Brazil has welcomed the Olympic flame for the start of a torch relay that will culminate with the opening of…
Brazil’s Supreme Court has been asked by Attorney General Rodrigo Janot to authorize the start of corruption investigations against prominent…
Venezuela has reversed a half-hour time change that was one of the signature measures of former president Hugo Chávez’s idiosyncratic…
Venezuela has announced it is imposing a two-day working week for public sector workers as a temporary measure to help…
Brazil has recovered $125 million siphoned off to foreign bank accounts by corrupt officials, politicians and businessmen. The record figure…
Ecuador has declared 8 days of national mourning a week after the devastating earthquake that killed at least 646 people.…
Venezuela will cut power for four hours a day from next week to deal with a worsening energy crisis. The…
At least three people were killed and other 136 injured after a large explosion hit an oil plant in the…
The death toll in Ecuador's most powerful earthquake in decades has risen to about 350, the government has said. Teams…
Brazil's lower house, Chamber of Deputies, has voted to start impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff. Dilma Rousseff is accused…