Helicopter carrying Colombia's President Duque struck by bullets in attack
A helicopter carrying Colombia's President Ivan Duque and others was struck by multiple bullets in an attack on Friday, he said in a video message.
Car bomb explodes inside Colombia military base; 36 injured
A car bomb exploded inside a military base in the Colombian border town of Cucuta on Tuesday, leaving 36 people injured, including three in critical condition, officials said.
Brazil investigates reports of vaccines being exchanged for illegal gold
Federal prosecutors in the Brazilian state of Roraima are investigating reports that illegally-mined gold is being exchanged for Covid-19 vaccines in the Yanomami indigenous reserve, the prosecutors office told Reuters on Wednesday.
Argentina gets new president amid economic crisis
Argentina's Peronists sweeps back into power, ousting conservative president Mauricio Macri in an election result that shifts Latin America's No. 3 economy firmly back toward the left after it was battered by economic crisis.
Over a million protesters demand Chile president's resignation
More than one million people take to the streets in Chile for the largest protests in a week of deadly demonstrations demanding economic reforms and the resignation of President Sebastian Pinera.
VENEZUELA CRISIS / Caracas, major cities hit by new blackout
A new blackout hit Caracas and other major Venezuelan cities on Friday, the third major electricity outage in the crisis-plagued country this month.
Brazil names new military chiefs amid tensions with Bolsonaro
Brazil’s Defense Ministry named new commanders of its armed forces a day after the previous three chiefs were sacked as part of President Jair Bolsonaro’s unprecedented attempt to meddle in the military.
Brazil military chiefs quit as Bolsonaro seeks their support
The leaders of all three branches of Brazil’s armed forces jointly resigned Tuesday following President Jair Bolsonaro’s replacement of the defense minister, causing widespread apprehension of a military shakeup to serve the president’s political interests.
Brazil study suggests AstraZeneca vaccine effective against the country’s Covid-19 variant
Preliminary studies suggest the AstraZeneca vaccine will protect against the P1 variant of the coronavirus, Mauricio Zuma, the head of production at Brazil’s Fiocruz biomedical institute said confirming a Reuters report.
Guatemala cracks down on US-bound 8,000-strong migrant caravan from Honduras
Guatemalan authorities on Saturday escalated efforts to stop thousands of Hondurans, many of them families with children, traveling in a migrant caravan bound for the United States just as a new administration is about to enter the White House.
Argentina’s lower house approves bill legalising abortion
Lawmakers in Argentina’s lower house on Friday passed a bill that would legalise elective abortions to the 14th week of pregnancy, a proposal from President Alberto Fernández in response to long-sought demands from women’s rights activists in the homeland of Pope Francis.
5 Morales supporters killed in clashes in Bolivia
Five supporters of former president Evo Morales were killed in violent clashes between protesters and security forces in Bolivia, an AFP correspondent who saw the bodies at a hospital reports.
Venezuela still in dark
Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido was set to ask lawmakers yesterday to declare a "state of alarm" over the country's devastating blackout in order to facilitate the delivery of international aid -- a chance to score points in his power struggle with President Nicolas Maduro.
Venezuela crisis drags on
Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido on Saturday called for a nationwide march on Caracas to crank up the pressure on embattled President Nicolas Maduro, as the country endured its third night largely without power.
Guaido returns to Venezuela
Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido received a hero's welcome from thousands of flag-waving supporters chanting "Yes, you can!" as he returned to Caracas on
China, Russia urge against military action
The Chinese and Russian foreign ministers voiced their opposition to military action in Venezuela yesterday, as President Nicolas Maduro faces increasing pressure from the United States to step down.
