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By Federico Rivas Molina Javier Milei won Argentina’s legislative elections on Sunday with 40.8% of the votes. It was an unexpectedly large victory, which the far-right leader hailed as historic […]

By Thomas Graham Election day might be the only time La Paz lives up to its name. There are no cars, no fumes and no honking horns in the Bolivian […]

By Jonathan Mason If there really is a war on drugs in the Caribbean, no one seems quite sure who declared it. The U.S. Navy has been busy blasting suspected […]

By Simon Romero and Genevieve Glatsky President Gustavo Petro of Colombia accused the United States of murdering an innocent fisherman in an attack on a boat that the American authorities […]

In one of his first acts as interim president of Peru, José Jerí on Saturday led a series of raids on prisons holding gang leaders nationwide, the presidency said, a day […]

By Kate Bartlett Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize for “her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.” […]

Peru’s Congress voted unanimously early Friday to remove deeply unpopular President Dina Boluarte from office as a crime wave grips the South American nation. Lawmakers had set up a debate […]

By Stephen Grattan As gold prices hover at record highs, a leading Catholic leader in Peru’s Amazon is urging countries that are destinations for the precious metal to help stem […]

By Peter Speetjens Born in the French city of Brest in 1962, archaeologist Stéphen Rostain has worked in the Amazon for more than 40 years, primarily in French Guiana and […]

By Mahima Kapoor Argentinian lawmakers overturned two vetoes by President Javier Milei on Thursday, marking a setback for the leader ahead of the midterm election which could shape the future […]

By Fiona MacDonald For centuries, Peruvian locals have talked about a river in the Amazon that burns so hot it can kill. According to legend, Spanish conquistadors foolishly ventured into […]

By Mac Margolis In 2012, José Pereira do Nascimento lost his home when the Santo Antônio hydroelectric station in Porto Velho, in Brazil’s north-west Amazon basin, opened its floodgates. The […]

By Ognjen Pavlovic The American dream of homeownership has become increasingly elusive, with the average home price now exceeding $500,000 across the United States. Rising mortgage rates and stagnant wages […]

Tourists were back at Peru’s ancient Inca citadel of Machu Picchu Wednesday, officials said, after a protest by residents forced the evacuation of hundreds of stranded visitors. Access to the […]

By Ann Babe Increasingly over the past decade, Westerners have flocked to the Amazon for a taste of the region’s most notorious elixir: ayahuasca. In the jungle, the plant mixture […]

By Jennifer Hansler The Trump administration said Monday that Colombia had “failed demonstrably” in its obligations to fight drug trafficking but the US will continue to provide funding to the […]

By Rochelle Beighton Chances are, if you’re planning to hike the Andes in Peru, your journey will take you to Huaraz. The capital of the Ancash region in northern Peru, […]

By Samuel Franks What does an out-of-work Nazi war criminal on the run from the law do for a living when he’s hiding out in Latin America? According to a […]

By Julia Vargas Jones and Michael Rios Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro has been found guilty of attempting to overturn the country’s 2022 election with a plot prosecutors say included […]

By Beatriz Magaloni and Alberto Diaz-Cayeros In the past five years, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has become Latin America’s most celebrated authoritarian. He has won plaudits — including from U.S. […]

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