Vargas Llosa’s drift to right leaves former admirers dismayedSão Paulo Letter: Peruvian Nobel laureate seems trapped in a Cold War mentalitySun Jun 05 2022 - 22:04
Drift in US relations with its neighbours clear from fraught build-up to LA summitDecision to exclude Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua from triennial gathering could spark boycottFri Jun 03 2022 - 17:00
Colombia presidential election: Petro and populist outsider Hernández head to run-offFirst-round poll-topper Gustavo Petro celebrates defeat for political establishmentMon May 30 2022 - 06:52
Colombian election could mark shift in US-led war on cocaineLeft-wing Petro likely to come out on top in Sunday’s presidential pollFri May 27 2022 - 19:00
Colombia could be on verge of electing its first left-wing presidentDemocratic left has struggled to win support after the vicious civil warFri May 20 2022 - 20:00
Chile declares state of emergency in regions affected by Mapuche crisisArmy sent in to contain crisis over demands for the return of ancestral landsWed May 18 2022 - 17:57
Bolsonaro seeks to recruit military into presidential election raceBrazilian president trying to involve armed forces in campaign against voting systemFri May 13 2022 - 20:00
Nostalgia could be Lula’s sharpest weapon in Brazilian electionOnce-jailed former president challenges Bolsonaro with anti-poverty record of boomSat May 07 2022 - 01:00
Colombian presidential frontrunner says gang planned to kill himLeft-wing Gustavo Petro cancels campaign events amid fears of assassination plotTue May 03 2022 - 19:14
Bolsonaro takes on Brazil’s supreme court after congressman sentencedCrisis mounts as president pardons supporter and taunts judiciary ahead of pollFri Apr 22 2022 - 17:00
Machinations by men of God help keep Bolsonaro competitiveSão Paulo Letter: President’s alliance with evangelical Christians vital for re-electionMon Mar 28 2022 - 15:42
When Bloody Sunday came to Brazil: ‘The motivation was the massacre in Ireland’How a young Royal Navy cook was gunned down in Rio days later by left-wing guerrillasSun Feb 27 2022 - 06:00
Mudslide-hit poor are not only Brazilians who should fear deforestationSão Paulo Letter: Both droughts and severe flooding more frequent as Amazon denudedSun Feb 20 2022 - 20:00
At least 20 dead in Argentina after consuming tainted cocaineDozens hospitalised after taking drug with toxic substance sold in Buenos Aires suburbsThu Feb 03 2022 - 16:48
Bolsonaro’s guru and Covid-19 sceptic dies after contracting virusOlavo de Carvalho gave intellectual veneer to anti-lockdown stance and unproven drugsTue Jan 25 2022 - 17:44
Bolsonaro says Omicron ‘welcome’ in Brazil as variant surgesHealth facilities have seen huge influx of people seeking treatment for Omicron as Brazil has its worst influenza outbreak in yearsThu Jan 13 2022 - 17:48
Chile shifts to the left as Gabriel Boric wins presidential election35-year-old leader of progressive coalition has pledged to tackle high levels of inequalityMon Dec 20 2021 - 16:49
Chile abandons the centre in watershed presidential electionVoters go to polls on Sunday for most polarised ballot since return of democracyFri Dec 17 2021 - 17:55
Revolutionary biopic’s success a sign of Brazil’s coarsening debateSão Paulo Letter: Bolsonaro attempted to prevent Marighella reaching cinemasMon Dec 13 2021 - 19:00
Beyond Belief: How Pentecostal Christianity Is Taking Over the WorldBook review: Elle Hardy charts the faith’s fervent march on the secular worldThu Dec 09 2021 - 06:00
Rio Olympics chief sentenced to 31 years in prison for buying votes to secure 2016 GamesCarlos Nuzman found guilty of paying substantial bribes Lamine Diack and Papa DiackFri Nov 26 2021 - 15:41
Police suspected of revenge massacre in slum on the outskirts of RioEight bodies recovered from mangrove swamp a day after police officer killed by criminalsTue Nov 23 2021 - 16:58
Chile headed for divisive presidential race as far-right outsider tops pollUltra-conservative candidate has denied Pinochet regime was a dictatorshipMon Nov 22 2021 - 12:04
Bolsonaro accused of embarrassing Brazil during New York tripSpeech to UN condemned for untruths, and Covid-positive minister for health left in USThu Sept 23 2021 - 18:16
Bolsonaro forced into political retreat after threats to supreme courtBrazil’s president says he spoke in ‘heat of the moment’ following address to supportersFri Sept 10 2021 - 16:54
Bolsonaro intensifies open threats on Brazil’s democracyFar-right president renews attacks on supreme court at rally in BrasíliaTue Sept 07 2021 - 18:20
Brazil grapples with representations of its imperial conquerorsSão Paulo Letter: Statues controversy predates George Floyd protestsMon Sept 06 2021 - 20:00
Fears in Brazil that pro-Bolsonaro rallies could turn violentOfficials seek extra security ahead of events planned on country’s Independence DayFri Sept 03 2021 - 16:33
Peru’s foreign minister resigns after controversial terrorism commentsBéjar blamed Peru’s navy for terrorism and claimed CIA responsible for insurgencyWed Aug 18 2021 - 18:08
Gold, Oil, and Avocados: A Recent History of Latin America in Sixteen CommoditiesAndy Robinson prefers to bang out the old hits rather than deeply explore the region’s rich complexitiesSat Aug 14 2021 - 06:00
Brazil’s Congress rejects Bolsonaro’s bid to bring back paper ballotsUnsupported allegations against voting system come ahead of elections next yearWed Aug 11 2021 - 16:59
Bolsonaro holds military parade in Brasília before key votePresident accused of coup-mongering ahead of vote on his bid to change Brazil’s voting systemTue Aug 10 2021 - 18:58
São Paulo Letter: Fire at neglected cultural institution a metaphor for a troubled BrazilUnder Bolsonaro’s regime the Cinemateca Brasileira has been starved of funds and effectively abandonedSun Aug 01 2021 - 15:59
Bolsonaro cites conspiracy theories in attack on Brazil’s electoral systemBroadcast part of president’s aim to bring back paper ballots ahead of next electionFri Jul 30 2021 - 17:12
Vaccine delays from Russia causing ‘very critical situation’ in ArgentinaDelays in delivering Sputnik V second doses have the potential to leave millions of Argentines unable to finish their vaccination courseFri Jul 23 2021 - 15:45
Hard-left candidate Pedro Castillo wins Peru presidency after disputed countOpponent Keiko Fujimori accepts defeat after electoral fraud allegations rejectedTue Jul 20 2021 - 11:04
Bolsonaro blames hospitalisation and knife attack on oppositionBrazil’s president claims 2018 stabbing not act of lone agent but part of conspiracyThu Jul 15 2021 - 17:34
Bolsonaro ramps up preparations to hold on to power in defiance of electorate’s willSão Paulo Letter: Many left in no doubt about Brazil’s unpopular president’s anti-democratic intentionsFri Jul 09 2021 - 16:10
Witness at Brazil’s Covid inquiry denounced as ‘plant’ amid high farceCongressman at centre of graft allegations says witness is being used to discredit himFri Jul 02 2021 - 16:17
Latin America still suffering crushing Covid-19 mortality and social upheavalFailures to manage pandemic and roll out vaccines have stoked long-simmering tensionsWed Jun 30 2021 - 20:00
Copa América’s ‘championship of death’ a far cry from joyous Euro 2020 scenesFans don’t want it, empty stadiums, Covid is rife and yet matches continue to be playedFri Jun 25 2021 - 05:00
Brazil’s environment minister Salles resigns over illegal logging in Amazon investigationPresident Bolsonaro embroiled in a growing corruption scandal involving the purchase of Covid-19 vaccinesThu Jun 24 2021 - 16:25
Pedro Castillo claims victory in Peru’s presidential electionFujimori refuses to concede defeat after narrow loss, claiming systematic fraudWed Jun 16 2021 - 18:48
Peru: Constitutional crisis looms as election count falls into legal wranglingHard-left Castillo holds narrow lead over daughter of country’s former dictator AlbertoThu Jun 10 2021 - 17:06
Peru’s choice: Radical left or bloody dictator’s daughterPedro Castillo may mean end of free polls while Keiko Alberto vows to free father from jailThu Jun 03 2021 - 17:40
Tensions rise between Brazilian president and military high commandArmy general joined Jair Bolsonaro at rally where attendees attacked members of pressTue May 25 2021 - 17:19
Brazil police raid homes of environment minister in illegal logging inquiryRicardo Salles investigated over link to Amazon forest products contrabandWed May 19 2021 - 19:21
Brazil begins to unravel the tangled web behind its poor pandemic responseSão Paulo Letter: Question of why Bolsonaros were so opposed to vaccines comes to the foreTue May 18 2021 - 20:00
Venezuela inches towards compromise as Maduro makes electoral concessionsBiden acknowledges signals coming from Caracas, but it is unclear if they are sufficient for him to lift sanctions against Venezuela’s oil sectorFri May 14 2021 - 21:00
UN rights body seeks independent inquiry into Rio police raid that left 25 deadOne policeman among those killed in operation targeting drug gangFri May 07 2021 - 17:13
