Democratic left has struggled to win support after the vicious civil war

Army sent in to contain crisis over demands for the return of ancestral lands

Brazilian president trying to involve armed forces in campaign against voting system

Once-jailed former president challenges Bolsonaro with anti-poverty record of boom

Left-wing Gustavo Petro cancels campaign events amid fears of assassination plot

Crisis mounts as president pardons supporter and taunts judiciary ahead of poll

São Paulo Letter: President’s alliance with evangelical Christians vital for re-election

How a young Royal Navy cook was gunned down in Rio days later by left-wing guerrillas

São Paulo Letter: Both droughts and severe flooding more frequent as Amazon denuded

Dozens hospitalised after taking drug with toxic substance sold in Buenos Aires suburbs

Olavo de Carvalho gave intellectual veneer to anti-lockdown stance and unproven drugs

Health facilities have seen huge influx of people seeking treatment for Omicron as Brazil has its worst influenza outbreak in year(...)

35-year-old leader of progressive coalition has pledged to tackle high levels of inequality

Voters go to polls on Sunday for most polarised ballot since return of democracy

São Paulo Letter: Bolsonaro attempted to prevent Marighella reaching cinemas

Book review: Elle Hardy charts the faith’s fervent march on the secular world

Carlos Nuzman found guilty of paying substantial bribes Lamine Diack and Papa Diack

Eight bodies recovered from mangrove swamp a day after police officer killed by criminals

Ultra-conservative candidate has denied Pinochet regime was a dictatorship

Speech to UN condemned for untruths, and Covid-positive minister for health left in US

Brazil’s president says he spoke in ‘heat of the moment’ following address to supporters

Far-right president renews attacks on supreme court at rally in Brasília

São Paulo Letter: Statues controversy predates George Floyd protests

Officials seek extra security ahead of events planned on country’s Independence Day

Béjar blamed Peru’s navy for terrorism and claimed CIA responsible for insurgency

Andy Robinson prefers to bang out the old hits rather than deeply explore the region’s rich complexities

Unsupported allegations against voting system come ahead of elections next year

President accused of coup-mongering ahead of vote on his bid to change Brazil’s voting system

Under Bolsonaro’s regime the Cinemateca Brasileira has been starved of funds and effectively abandoned

Broadcast part of president’s aim to bring back paper ballots ahead of next election

Delays in delivering Sputnik V second doses have the potential to leave millions of Argentines unable to finish their vaccination (...)

Opponent Keiko Fujimori accepts defeat after electoral fraud allegations rejected

Brazil’s president claims 2018 stabbing not act of lone agent but part of conspiracy

São Paulo Letter: Many left in no doubt about Brazil’s unpopular president’s anti-democratic intentions

Congressman at centre of graft allegations says witness is being used to discredit him

Failures to manage pandemic and roll out vaccines have stoked long-simmering tensions

Fans don’t want it, empty stadiums, Covid is rife and yet matches continue to be played

President Bolsonaro embroiled in a growing corruption scandal involving the purchase of Covid-19 vaccines

Fujimori refuses to concede defeat after narrow loss, claiming systematic fraud

Hard-left Castillo holds narrow lead over daughter of country’s former dictator Alberto

Pedro Castillo may mean end of free polls while Keiko Alberto vows to free father from jail

Ricardo Salles investigated over link to Amazon forest products contraband

São Paulo Letter: Question of why Bolsonaros were so opposed to vaccines comes to the fore

Biden acknowledges signals coming from Caracas, but it is unclear if they are sufficient for him to lift sanctions against Venezue(...)

One policeman among those killed in operation targeting drug gang

Argentina, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia among countries reporting increases in new infections

São Paulo Letter: Incident was filmed by cameras covering the legislative assembly

While voters say they are fed up with years of corruption and political turmoil, and many plan to spoil their ballots, there is no(...)

President remains fiercely opposed to stricter measures to tackle a growing crisis

Public health experts warn it is too early to say if country’s infection rate is plateauing

Defence minister’s sacking was followed by the heads of the three branches of the armed forces

Move exposes deep tensions between president and the military’s high command over his efforts to align it with his far-right agend(...)

Country records more than 3,000 daily deaths for first time as health system buckles

Anti-lockdown and pro-chloroquine Marcelo Queiroga takes portfolio amid fatalities surge

Former president Lula, whose conviction has been annulled, set to run against Bolsonaro

Left-wing leader now free to challenge Bolsonaro in 2022 presidential race

São Paulo Letter: Is Brazil’s president concerned with protection or political leverage?

Country recorded 30,484 deaths last month as health officials demand tighter restrictions

Brazilian president helps ally to win influencial leadership position in congress

Brazilian president’s allies close in on key roles in Congress as coronavirus criticism mounts

Doubts over the country’s capacity to produce enough doses to bring the pandemic under control in the medium term

São Paulo Letter: Both leaders see themselves as battling entrenched establishments that seek to thwart their goals

It is estimated that up to half a million illegal abortions take place in the country each year

Home to 8% of world’s population the region accounts for 30% of all deaths from Covid-19

Judge who authorised Marcello Crivella’s arrest says the mayor is a risk to ‘public order’

São Paulo Letter: As global demand grows for vaccines, Brazil risks being at the back of the queue

Nicolás Maduro claims ‘great victory’ in poll generally boycotted and not recognised

Brazil’s local elections are an important leading indicator for general elections

Maduro targets win in election deemed by rival a ‘farce’ and by EU not ‘free and fair’

Diego Maradona understood football was first and foremost about the people’s passion

Workers’ Party risks alienating potential allies by insisting on centrality of ex-president

Brazilian president’s power under attack as traditional right and centre-right to fore

Brazilian president has endorsed a number of candidates who are struggling in the polls

President orders health minister to abandon plans to purchase a Chinese vaccine

78 per cent of people back a new charter to replace one imposed in Pinochet era

Further unrest as protesters say they are living in a two-tier society

Presidential candidate significantly increases party’s vote share with leader still in exile

Brazilian senator Chico Rodrigues found hiding money by police investigating corruption

Party of exiled former president Morales confident of outright victory in first round for its candidate Luis Arce

Volatile politics, uneven healthcare and inequality enable coronavirus to wreak havoc

Girl became pregnant after years of abuse at the hands of her aunt’s partner, a drug dealer

São Paulo Letter: President gains in popularity among the poor with social payments

President criticised for ‘gross negligence’ in handling crisis, as deaths approach 100,000

São Paulo Letter: Jungle destruction prompts global pressure but makes little impact

Federal auditors highlight chaos at heart of Jair Bolsonaro’s administration and its response to the crisis

Army high command growing increasingly uneasy at its association with Bolsonaro

Right-wing leader has sought to minimise threat posed by coronavirus, comparing it to ‘mild flu’

Brazil’s mounting Covid-19 death toll is not the president’s biggest problem

Rights groups warn of ‘catastrophe of worrying proportions’ in prisons due to virus spread

Brazilian president appears dejected as judicial siege tightens around administration

Brazil’s congress plans to block president’s move to use Covid-19 crisis to control colleges

Relatives of prisoners fearful loved ones will catch virus in chronically overcrowded jails

Bolsonaro says he will scrap cabinet meetings over leaked video as infections accelerate

Pandemic bearing down on region that spent 2019 racked by political crises and social unrest

President faces fine of €825 a day if he fails to comply with court order

President spoke at far-right protest amid bitter political dispute over coronavirus

President demands easing of Covid-19 measures and accuses congress of plot to oust him

Up to 40 million workers in informal sector hit particularly hard in Covid-19 crisis

Brazil’s president wary of the pandemic’s effect on his grip on power

President continues campaign against lockdown but moderates tone in national address