South America News

About 129 million Brazilian voters went to the polls Sunday morning to elect mayors and 52,137 councilors at 5,563 municipalities.

This is the first of a series of articles about the discoveries and experiences of an adventurous UC Santa Barbara international relations graduate as she travels and works in Peru.

MIAMI - Two right-wing paramilitary warlords extradited earlier this year with 12 others with great fanfare from Colombia were ordered Thursday to spend decades behind U.S. bars after pleading guilty to roles ...

WASHINGTON Two Colombian citizens who were extradited from the Republic of Colombia earlier this week have made their initial appearances in federal court in Washington, D.C., on terrorism and drug charges ...

Freedom Not Fear is the world's ongoing demonstration against the encroachment of civil liberties by anti-terrorist laws -- particularly in the online world.

Surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome is more effective at relieving the symptoms of the painful condition than splinting, according to an updated review of studies by Chilean researchers.

Oct 8, 2008 - Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Colombia Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report Q3 2008" report to their offering.

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva criticized on Tuesday the International Monetary Fund for lack of action in the midst of the international financial crisis.

Lima, Peru - Protests are sweeping Peru as thousands march in at least five cities to protest the government's economic policies.

"Barack Obama" loses -- in Brazil. At least eight "Barack Obamas" who were running in Brazilian local elections have lost.

Buenos Aires, Oct 7 : At least eight people were killed and 12 injured in Colombia when a bus carrying 20 passengers skidded off a mountainous road into a ravine, the Caracol TV channel said Tuesday.

Peru's energy minister and a top state oil company official resigned amid a scandal over alleged kickbacks, while President Alan Garcia on Monday suspended four contracts with the Norwegian oil company ...

Mexico's powerful drug cartels are buying drugs directly from Colombia's main rebel group, a senior Colombian defense official said Tuesday at a hemispheric meeting on crime.

Air Canada and TAM, Brazil's largest airline, have agreed to offer each others' customers an expanded choice of destinations and transfers in their home countries.

Three years after President Hugo Chávez expelled American missionaries from the Venezuelan Amazon, accusing them of using proselytism of remote tribes as a cover for espionage, resentment is festering here ...

Latin American stocks plunged Monday, led by a stunning 15 percent intraday drop in Brazilian shares, on concern the world is descending into a severe economic slowdown that could devastate the region's ...

Maybe they should have tried "John McCain." At least eight "Barack Obamas" who borrowed the Democratic presidential candidate's name to run in Brazilian local elections lost.

Iran's futsal team is to play Libya on Sunday in the Futsal World Cup in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, MNA reported.

Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, Ecuador, Uruguay and Venezuela -- as a result of exponential growth reported in the services division and in the development of Global Delivery Services.

President Evo Morales and four autonomy-seeking regional governors failed to reach agreement after 10 hours of closed-door talks to find a solution Bolivia's recent political upheaval, a government official ...