Venezuelans are voting in congressional elections that are seen as the first serious challenge to the governing socialists in 17…
Brazil's lower house of Congress has opened impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff. The process is based on allegations Dilma…
Brazil's recession has deepened as the country's economy shrank by 1.7% in Q3 of 2015 compared with the previous quarter.…
Brazil’s health ministry has confirmed a link between a mosquito-borne virus from Africa, Zika Fever, and a high incidence of…
Brazil will sue mining company Samarco $5.2 billion for the environmental damage caused after a waste water dam at an…
Andre Esteves, one of Brazil's richest businessman, has been arrested as part of the corruption investigation into the state oil…
Argentina’s opposition candidate Mauricio Macri has won the presidential election runoff in, exit polls suggest. Polls by taken by TV…
Venezuela's National Assembly speaker Diosdado Cabello has accused the United States of kidnapping two nephews of First Lady Cilia Flores,…
Mexican businessman Manuel Trillo, who is accused of financing the jailbreak of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman drug lord, has been…
Jimmy Morales has been elected as Guatemala’s president after winning the runoff vote in the country's presidential election. The former…