Latin America

Latin America

Argentina pained by death of homegrown Pope Francis

Francis praised for his attention to poor

3w ago

Death toll climbs to 66 in Brazil flooding, 101 missing

The death toll from heavy rains that have inundated Brazil's southern state of Rio Grande do Sul has risen to at least 66, local authorities said on Sunday.

1y ago

Former US ambassador gets 15 years jail for spying for Cuba over decades

A former US diplomat was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Friday after admitting to acting as an agent of Cuba in what the Justice Department has called one of the highest-reaching and longest-lasting infiltrations of the US government

1y ago

Brazil's Bolsonaro indicted for suspected fraud on vaccine records

Brazil's federal police indicted the country's former president Jair Bolsonaro for suspected fraud on his vaccination records, two sources related to the matter said on Tuesday

1y ago

Brazil court rejects Bolsonaro appeal against election ban

Brazil's Superior Electoral Court on Thursday rejected an appeal by former president Jair Bolsonaro against an earlier ruling that barred him from running for office for eight years

1y ago

Violence, destitution / Children fleeing LatAm in record numbers: UN

A record number of children from Latin America and the Caribbean are leaving their homes in search of a better life, risking disease, injury and abuse, a United Nations children’s agency (Unicef) report said Wednesday, urging a stronger humanitarian response.

1y ago

Strong quake rattles Colombian capital

A strong earthquake followed by dozens of aftershocks rattled central Colombia and the capital Bogota on Thursday, setting off sirens and sparking brief panic, including in one woman who died after jumping from a building, authorities said.

1y ago

‘Mother Nature needs money’

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva urged wealthy nations Wednesday to fulfill their unkept promises to fund developing countries’ fight against climate change, at a summit on saving the world’s tropical forests.

1y ago

Argentina pained by death of homegrown Pope Francis

Francis praised for his attention to poor

3w ago

Death toll climbs to 66 in Brazil flooding, 101 missing

The death toll from heavy rains that have inundated Brazil's southern state of Rio Grande do Sul has risen to at least 66, local authorities said on Sunday.

1y ago

Former US ambassador gets 15 years jail for spying for Cuba over decades

A former US diplomat was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Friday after admitting to acting as an agent of Cuba in what the Justice Department has called one of the highest-reaching and longest-lasting infiltrations of the US government

1y ago

Brazil's Bolsonaro indicted for suspected fraud on vaccine records

Brazil's federal police indicted the country's former president Jair Bolsonaro for suspected fraud on his vaccination records, two sources related to the matter said on Tuesday

1y ago

Brazil court rejects Bolsonaro appeal against election ban

Brazil's Superior Electoral Court on Thursday rejected an appeal by former president Jair Bolsonaro against an earlier ruling that barred him from running for office for eight years

1y ago

Children fleeing LatAm in record numbers: UN

A record number of children from Latin America and the Caribbean are leaving their homes in search of a better life, risking disease, injury and abuse, a United Nations children’s agency (Unicef) report said Wednesday, urging a stronger humanitarian response.

1y ago

Strong quake rattles Colombian capital

A strong earthquake followed by dozens of aftershocks rattled central Colombia and the capital Bogota on Thursday, setting off sirens and sparking brief panic, including in one woman who died after jumping from a building, authorities said.

1y ago

‘Mother Nature needs money’

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva urged wealthy nations Wednesday to fulfill their unkept promises to fund developing countries’ fight against climate change, at a summit on saving the world’s tropical forests.

1y ago

4 Nigerians survived 14 days on a ship’s rudder

On their tenth day at sea, the four Nigerian stowaways crossing the Atlantic in a tiny space above the rudder of a cargo ship ran out of food and drink.

1y ago

8 killed in Brazil silo blast, 11 injured

Eight people were killed and 11 injured in a series of silo explosions at the site of an agricultural cooperative in Brazil's southern Parana state, authorities said Thursday

1y ago