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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.

The Independent says Gustavo Petro, a former member of the M-19 guerrilla movement who has vowed profound social and economic change, won Colombia’s presidency on Sunday, the first progressive to do so in the country’s history.

Sky News says Five suspects helped hide the bodies of British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira after they were murdered in the Amazon, Brazilian police have said.

TRT World says Leftist ex-guerrilla Gustavo Petro has defeated millionaire businessman rival Rodolfo Hernandez in Colombia’s presidential vote, according to a live count on the Latin American country’s election authority website.

Revolutionary President Gustavo Petro elected in historic Colombian elections. Gustavo Petro will become Colombia’s first leftist leader, after winning the country’s presidential race on Sunday.…

The Guardian says the family of Dom Phillips have spoken of their heartbreak over the murder of the British journalist and the Indigenous activist Bruno Pereira as colleagues said the men’s work would be an inspiration to others.

The Independent says a fisherman has confessed to killing British journalist Dom Philips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira in a remote area of the Amazon, Brazilian police said on Wednesday.

The Metro says Human remains have been found in the search for British journalist Dom Phillips and his companion Bruno Pereira in the Amazon, police in Brazil said.

Sky News says A second man has been arrested following the disappearance of British journalist Dom Phillips in the Amazon rainforest.

France24 says traces of blood have been found on the boat of a suspect arrested in connection with the disappearance of a British journalist and a Brazilian indigenous expert in the Amazon, authorities said Thursday, as calls grew for officials to intensify the search.

The Guardian says Authorities in the Amazon investigating the disappearance of a British journalist and an Indigenous advocate have yet to find any evidence of a crime three days after the men went missing in a remote corner of the rainforest.

France24 says A British journalist and a Brazilian indigenous expert have gone missing in a remote region of the Amazon rainforest after receiving threats, authorities and indigenous-rights groups said Monday, raising fears for their safety.

France24 says Torrential rains in northeastern Brazil have left at least 79 people dead and dozens missing, civil defense officials said Sunday, as rescuers capitalised on a lull in downpours to search for survivors.

France24 says Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday dismissed the president of state oil giant Petrobras, who had been in the job for only 40 days.