Javier Matias Darroux Mijalchuk, taken when he was a baby, says ‘recovering my identity is homage to my parents’. Buenos Aires, Argentina – With the cacophony of a press conference just concluded around him, Roberto Mijalchuk sat silently at a table in the heart of the Argentine capital Buenos Aires, with a faraway look in […]

Thirty-two Venezuelan migrants are missing after the boat they were travelling on sank on its way to the island of Curaçao, a politician said. The group left a village in the north-western Falcón state on a speedboat on Friday. Relatives said they had not heard from the group since. It was the third Venezuelan migrant […]

A crime journalist has been murdered in south-east Mexico, local media report, the sixth reporter to be killed in the country this year. Two masked men on a motorbike shot Norma Sarabia several times outside her home in Tabasco state, newspaper Tabasco Hoy reported. She had worked for the outlet for 15 years, most recently […]

Mexico has been described as the deadliest country for reporters outside of a war zone. Since 2000, at least 144 journalists have been murdered according to Mexico’s National Human Rights Commission (CNDH). Only Afghanistan and Syria have seen more reporters killed. Shortly after he was sworn in on 1 December, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López […]

A crime journalist has been murdered in south-east Mexico, local media report, the sixth reporter to be killed in the country this year. Two masked men on a motorbike shot Norma Sarabia several times outside her home in Tabasco state, newspaper Tabasco Hoy reported. She had worked for the outlet for 15 years, most recently […]

Brazil’s Justice Minister, Sergio Moro, has denied claims he conspired to keep leftist former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva out of the 2018 election. The Intercept news site published what it says are messages sent by Mr Moro while he was presiding over Brazil’s biggest corruption investigation. The “Car Wash” inquiry led to dozens […]

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is back in prison after being let out to attend his grandson Arthur’s funeral. The seven-year-old died of meningitis on Friday. Lula, as he is known, was allowed to go to the burial in São Paulo on Saturday, where supporters gathered to greet him. Lula is serving […]

The lawyer of a woman who accused the Brazilian footballer Neymar of rape said he may drop the case unless his client can provide more evidence. Laywer Danilo Garcia de Andrade said he told model Najila Trindade to show him a full recording of a second encounter she had with Neymar. But Ms Trindade said […]

Thousands of Venezuelans have crossed into Colombia to buy food, medicine and other essentials after the border between the two countries was reopened. The crossing was closed in February at President Nicolás Maduro’s request as opposition leader Juan Guaidó prepared to bring in US-backed humanitarian aid. The country has faced shortages of basic supplies as […]

Four million Venezuelan refugees and migrants have fled the economic and humanitarian crisis in their homeland, all but 700,000 of them since the end of 2015, UN aid agencies have reported. The Opec member’s imploding economy has brought widespread shortages of basic foods and medicines, while political hostilities have led to waves of fatal violence. […]