The Irish Times

Colombia could be on verge of electing its first left-wing president

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

Fri May 20 2022 - 20:00

Chile declares state of emergency in regions affected by Mapuche crisis

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

Wed May 18 2022 - 17:57

Colombian presidential frontrunner says gang planned to kill him

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

Tue May 03 2022 - 19:14

Bolsonaro takes on Brazil’s supreme court after congressman sentenced

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

Fri Apr 22 2022 - 17:00

‘Further conversations’ needed around Latin America sanctions against Russia – Tánaiste

Region opposed to Ukraine invasion but there is ‘reluctance’ around penalties, Varadkar says

Sun Mar 13 2022 - 16:37

At least 20 dead in Argentina after consuming tainted cocaine

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

Thu Feb 03 2022 - 16:48

Chile abandons the centre in watershed presidential election

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

Fri Dec 17 2021 - 17:55

Chile headed for divisive presidential race as far-right outsider tops poll

Ultra-conservative candidate has denied Pinochet regime was a dictatorship

Mon Nov 22 2021 - 12:04

In The News: Why do Brazilians want to impeach Jair Bolsonaro?

Brazilian president repeatedly played down pandemic as thousands died from Covid

Wed Aug 04 2021 - 06:53

São Paulo Letter: Fire at neglected cultural institution a metaphor for a troubled Brazil

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

Sun Aug 01 2021 - 15:59

Brazil begins to unravel the tangled web behind its poor pandemic response

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

Tue May 18 2021 - 20:00

Lula’s return shows challenges faced by Brazil’s left in taking fight to Bolsonaro

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

Fri Nov 27 2020 - 21:00

Brazil’s local elections are set to test Bolsonaro’s appeal

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

Thu Nov 12 2020 - 18:30

Brazil’s political crisis deepens after Bolsonaro sacks health minister

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

Fri Apr 17 2020 - 18:28

Irish in ‘good spirits’ as plane leaves Peru for Dublin

Flight taking tourists left stranded by Covid-19 restrictions home via London

Sun Mar 29 2020 - 22:21

How the Bolsonaro government is waging war on Brazil’s poor

São Paulo Letter: Budget for Bolsa payment cut despite inequality gap increasing

Tue Mar 03 2020 - 20:00

D-Day minus one: UK faces most consequential election in a generation

Inside Politics: Poll predicts majority for Boris - but a much smaller one than thought

Wed Dec 11 2019 - 07:51

Peronist revival set to plunge Argentina into economic turmoil

Populist Alberto Fernández wins presidential election in first round

Mon Oct 28 2019 - 16:02

New quota ‘good start’ for Brazilian beef farmers

Mercosur will have the right to export 99,000 tonnes of beef annually to the EU at a reduced tariff of 7.5 per cent

Wed Jul 10 2019 - 18:28

South America gives mixed response to EU trade deal

Mercosur countries show little euphoria following conclusion of beef agreement

Mon Jul 01 2019 - 20:03

Brazilian court rejects latest attempt to free Lula from jail

Former president is serving eight years for corruption and money-laundering

Wed Jun 26 2019 - 19:29

First big judicial test for Brazil’s Car Wash investigation

Defence team of ex-president Lula to seek his release over claim judge was biased against him

Mon Jun 24 2019 - 20:00

Ten years on, family of Irishman killed in Bolivia still wait for answers

Investigation into death of Michael Dwyer in police raid held up by ‘farcical’ related trial

Sat Apr 13 2019 - 06:00

Anniversary of Brazil’s 1964 military coup unearths new tensions

Build-up to the date has been the most turbulent in years under president Jair Bolsonaro

Sat Mar 30 2019 - 06:00

Guaidó urges national mobilisation to oust Maduro

Venezuela’s opposition leader issues rallying cry in bid to take presidential palace

Sun Mar 17 2019 - 17:58

Ireland’s Brazilians: Insulted, punched and robbed ‘while the public looks away’

Brazilians protest in Dublin this weekend against a perceived increase in racial violence

Sat Mar 02 2019 - 06:00

Venezuela: Guaidó turns to allies after Maduro blocks aid

Efforts to bring supplies into country frustrated as military refuses to let convoys in

Sun Feb 24 2019 - 18:48

Venezuela crisis: Montevideo summit seeks to end political stand-off

Embattled president Maduro backs EU-chaired initiative but opposition rejects it

Thu Feb 07 2019 - 19:59

Maduro holds on to power despite domestic and global pressure

Rallies support incumbent and rival Guaidó, as Venezuela’s army backing may be on wane

Sun Feb 03 2019 - 16:50

US recognition of rival leader ratchets up pressure on Maduro

Venezuela’s economy in ruins after disastrous experiment in Chávez’s ‘21st Century Socialism’

Thu Jan 24 2019 - 16:52

Brazil’s far-right presidential candidate accused of ‘coup-mongering’

Jair Bolsonaro battles fresh claims as video emerges of his son threatening supreme court

Mon Oct 22 2018 - 17:50

WhatsApp implicated in bitter turn to Brazil election

Race for presidency slides into legal rancour with potential to erode legitimacy of winner

Sun Oct 21 2018 - 20:18

Brazilians take to streets to demonstrate against Jair Bolsonaro

Far-right presidential candidate opposed by women’s rights, gay and anti-racist groups

Sun Sept 30 2018 - 16:59

Colleague of murdered Rio de Janeiro council woman named as lead suspect

Marielle Franco was shot four times in the head in crime that shocked Brazil

Sun May 13 2018 - 20:31