Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó has vowed to end President Nicolás Maduro’s rule amid an ongoing power struggle between the two men. Mr Guaidó, who declared himself “acting president” on 23 January in a move recognised by several countries, claims that Mr Maduro is a “usurper” because he was re-elected in polls that have been […]

A 26-year-old male model has died after collapsing on the catwalk at São Paulo Fashion Week. Tales Soares was taking part in a show for the brand Ocksa when he fell. He was taken to a hospital but could not be revived. The audience initially thought it was part of the show. Models looked on […]

Ex-president tells supporters in Sao Paolo he will surrender to police to begin 12-year jail sentence for corruption. Brazil‘s former President Luiz Inacio “Lula” da Silva has said he is ready to turn himself in to begin a 12-year sentence for bribery, while maintaining he is the victim of a political campaign to stop him from running […]

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó has vowed to end President Nicolás Maduro’s rule amid an ongoing power struggle between the two men. Mr Guaidó, who declared himself “acting president” on 23 January in a move recognised by several countries, claims that Mr Maduro is a “usurper” because he was re-elected in polls that have been […]

A male model taking part in Sao Paulo’s Fashion Week has died after becoming ill and falling on the catwalk. A statement from organisers said Tales Soares took ill on Saturday while modelling clothes for fashion brand Ocksa. A medical team attended to him on the catwalk and Mr Soares was taken to a hospital, […]

Pope Francis has donated $500,000 (£387,000) to help migrants stranded in Mexico as they try to reach the US border, the Vatican said. The money comes from the Catholic Church’s Peter’s Pence fund, from church collections around the world. A statement said vital aid for the migrants was falling as global media coverage of the […]

Jair Bolsonaro won Brazil’s presidential election last October on a platform of change. He said he would deliver a safer Brazil to appease those worried about rising violence, an economic turnaround after several years of crisis and – perhaps most central to his campaign – an end to old-style corrupt politics which have seen dozens […]

Thousands of indigenous people have protested in the Brazilian capital, Brasília, to defend hard-won land and cultural rights that they say are under threat from the government of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro. Some 4,000 indigenous people from all over the country are expected for the three-day annual “Free Land” demonstration. They have set up camp […]

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The former president of Peru, Alan García, has died after shooting himself in the head as police came to arrest him as part of a corruption probe. President Martinez Vizcarra said the former head of state, who was 69, died yesterday after emergency surgery at the Jose Casimiro Ulloa Hospital in Peru’s capital. Mr Garcia, […]