Argentines headed out to the polls on Sunday after a year of twists and turns in a dramatic election race that is likely to oust conservative President Mauricio Macri and shift the South American country back towards the Peronist left. Around the country, in an overcast Buenos Aires, amid the Pampas farmlands and the vineyards […]

Argentina goes to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president amid a deep economic crisis that has left a third of the population in poverty. President Mauricio Macri came to power four years ago with market-friendly promises to restore the country’s finances and growth. But many say things are worse now than when […]

Chile’s President Sebastian Piñera has dismissed his whole cabinet in order to form a new government and introduce social reforms demanded by protesters. “I have put all my ministers on notice in order to restructure my cabinet to confront these new demands,” he said. It is not yet clear what form the reshuffle will take. […]

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 […]

Supermarket is ransacked and set ablaze as violent clashes between protesters and security forces continue. Three people have died in a fire inside a Santiago supermarket that was ransacked as violent clashes between protesters and security forces continued, said the mayor of the Chilean capital. “Two people burned to death and the third was taken […]

Chile’s President Sebastián Piñera has suspended a rise in metro fares that sparked protests across the country. Soldiers and tanks were deployed in the capital, Santiago, after the government declared a state of emergency but demonstrations continued on Saturday. After some clashes, a night curfew was announced in restive areas. The protests have broadened to […]

Many young Bolivians heading to the polls on Sunday to vote in a general election have no memory of anyone but President Evo Morales leading the Andean nation. The indigenous politician is running for a fourth term in office and if he wins, he will be in power until 2025. His critics say he has […]

A state of emergency has been declared in the Chilean capital, Santiago, after protests sparked by increased metro ticket prices turned violent. Protesters – many of them high school and university students – jumped turnstiles, attacked several underground stations, started fires and blocked traffic, leaving widespread damage across the city and thousands of commuters without […]

Mexico’s president has defended freeing drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán’s son soon after his arrest. When Ovidio Guzmán López was seized at a house on a judge’s warrant in the city of Culiacán, cartel gunmen fought street battles with security forces. At least eight people were reportedly killed and 21 wounded, with vehicles left […]

In the centre of the Venezuelan capital Caracas, an extraordinary space-age building towers over the sprawling slums below. El Helicoide was once the symbol of a rich and promising nation. Today, it houses one of Venezuela’s most infamous jails, and embodies the country’s decline from Latin American powerhouse to crisis zone. ‘Instant modernity’ El Helicoide […]