazilians protest in Dublin this weekend against a perceived increase in racial violence

Efforts to bring supplies into country frustrated as military refuses to let convoys in

Embattled president Maduro backs EU-chaired initiative but opposition rejects it

Rallies support incumbent and rival Guaidó, as Venezuela’s army backing may be on wane

Venezuela’s economy in ruins after disastrous experiment in Chávez’s ‘21st Century Socialism’

Jair Bolsonaro battles fresh claims as video emerges of his son threatening supreme court

Race for presidency slides into legal rancour with potential to erode legitimacy of winner

Far-right presidential candidate opposed by women’s rights, gay and anti-racist groups

Marielle Franco was shot four times in the head in crime that shocked Brazil

‘Desire to bury corruption’ won out in supreme court decision, prosecutor says

The former guerrilla movement must win over a hostile electorate in legislative vote

Dave McKechnie speaks to post-conflict minister Rafael Pardo and Tom Hennigan

Brazil’s left is struggling to come up with an election back-up plan amid ex-leader’s woes

World View podcast also looks at second stage of Brexit negotiations

Our correspondent Tom Hennigan on political arrests, protests and President Maduro

US imposes sanctions on president Nicolás Maduro following controversial poll

New constitutional assembly deemed by critics to mark end of Venezuelan democracy

Michel Temer’s cabinet chief steps aside on ‘health grounds’ after illicit fundraising claim

Letters from dead inmates accuse man of accepting money from gang behind murders

‘Irish Times’ editor Kevin O’Sullivan recommends some notable foreign news features that resonated with readers in 2016

‘Inevitable’ that OCI head would be released and allowed home to Ireland before trial

Hickey and Mallon formally charged; both remain silent when questioned by police

Ex-OCI chief driven out without speaking to media waiting at Bangu 10 prison entrance

Correspondence between the two appears to contradict claims made by OCI president

From Thomas Barr’s heroics, to the lows of Michael Conlon and Katie Taylor’s exits

Police say THG executive Kevin Mallon arrested in Rio had hundreds of tickets

Police who arrested Dubliner Kevin Mallon in Rio said he had 813 tickets for events

Kevin James Marlen is being held in prison by order of a Brazilian judge in Rio de Janeiro

Thousands call for the resignation of President Roussef and arrest of predecessor Lula