Venezuela crisis deepens as opposition leaders arrestedPoliticians serving house arrest taken from their homes following controversial electionTue Aug 1 2017 - 19:47
Brazil set to vote on removing second president in a yearMichel Temer confident he has the votes to defeat the effort to suspend him from officeTue Aug 1 2017 - 17:30
Venezuela grows increasingly isolated after electionUS imposes sanctions on president Nicolás Maduro following controversial pollMon Jul 31 2017 - 21:15
Deaths reported in Venezuela as voters clash with policeNew constitutional assembly deemed by critics to mark end of Venezuelan democracySun Jul 30 2017 - 23:53
Work on Dublin Airport immigration detention centre to beginBrazil’s foreign ministry raises ‘discontent’ with Irish diplomats over border proceduresFri Jul 28 2017 - 01:00
Five dead in Venezuelan protests after opposition calls strikeGovernment plans to rewrite constitution cause serious unrest and talk of sanctionsThu Jul 27 2017 - 19:50
Lula defies corruption conviction by launching 2018 presidential campaignBrazil’s former president, facing 10 years in prison, says witnesses lied to avoid jailThu Jul 13 2017 - 19:08
Rio police deny Pat Hickey’s allegations over arrest footageEx-OCI boss claims Brazilian media paid officers to allow filming of his detentionSat Jul 8 2017 - 01:00
South American governments pledge to help Venezuela out of crisisFears that country headed for collapse as political tensions escalate and violence flaresFri Jul 7 2017 - 19:31
Pressure mounts on Brazilian president as close ally arrestedFormer minister Geddel Vieira Lima detained as part of ongoing corruption investigationTue Jul 4 2017 - 18:34
Bribery charge against Brazilian president reaches parliamentVote in congress could see controversial Michel Termer removed from officeThu Jun 29 2017 - 22:18
Brazil’s president criticises prosecutors over corruption chargeMichel Temer accuses authorities of seeking ‘revenge, destruction and vengeance’Wed Jun 28 2017 - 21:27
Brazil’s president Michel Temer charged with corruptionFurther charges including obstruction of justice expected to follow this weekTue Jun 27 2017 - 11:19
Former Argentine president Cristina Kirchner returns to politicsAs head of new party, Kirchner will contest a senate seat in midterm electionsMon Jun 26 2017 - 19:37
Michael Lynn cites his children in bid to block extraditionFugitive former solicitor says his children’s births should allow him to remain in BrazilMon Jun 12 2017 - 01:00
Brazilian president set to face corruption chargesMichel Temer survives vote on mandate and maintains he is victim of conspiracySun Jun 11 2017 - 17:43
President keeps a tenuous grasp on power in troubled BrazilMichel Temer rides out corruption storm as lack of replacement plays in his favourFri May 26 2017 - 19:13
Brazilian president Michel Temer facing bribery allegationsLeader fights for political life over link to payments bound for jailed colleagueThu May 18 2017 - 19:13
Brazilian president meets EU envoys over meat inspection standardsBrussels seeks ‘urgent clarification’ as officials claim Brazil’s meat products are safeSun Mar 19 2017 - 23:11
Dozens of leading figures named in Brazil corruption inquiryLeaks show that Lula, Rousseff and five cabinet ministers among those facing investigationWed Mar 15 2017 - 18:36
Pressure mounts on Brazil’s president over illicit financing claimPolitical leaders across South America now being dragged into corruption inquiry netThu Mar 2 2017 - 19:12
Brazil: Corruption investigation net closes on presidentMichel Temer’s cabinet chief steps aside on ‘health grounds’ after illicit fundraising claimFri Feb 24 2017 - 17:11
Brazil police strike leads to mounting violence and 140 murdersWorst recession in decades means state cannot meet demands for pay increasesMon Feb 13 2017 - 18:09
Brazilian billionaire arrested on return to RioBatista, who is in Bangu prison, is accused of being involved in a corruption scandalMon Jan 30 2017 - 17:45
Interpol to help Brazilian police arrest fugitive ex-billionaireEike Batista, once world’s seventh richest person, wanted on corruption chargesFri Jan 27 2017 - 17:33
Corruption inquiry in disarray after death of Brazilian judgeTeori Zavascki, supreme court justice investigating Petrobras affair, dies in plane crashFri Jan 20 2017 - 16:58
Brazil prison chief removed over collusion in massacre allegationsLetters from dead inmates accuse man of accepting money from gang behind murdersThu Jan 12 2017 - 16:50
Brazil’s jails are a grisly battleground for rival drug gangsLast week’s massacres were shocking, but barbarism is routine inside Brazil’s prisonsSun Jan 8 2017 - 15:45
South America sees Latin populist tide recedeWorld in 2016 review: Corruption scandals in Brazil and chaos in VenezuelaThu Dec 29 2016 - 01:00
Pat Hickey prosecutor says ‘process will continue without him’‘Inevitable’ that OCI head would be released and allowed home to Ireland before trialWed Dec 21 2016 - 19:12
Brazil’s newly minted president already under siegeMichel Temer sinking under weight of Petrobras graft scandal and rage over austerityFri Dec 16 2016 - 19:31
Brazil court forwards senate president for embezzlement trialRenan Calheiros accused of misusing public funds to support daughter he had from affairFri Dec 2 2016 - 18:30
Colombia’s congress approves peace deal with FarcGovernment criticised over refusal to put revised agreement to second referendumThu Dec 1 2016 - 11:08
Colombia plane crash: ‘pilot indicated fuel problem’Miguel Quiroga had requested landing priority shortly before fatal crash near MedellínWed Nov 30 2016 - 20:07
Brazil in mourning after plane carrying soccer team crashesChapecoense staff and players among about 70 fatalities in crash near Medellín, ColombiaTue Nov 29 2016 - 19:46
Fidel Castro’s death reveals diverging views on human rightsIn Castro’s Cuba there was never a debate about balancing individual and social rightsTue Nov 29 2016 - 01:00
Fidel Castro: tragedy of a revolution that turned sourThe late leader brought great social advances to Cuba, but with these came repressionMon Nov 28 2016 - 01:00
Castro exercised unparalleled influence over Latin AmericaAnalysis: Cuban leader seen as embodiment of resistance to dictators – and US powerSun Nov 27 2016 - 12:52
Brazilian minister accused in corruption scandal resignsPresident Michel Temer may face inquiry over influence peddlingFri Nov 25 2016 - 18:59
Latest Brazil resignation proves questions of ethics still unsolvedAnalysis: President seems to think it normal for minister to lobby another on personal interestsFri Nov 25 2016 - 16:11
Post-Olympics Rio descends into gang fuelled violenceCreator of favela ‘pacification’ programme quits as funding for security evaporatesMon Nov 7 2016 - 01:00
Brazilian politicians still feel the heat from Petrobras scandalFrom the president on down, Brasília’s political elite dangle as federal judges circleFri Nov 4 2016 - 01:00
National assembly calls for rebellion as Venezuela referendum is suspendedSitting of assembly disrupted by supporters of Chavista president Nicolás MaduroMon Oct 24 2016 - 18:40
Paisanos review: The Irish who helped bring freedom to Latin AmericaFrom Bernardo O’Higgins and William Brown to Richard Wall and Maria Camila O’Gorman, Tim Fanning expertly stitches rich biographies into his historical narrativeSat Oct 8 2016 - 05:00
Voters punish Brazil’s Workers’ Party in local electionsSupport for party led by Lula collapses as it loses 60% of votes after 13 years in powerMon Oct 3 2016 - 18:31
Ex-‘Apprentice’ host tipped to be next São Paulo mayorAnti-Workers’ Party climate in Brazil puts João Doria in the driving seat ahead of voteFri Sep 30 2016 - 01:00
End of 52-year insurgency in sight as Farc signs peace deal in ColombiaReferendum to be held on accord to stop conflict that has cost about 250,000 livesTue Sep 27 2016 - 01:00
Lula’s legal woes threaten legacy of popular ex-leaderCorruption charges may jeopardise plan by former president of Brazil to seek office againThu Sep 15 2016 - 16:49
Brazilian court paves way for extradition of Michael LynnLatest effort by fugitive ex-solicitor, who fled Ireland with €80m debts, to delay return is rejectedTue Sep 13 2016 - 20:56
Brazil politician who led Dilma Rousseff impeachment sackedEduardo Cunha expelled from congress after being caught lying about overseas accountsTue Sep 13 2016 - 18:50