At least 52 inmates in a Brazilian prison were killed during a prison riot in northern Brazil on Monday. The incident was reminiscent of riots in May when 55 in...
SAO PAULO - Armed men stole $40 million of gold and other precious metals Thursday from a Sao Paulo cargo terminal at South America's busiest airport, taking tw...
Venezuela is in the dark after a nationwide blackout Monday afternoon caused by an “electromagnetic attack” against the nation’s electricity generation hub in e...
According to Peru's National Emergency Operations Center (COEN), ash from the Ubinas volcano has covered 617 schools and 20 health centers in the southern regio...
By Dave Sherwood and Natalia A. Ramos Miranda SANTIAGO (Reuters) - What appeared to be a typical case of car theft in Chile’s capital on Friday became more dire...
In an update on the diphtheria outbreak in Venezuela, the outbreak that began three years ago is ongoing. According to data from the Pan American Health Organiz...
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Police in Rio de Janeiro arrested 43 people on Thursday for allegedly taking part in a murderous gang that extorted companies providi...
BOGOTA The National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrilla group killed Lt. Cesar Salamanca Saavedra in Catatumbo, a region on the border with Venezuela, the Colombi...
SÃO PAULO, Brazil — Remember Zika? With measles and Ebola grabbing headlines, it is easy to forget the health panic of 2016, when Zika was linked to severe birt...
The Dominican Republic's reputation for Instagrammable beaches and bargain all-inclusive resorts is being eclipsed by reports of tourist deaths. At least eight ...
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean police arrested two men suspected of killing a Canadian citizen last week during an attempted mugging while he strolled with his fa...
BUENOS AIRES About 18,000 homes in La Plata, the capital of Argentinas Buenos Aires province, have been without electricity since last weekend, utility compa...
Police officers of the homicide brigade inspect the place where a Canadian citizen was killed when he was walking with his family in a touristic hill of Valpara...
Power has been restored to much of Argentina and Uruguay after a massive electrical failure left tens of millions of people in the dark. Argentine President Mau...
BOGOTA Colombian journalist Libardo Montenegro, a reporter with the Samaniego Estereo community radio station, was murdered in that town in southwestern Nariñ...
The families of two British teens killed in a car crash on the world’s largest salt flat in Bolivia have paid heartbreaking tributes. Freddie McLennan and Joe A...
After decades of deliberation and planning, the Peruvian government has broken ground on a multibillion-dollar airport expected to connect Machu Picchu, the cou...
Thousands are crossing into Colombia to buy food and medicine after Venezuela's embattled president reopened a border that had been shut for almost four months....
The UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office recently updated the travel warning for Peru to include information on crimes - which can sometimes be violent - that h...
Much of Argentina came to a standstill on Wednesday as opponents of President Mauricio Macri launched a 24-hour strike to protest government austerity measures ...
The international airport of Punta Arenas in the extreme south of Chile had to be evacuated on Wednesday afternoon following a bomb threat....
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Nationwide strikes are expected to cause disruption in Argentina today (Wednesday), including to national and international flights. Check with your airlines be...
