New York, United States—Venezuela's president Nicolas Maduro was in a New York jail on Sunday after a shock US snatch-and-grab raid to remove him from...
MANAUS, Brazil – The presidents of Brazil and Colombia spoke out against “foreign intervention and threats to our sovereignty” Tuesday amid a US military...
Oaxaca, Mexico—Four armed men stormed a mayor's office in southern Mexico, killing her and another member of her staff on Sunday, police said, in the...
Bogotá, Colombia—Decades after drug lord Pablo Escobar notoriously built a small army of child hitmen to murder police officers, judges and politicians, Colombia is still...
Bogotá, Colombia—Colombia's leftist leader Gustavo Petro claimed Monday that a gravely injured presidential candidate's security detail was "strangely reduced" before he was shot, stoking suggestions...
Paratebueno, Colombia—Buildings swayed, sirens blared and panicked Colombians raced onto the streets Sunday after a shallow 6.3 magnitude earthquake rattled the center of the country.
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Bogotá, Colombia—A prominent Colombian right-wing presidential candidate who was shot during a campaign event in Bogota has successfully undergone initial surgery, the city's mayor said...
Bogotá, Colombia—A field trip by students and their professors ended in tragedy Saturday when their bus crashed in western Colombia, killing at least 10 people...
Callao, Peru—Church bells echoed out as Catholics congregated in the Peruvian capital on Thursday to celebrate the election of American-born Pope Leo XIV, who left...
Brasília, Brazil—Brazilian police said Sunday they had arrested two people in connection with a foiled plot to attack Lady Gaga's packed mega-concert in Rio de...
Santiago, Chile—Chilean authorities said they restored power to most homes on Wednesday, hours after a massive, rare blackout caused transport chaos in the capital and...
Skygazers on the tip of South America were treated Wednesday to a spectacular "ring of fire" solar eclipse that was visible from Chile's Easter Island...
‘Why be afraid? Why back down?’
By Marchio Gorbiano
Almost 200 environmental activists were murdered last year, with the toll especially heavy in South America, according...
