top of page
All Articles
Dec 24, 20243 min read
Explainer-What is the Panama Canal and why has Trump threatened to take it over?
Latin American leaders on Monday rallied to Panama's defense after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatened to reimpose U.S. control...
Dec 10, 20242 min read
Brazil's Lula rushed to Sao Paulo for brain surgery, stable in ICU
SAO PAULO -Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was rushed to Sao Paulo overnight for emergency surgery to drain a bleed on his...
Oct 3, 20241 min read
Solar eclipse shines a 'ring of fire' over Easter Island and Patagonia
HANGA ROA, Easter Island/LAS HORQUETAS, Argentina - The moon blotted out most of the sun across the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday afternoon,...
Sep 21, 20243 min read
Venezuela's exiled opposition head says he was warned Maduro forces coming for him
MADRID - Venezuela's former presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez said on Friday he sought diplomatic refuge after being told President...
Sep 19, 20242 min read
Worst drought on record lowers Amazon rivers to all-time lows
TEFE, Brazil - The worst drought on record has lowered the water level of the rivers in the Amazon basin to historic lows, in some cases...
Aug 31, 20243 min read
Brazil watchdog moves to block access to Elon Musk's X after court order
SAO PAULO/BRASILIA - Brazil's telecommunications regulator said on Friday it was suspending access to Elon Musk's X social network in the...
Aug 22, 20242 min read
Brazil to tighten entry rules to curb migration to North America
BRASILIA - Brazil will tighten up rules to enter the country without a visa starting next week, the government said on Wednesday, after...
Aug 21, 20241 min read
Brazil Senate OKs bill regulating payroll tax waivers
BRASILIA - The Brazilian Senate approved a bill on Tuesday containing measures to offset the effects of a payroll tax exemption, in a key...
Aug 21, 20242 min read
Argentina quarantines grains ship over suspected mpox case
BUENOS AIRES - Argentine authorities have quarantined a cargo ship in the Parana River over a suspected case of mpox onboard, the...
Aug 15, 20241 min read
Archaeologists unearth bodies in Peruvian temple up to 3,800 years old
LIMA - Archaeologists have unearthed four human remains believed to be more than 3,000 years old in a stretch of barren land in northern...
Aug 14, 20244 min read
West hits pause on fresh measures against Venezuela's Maduro
HOUSTON/WASHINGTON/BRASILIA - More than two weeks after Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro claimed reelection victory, the U.S. and...
Aug 9, 20242 min read
Venezuela's Maduro blocks X access in country for 10 days
CARACAS - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday took tensions with social media platform X and its owner Elon Musk to new...
bottom of page