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Protesters reject Ecuador president's 'insensitive' fuel price cut

Yesterdat 13:32 Unrest continues as indigenous protesters reject a fuel price cut announced by the government as insufficient and "insensitive."

Colombia's first black vice-president brings green focus

23-06-2022 16:58 Francia Márquez will become Colombia’s first black vice-president in a government that was elected on a platform of radical change. 

Fish trade's murky waters cloud double murder in Amazon

22-06-2022 11:16 The pirarucú is one impressive fish – but what has it got to do with the murder of British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian indigenous expert Bruno Pereira?

Brazil congratulates Petro – but Bolsonaro remains silent

21-06-2022 15:37 Foreign Ministry in Brasilia says it looked forward to "the continuity and deepening of bilateral relations" with Colombia under Gustavo Petro.

Police say British journalist and Brazilian guide shot in Amazon killings

18-06-2022 21:13 British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, whose disappearance in the Amazon some two weeks ago sparked an international outcry, were killed by gunfire, Brazilian police confirm.

Mystery over Iranians on grounded Venezuelan plane at Ezeiza deepens

17-06-2022 09:13 Boeing 747 cargo plane, reportedly carrying car parts, has been held at an airport in Argentina since Wednesday last week, its 14 Venezuelan and five Iranian crew prevented from leaving the country pending investigations.

Meet the two black women bidding to make VP history in Colombia

15-06-2022 13:52 For the first time ever, Colombia will have a black woman vice-president next Sunday after voters goes to the polls for a crucial run-off ballot.

Human remains found in Amazon search for journalist, expert

13-06-2022 15:22 Human remains have been found in the search for British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, Brazil's president confirmed Monday.

Fernández and Bolsonaro meet for only second time at Americas Summit

10-06-2022 12:42 For Argentina's government, what was only the second face-to-face meeting between the leaders was just an informal exchange, but it is also the beginning of the thawing of a relationship that has had many flashpoints.

by Rosario Ayerdi

Calls mount for Brazil to find missing journalist, indigenous expert

09-06-2022 00:43 Brazilian authorities on Wednesday arrested a man in connection with the disappearance of a British journalist and a local indigenous expert in the Amazon, police said, as calls mounted for officials to deliver answers on what happened to them.

Mexican president tells Biden he will skip Summit of the Americas

06-06-2022 13:45 Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador confirms he will not attend Summit of the Americas in the United States, due to Washington's failure to invite countries it views as undemocratic.

Brazil rescuers end search after storms that killed 128

03-06-2022 15:20 Emergency workers in Brazil ended their search Friday for victims of deadly floods and landslides that hit the country's northeast, after finding the body of the last person reported missing, bringing the death toll to 128.

Paraguay's slow slide into a state held hostage to drug-trafficking

02-06-2022 13:03 The murders of two Paraguayan officials in as many weeks have sent a disturbing signal that parts of the South American country are falling under the influence — and bullets — of organised crime and drug-traffickers.

Brazil storm death toll rises to 106

01-06-2022 15:11 Flooding and landslides triggered by torrential rain have now killed at least 106 people in northeastern Brazil, officials said Tuesday as emergency workers continued a desperate search.