A BIKE RIDE, SMILES AND A PEACE SIGN

They had travelled from Argentina on Sunday for a trip to New York and Boston, near where one of their classmates lives... READ MORE›

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ARGENTINA COMPLAINS TO BBC OVER 'INADEQUATE' RESPONSE TO COMPLAINTS AGAINST JEREMY CLARKSON AND TOP GEAR

Argentina complains to bbc over inadequate response to complaints against jeremy clarkson and top gear... READ MORE›

NO, THE WORLD'S OLDEST TREE HAS NOT BEEN ACCIDENTALLY CUT DOWN BY LOGGERS IN THE AMAZON

While logging in the Mats's Indigenous Reserve is indeed controversial and the Amazon rainforest is shrinking, the Rainforest Protection Coalition does not exist... READ MORE›

SOUTH AMERICAS POWERFUL WOMEN ARE EMBATTLED IS GENDER A FACTOR

BUENOS AIRES -- In Argentina, former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has been indicted, accused of endangering the nation's finances... READ MORE›

BRAZIL IN HUGE 'OIL KICKBACK' PROBE

Mail online uk petrobras scandal takes brazilian politicians to supreme court 13 hrs ago... READ MORE›

SOUTH AMERICAS POWERFUL WOMEN ARE EMBATTLED IS GENDER A FACTOR

BUENOS AIRES -- In Argentina, former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has been indicted, accused of endangering the nation's finances... READ MORE›

LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES WELCOME SYRIAN REFUGEES

Latin American countries are opening their doors to Syrians fleeing the civil war in their country as Europe struggles with a growing refugee crisis... READ MORE›

POPE CALLS UNFETTERED CAPITALISM 'THE DUNG OF THE DEVIL'

He also called for an end to what he said was the genocide of Christians taking place in the Middle East and beyond... READ MORE›

ARGENTINA PROSECUTOR 'WAS MURDERED'

Following the press conference Viviana Fein, who is leading the investigation into Mr Nisman's death, told Argentina's Radio Nacional that she would consider Ms Salgado's report... READ MORE›

BABY DOLPHIN DIES AFTER BEING PARADED ON BEACH FOR PHOTOGRAPHS

Recently photographs taken in Santa Teresita showing a group of people passing a dolphin around on dry land on two occasions have emerged... READ MORE›

HERE'S WHY SOME PEOPLE THINK BRAZIL IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A 'SOFT COUP'

But what happens in the coming weeks in Brazil has longer-term implications for elected socialist governments throughout Latin America... READ MORE›

MORE BABIES BORN WITH BIRTH DEFECTS

There has been a sharp rise in the number of cases of Zika in several other Latin American countries... READ MORE›

BRAZIL DECIDES TO OPEN IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE PRESIDENT

Brazil's economy tanks as multibillion-dollar corruption scandal expands Eduardo Cunha, speaker of Brazil's Chamber of Deputies, approved the launching of the impeachment proceedings... READ MORE›

1ST CONFIRMED CASE OF ZIKA VIRUS IN ONTARIO, PROVINCE SAYS

Ontario has confirmed its first case of the Zika virus, provincial health officials say... READ MORE›

WHAT THE OLYMPICS MEANS FOR THE PEOPLE OF RIO

Guimaraes is better qualified than most Brazilians to make such comparisons, having been involved in every Olympics since 1980... READ MORE›

ARGENTINA'S UNIONS STAGE MASS PROTEST AGAINST GOVERNMENT CUTS

Argentina's inflation numbers have been in doubt since 2007, when the late President Nestor Kirchner had political appointees change the agency's methodology... READ MORE›

ARGENTINA SHIFTS TO THE RIGHT AFTER MAURICIO MACRI WINS PRESIDENTIAL RUNOFF

Thousands of campaigners cheered and danced in the Macri campaign bunker as the results came in... READ MORE›

FRENCH OLYMPIANS FILMING REALITY TV SURVIVAL SHOW KILLED IN HELICOPTER CRASH IN ARGENTINA

Dropped, which was to air on French television channel TF1, involved eight sports stars being dropped into inhospitable environments for an adventure- and survival-themed reality show... READ MORE›

BRAZIL IS TENSE AHEAD OF IMPEACHMENT VOTE

If the impeachment measure is approved, it would require only a simple majority to clear Brazil's Senate, where Rousseff's chances for survival are even slimmer... READ MORE›

BRAZILIANS PANIC AS MOSQUITO-BORNE VIRUS IS LINKED TO BRAIN DAMAGE IN THOUSANDS OF BABIES

RECIFE, Brazil -- Jusikelly da Silva was full of expectations for her baby... READ MORE›

HOW BRAZIL, THE DARLING OF THE DEVELOPING WORLD, CAME UNDONE

Big parts of the Brazil model, it turns out, were glued together with kickbacks, dirty money and lies... READ MORE›

BRAZIL ARRESTS 10 IN TERROR PLOT AS OLYMPICS NEAR OFFICIALS SAY

For more than a decade, and especially after the Sept. 11 attacks, Brazilian intelligence officials have been monitoring individuals suspected of links to terrorism... READ MORE›

Related Stories Torture is still rife in Mexico and is routinely used to extract confessions, according to a new report by human rights organisation Amnesty International... READ MORE›

IN ARGENTINA, MOTHERS OF 'DISAPPEARED' PROTEST OBAMA'S MARKING OF 1976 COUP

Families still searching for missing victims of Argentina's military dictatorship say Obama visit will overshadow day of painful remembrance 'It's our date'... READ MORE›

POPE LAMENTS 'GANGRENE' OF CORRUPTION PLAGUING 'ALL PEOPLES OF THE WORLD'

In a question-and-answer session, he denounced corruption, which plagues several countries in South America... READ MORE›

POPE ENDS SOUTH AMERICA TRIP URGING YOUTHS TO 'MAKE A MESS'

Pope ends South America trip urging youths to make a mess... READ MORE›

THE WORLD'S HAPPIEST COUNTRIES? THEY'RE ALL IN SOUTH AMERICA

The 10 happiest countries in the world are all in South America for the first time in Gallup's 10-year history assessing the world's happiness... READ MORE›

100,000 BEAVERS TO BE EXTERMINATED BY ARGENTINIAN AUTHORITIES

Authorities in Argentina have unveiled plans to entirely eradicate the beaver population of Tierra del Fuego, a province in the far south of the country... READ MORE›

BABY DOLPHIN DEAD AFTER BEING PASSED AROUND AT BEACH

The La Plata dolphin is considered to be vulnerable species as there is through to be only 30,000 left in the world... READ MORE›

'I WILL TRY TO START A NEW KIND OF RELATIONSHIP' WITH THE UK

President Mauricio Macri signals apparent thawing of bilateral relations over Falkland Islands as he bids to make Argentina more centrist in world affairs... READ MORE›

AGCO EYES COMEBACK IN SOUTH AMERICA AFTER POLITICAL SHIFTS

AGCO has seven plants in Brazil and one in Argentina... READ MORE›