Brazilian presidential election tears up political rule bookFar right moves from cranky fringe to centre of political powerSun Oct 28 2018 - 19:29
Polls in Brazil signal late tightening in presidential election raceFar-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro still clear frontrunner but his advantage has slippedFri Oct 26 2018 - 17:41
Brazil: Workers’ Party sees chink in far-right candidate’s defencesControversial favourite’s traction among key evangelical cohort seems to be slippingThu Oct 25 2018 - 17:36
Brazil’s far-right presidential candidate accused of ‘coup-mongering’Jair Bolsonaro battles fresh claims as video emerges of his son threatening supreme courtMon Oct 22 2018 - 17:50
WhatsApp implicated in bitter turn to Brazil electionRace for presidency slides into legal rancour with potential to erode legitimacy of winnerSun Oct 21 2018 - 20:18
Brazil’s overhauled congress to be dominated by hard rightPolitical polarisation deepens with newcomers comprising more than half chamberFri Oct 19 2018 - 02:00
Brazil: polls give Bolsonaro lead in run-off for presidencyOpponent Haddad’s campaign strategy suffers as debate vetoed due to Bolsonaro’s healthThu Oct 11 2018 - 21:24
Brazil lurches to far right as Bolsonaro scents victoryPolitician known for misogyny, racism and homophobia in strong position for run-offTue Oct 09 2018 - 01:00
Support rises for far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro in final opinion pollsFirst round of Brazil presidential elections on SundayFri Oct 05 2018 - 19:22
Brazilians take to streets to demonstrate against Jair BolsonaroFar-right presidential candidate opposed by women’s rights, gay and anti-racist groupsSun Sept 30 2018 - 16:59
Cash-strapped fight against Brazil’s political corruptionElection candidate Márlon Reis conducts his ‘clean slate’ campaign from a pick-up truckSat Sept 29 2018 - 05:00
Bolsonaro harnesses disillusion with Brazil’s traditional politicsDespite a poor record, candidate is far right’s best-ever chance of winning a presidential electionSat Sept 22 2018 - 06:00
Former Argentine president makes defiant declaration of innocenceCristina Kirchner delivers statement to judge investigating corruption linksTue Sept 18 2018 - 19:02
Lula abandons legal efforts to run for Brazil’s presidencyFormer president, currently in prison, will be replaced by running mate Fernando HaddadTue Sept 11 2018 - 20:35
Brazil’s anti-political mood looms large over elections‘They are all the same. Liars ... we’ve been disillusioned so many times before’Tue Sept 11 2018 - 06:00
Jair Bolsonaro knife attack: stabbing throws Brazil’s election into confusionAlleged assailant said he attacked poll-leading far-right candidate ‘by order of God’Fri Sept 07 2018 - 18:36
Bolsonaro stabbing injects new venom into Brazil’s election raceAttack on far-right candidate, now well placed to play patriotic victim, presents dilemma to rivalsFri Sept 07 2018 - 13:59
Brazil museum fire: ‘It is as if the Louvre had burnt down’Public fury over official ‘neglect’ after National Museum in Rio destroyed in blazeMon Sept 03 2018 - 16:30
Fake news again sours Brazilian politics as election loomsDisinformation used to target voters on Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and other networksThu Aug 30 2018 - 01:00
Copacabana: An urban playground for the Rio localsThe famous beach is a social melting pot, but tourists are easily spooked by crimeSat Aug 25 2018 - 06:00
Shadow of corruption hangs over Brazilian presidential campaignLeader in polls is jailed ex-president Lula, who may be blocked from runningSat Aug 18 2018 - 01:00
Brazil drinks to Neymar... but for scoring or diving?National hero and national embarrassment rolled into one. Star player is at a crossroadsWed Jun 27 2018 - 02:00
Brazil fans in hot water as vulgar stunt gets found in translationBrazilian fans sexually insulted Russian women in videos at World CupThu Jun 21 2018 - 17:56
Colombia’s new right-wing president vows to ‘correct’ Farc peace dealPopulist Ivan Duque sweeps aside leftist challenger in election run-offMon Jun 18 2018 - 16:17
Colombia’s presidential poll to shape future of peace processRight-wing senator Ivan Duque, who promises to revisit Farc peace deal, leading in pollsFri Jun 15 2018 - 20:05
Plight of Neymar a familiar worry for Brazil as World Cup loomsCoach Tite key to ensuring side don't crumble if their superstar becomes unavailableThu Jun 14 2018 - 07:00
Argentina’s shameful World Cup 40 years onFour decades ago, military junta welcomed tournament in time of torture and murderThu Jun 14 2018 - 01:00
Brazil still coming to terms with failures of its World Cup construction effortsBad public administration blamed for 2014 infrastructure improvements still unfinishedSat Jun 09 2018 - 05:01
Maduro re-elected president of Venezuela as critics condemn voteUS threatens oil sanctions after Pompeo dismisses ‘sham election’Mon May 21 2018 - 06:30
Maduro set for victory in ‘illegitimate’ election in VenezuelaGovernment accused of cutting access to subsidised food to those who do not vote for presidentThu May 17 2018 - 17:12
Colleague of murdered Rio de Janeiro council woman named as lead suspectMarielle Franco was shot four times in the head in crime that shocked BrazilSun May 13 2018 - 20:31
Farc commander’s nephew strikes plea-bargain deal with DEAColombian peace process suffers jolt after Marlon Marín held on trafficking chargesThu Apr 19 2018 - 16:23
Murder of Rio councillor Marielle Franco linked to militiasOutspoken activist shot dead in assassination-style killing with four bullets to the headTue Apr 17 2018 - 20:31
Dwyer family to pursue international case against BoliviaDecision by human rights commission to examine killing of Michael Dwyer seen as breakthroughTue Apr 17 2018 - 20:18
Ex-Brazilian president Lula starts jail term as appeal continuesArrest marks a dramatic fall for Brazil’s most popular leader in over half a centurySun Apr 08 2018 - 19:30
Michael Dwyer case: Petition against Bolivia is deemed admissibleHuman rights body signals the country has a case to answer over killing of the Irish manSat Apr 07 2018 - 01:40
Brazilian court ruling leaves ex-president Lula da Silva facing jail‘Desire to bury corruption’ won out in supreme court decision, prosecutor saysThu Apr 05 2018 - 21:19
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s campaign convoy hit by gunfire in attackFormer Brazilian president says violence reminds him of the emergence of NazismWed Mar 28 2018 - 18:10
Incoming president of Peru under pressure to quitMartín Vizcarra’s position at risk as predecessor Kuczynski threatens to resume officeFri Mar 23 2018 - 18:41
Marielle Franco represented something hopeful in Brazilian politics. Is that why she was killed?São Paulo Letter: The murder of a city councillor in the centre of Rio raises questions about politics and policingWed Mar 21 2018 - 01:00
Colombia’s Farc fails to win single seat in congressional electionsFormer guerilla group faced its first electoral test since signing peace deal in 2016Mon Mar 12 2018 - 17:45
Farc party faces a drubbing in its first Colombian electionThe former guerrilla movement must win over a hostile electorate in legislative voteSat Mar 10 2018 - 05:00
Ex-solicitor Michael Lynn due in court after being extraditedCo Mayo native, who has been in Brazil for years, faces 21 charges of alleged theftThu Mar 01 2018 - 17:31
Lula’s campaign falters on the strength of his convictionBrazil’s left is struggling to come up with an election back-up plan amid ex-leader’s woesSat Feb 10 2018 - 05:00
Why you can eat Quinoa with a clear conscienceMany are left with the impression that eating quinoa in the wealthy North was robbing food off the table in parts of the Global South.Fri Feb 02 2018 - 02:39
Brazil’s former president Lula loses graft conviction appealCourt decision a major blow to Lula’s efforts to contest presidential elections in OctoberWed Jan 24 2018 - 19:18
Brazil braced for Lula’s high-stakes appeal of graft convictionCourt ruling against former president may sideline candidate for October electionWed Jan 24 2018 - 01:00
Unfair pensions system becomes totem of Brazil’s inequalitySão Paulo Letter: Latest attempt at reform flags despite unsustainability of systemFri Jan 05 2018 - 01:00
Peruvian president beats the odds to survive impeachment attemptThe president, accused of involvement in bribery scheme, saved by 21 abstentionsFri Dec 22 2017 - 16:43
Right-wing Sebastián Piñera returns to power in ChileLeader’s re-election four years after leaving office another marker in region’s political shiftMon Dec 18 2017 - 19:29
