Argentina stretches 4,000 km from its sub-tropical north to the sub-Antarctic south. Its terrain includes part of the Andes mountain range, swamps, the plains of the Pampas and a long coastline. Argentina is rich in resources, has a well-educated workforce, and is one of South America’s largest economies. In cultural terms, it has given the […]

Hundreds of thousands of members of the Light of the World church have travelled to Mexico to take part in their traditional mass baptisms. The organisation is embroiled in a sex crimes scandal, with its leader Naasón Joaquín García absent from the celebrations after his arrest in the US. Some 600,000 followers from 58 countries […]

The number of animals living in the world’s forests has more than halved in the last 50 years, the conservation charity WWF has revealed. Forest wildlife’s activities is vital for maintaining healthy woodlands and jungles which help curb climate change. But a global assessment by WWF and the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) of 455 […]

Football player José Luis Brown, who scored Argentina’s opening goal in their win against West Germany in the 1986 World Cup final, has died at 62. The defender, known by his nickname “Tata”, dislocated his shoulder in the match but refused to be substituted. That was the only international goal of his career. Argentina, led […]

Brazilian prosecutors have moved to ban President Jair Bolsanaro’s son from becoming ambassador to the US. The public prosecutor’s office filed an injunction on Monday asking a federal court to rule on the experience needed for anyone to serve as a diplomat. Opposition lawmakers have also asked the Supreme Court to block the appointment, calling […]

Haiti became the world’s first black-led republic and the first independent Caribbean state when it threw off French colonial control and slavery in the early 19th century. But independence came at a crippling cost. It had to pay reparations to France, which demanded compensation for former slave owners. The 19th century “independence debt” was not […]

A number of opinion polls predict a close fight between incumbent Mauricio Macri and challenger Alberto Fernandez. Buenos Aires, Argentina – Andrea Soria will step into the ballot box on Sunday in the first test of Argentina’s all-consuming election season – and she won’t be happy about it. “I think I’m like most people. I […]

Guatemalans head to the polls on Sunday to choose their new president. The two candidates who have made it into the run-off having stood for the presidency repeatedly before. Ex-first lady Sandra Torres hopes it will be third time lucky for her while ex-prison chief Alejandro Giammattei is running for the fourth time. Guatemalans have […]

Lying at the crossroads of the North and South American continents and the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, Panama is of immense strategic importance. This has made Panama the frequent object of US attention. The United States supported its secession from Colombia in 1903, and secured a sovereign zone in which to build the Panama Canal […]

When Iris Mendoza and her husband Pedro Carreño fled Venezuela, Peru’s capital was their light at the end of the tunnel. Mr Carreño had been diagnosed with severe cancer and Venezuela’s collapsing medical system meant he could not get even the most basic care. But when they arrived in Lima after journeying across South America […]