Browsing: South America

São Paulo: Death toll rises as deadly storms devastate Brazilian coast  Deadly storms have slammed into the Brazilian coast, causing flooding and landslides – which…

Brazil storm: Deadly storms strike Brazilian coast leaving dozens dead At least 36 people have died due to severe flooding and landslides in the Brazilian…

Shocking pictures show the bus on its side, surrounded by the bodies of passengers.

Dozens indicted over Brazil’s January 8 riot An incitement has been filed against 39 people by Brazil’s attorney general for their alleged involvement in the…

Brazilians have had enough of politicians. This was the last straw.

Arrests ordered for top officials after Brazil riot Brazil’s judicial authorities have ordered the arrest of top public officials after rioters stormed key government buildings…

Peru clashes leave at least 17 dead in fresh political turmoil A new wave of clashes between supporters of the former president and security forces…

Brazil: Thousands attend pro-democracy rally held to condemn riots Tens of thousands of Brazilians staged pro-democracy rallies, in response to yesterday’s storming of government buildings…

Brazilian forces regain control after Congress stormed In scenes eerily similar to the US capitol attack, yesterday thousands of supporters of far-right former Brazilian president…

The Galápagos pink land iguana is an endangered reptile native to a sole island on the Ecuadorean archipelago.

Pele: Brazil great’s cancer has advanced, says hospital BBC Sport says Brazil great Pele’s cancer has advanced, according to the hospital where the 82-year-old is…

Anti-government protests in Peru in anger at new president Unrest has started to spread across Peru, with anti-government protesters blocking roads and storming the international…

Deadly landslide sweeps section of motorway in Brazil A deadly Brazilian landslide on a motorway has killed two people and left dozens missing. A torrent…

Lima airport: Truck hit by plane on Peru runway was on planned drill Two firefighters have died after a plane collided with a truck at…

Brazil election: Lula beats out far-right Bolsonaro Brazil has elected Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva – the left-wing former president, who was imprisoned in 2018…

Hurricane Roslyn batters Mexico’s Pacific coast A powerful hurricane made landfalls in western Mexico on Sunday, causing heavy rains, flash flooding and landslides. The category…

The rising death toll from the devastating landslide that ripped through a northern town of Venezuela is expected to reach 100 victims, President Nicolas Maduro has said.

At least 36 people are confirmed dead following landslides in Venezuela after the country was hit by days of heavy torrential rain and flooding.

TRT World says THIRTEEN INMATES have been killed and two others wounded in yet another bloody fight in a notorious Ecuadoran prison, law enforcement officials said.

Daily Mirror says FORTY-NINE INMATES died during an overnight riot in a prison in the southwestern Colombian city of Tulua, the head of the national prisons agency has said.

The Metro says AT LEAST four people were killed and hundreds injured when a stadium partially collapsed during a bullfight in central Colombia.

The Guardian says AT LEAST four people were killed and hundreds injured in Colombia on Sunday after spectator stands at a bullfight collapsed, authorities said.

France24 says THE BODIES of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira were handed over to their families Thursday.

BBC News says Eight medical personnel are to stand trial accused of criminal negligence in the death of legendary Argentinian footballer Diego Maradona.

France24 says THOUSANDS of Indigenous people and members of other disgruntled groups marched into Ecuador’s capital on the eighth day of fuel price protests Monday, accused by the president of seeking only “chaos” and his removal.