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Former Bolivian president Evo Morales on Sunday said he will continue a hunger strike until the government agrees to hold a dialogue with him. He was on the third day of his hunger strike, which he began to get "international organizations or friendly governments"...
Venezuela has pulled its ambassador from Brazil in a spat over Caracas’s failed recent bid to join the BRICS alliance of major developing nations. Venezuela’s Foreign Ministry announced the diplomatic punch on Wednesday, slamming Brazil’s officials for “blocking” its...
By Robert Plummer & Leonardo Rocha Venezuela has criticized Brazil's veto of its admission to BRICS as an act of "immoral aggression." The criticism was delivered at the economic coalition's summit in Russia Friday. The event, attended by more than 20 heads of...
By Ron Skelton Gravedigger Jesus Moreno could hardly have met a more pointless or brutal death. As he carried out maintenance work in a cemetery in the Santa Cruz region of eastern Bolivia, five irate men visiting one of the tombs mistook the 54-year-old for a grave...
Former Bolivian president Evo Morales is threatening to "bring the country to a standstill" if the prosecutor's office complies with an arrest warrant against him to testify in a case of human trafficking and statutory rape. "We will mobilize and shut down the...
The regime of Nicolas Maduro continued its suppression of dissenters in Venezuela stemming from the events of the country’s presidential election over two months ago. At least 40 people, most of whom were journalists and human rights activists, had their passports...
An independent group of election experts that observed Venezuela’s July presidential election on Wednesday legitimized the vote tally sheets the opposition has offered as proof of President Nicolás Maduro’s defeat, telling the Organization of American States the...
By Laura Paddison and Gianluca Mezzofiore Huge tributaries that feed the mighty Amazon River — the largest on the planet — have plunged to record-low levels, upending lives, stranding boats, and threatening endangered dolphins as drought grips Brazil. The country is...
By Moris Soto Venezuela’s once-promising investment landscape has drastically deteriorated, largely due to political turmoil and economic collapse. Following the contested elections on July 28, foreign investors are increasingly wary of engaging with the country, as...
Brazilian authorities are likely to approve reinstating daylight saving time after it was abolished five years ago, multiple sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday, as the country faces a major drought that has been affecting its power generation efforts. A...
Argentina President Javier Milei’s administration is in “talks” with private aviation companies discussing the possibility of them stepping in to run national airline Aerolíneas Argentinas, Presidential Spokesperson Manuel Adorni announced on Thursday. “Due to the...
By María de los Ángeles Orfila South America is experiencing record-breaking fires, which have led to "black rain," green rivers and hazardous air pollution almost 50 times higher than the level recommended by the World Health Organization, according to the air...
By Paola Flores Bolivia's popular and controversial former leftist president, Evo Morales, on Monday called on supporters to take to the streets in protest against his bitter political rival, current President Luis Arce, who hours earlier accused Morales on national...
By Wilfredo Miranda The Nicaraguan regime of President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, ordered their loyal Parliament on Wednesday to urgently reform the Cyber Crime Law, better known as the gag law. The cornerstone of the reform are...
Argentine protesters clashed with police outside the country's Congress on Wednesday, after lower house lawmakers narrowly upheld a veto of a planned hike to pensions by right-wing President Javier Milei. The chamber of deputies voted 153 in favor of the pension hike...
By Daniela Desantis and Lucinda Elliott South America's Paraguay River, a key thoroughfare for grains, has hit a record low in Paraguay's capital Asuncion, with water levels depleted by a severe drought upriver in Brazil that has hindered navigation along waterways in...
Former Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González has fled into exile after being granted asylum in Spain, delivering a major blow to millions who placed their hopes in his upstart campaign to end two decades of single-party rule. The surprise...
By Brett Wilkins A Brazilian judge on Thursday ordered two slaughterhouses and three ranchers to pay $764,000 in combined penalties for trading cattle raised in a protected area of the Amazon rainforest. The decision by Judge Inês Moreira da Costa in Rondônia — the...
Protests by truckers in Colombia, who are angry at an increase in diesel prices, have cut off the country's biggest cities and are threatening fuel supplies, though the government insists the hike is fair. The truckers' strike and roadblocks, combined with attacks on...
By Regina Garcia Cano and Jorge Rueda A Venezuelan judge on Monday issued an arrest warrant for the opposition’s former presidential candidate Edmundo González as part of a criminal investigation into the results of the highly anticipated July election that both the...
