Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been charged by the country’s chief prosecutor with attempting a coup after he was defeated in the 2022 presidential election. The 69-year-old was handed…
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Brazil: Suspect in Christmas cake poisoning found dead in jail cell
A Brazilian woman suspected of poisoning her husband’s family with an arsenic-laced Christmas cake has been found dead in her prison cell in what police think was most likely a…
Argentina:Dozens evacuated in skyscraper fire
15 hours ago Leonardo Rocha & George Wright BBC NewsShareSave More than 100 people were evacuated from a luxury residential tower in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, as a fire…
Mexico: Pilot suspected of working for Mexican drug cartel arrested
Security forces in Mexico have arrested a pilot they suspect of working for Los Chapitos, the Mexican cartel run by sons of the jailed drug lord Joaquín ‘”El Chapo” Guzmán.…
Guatemala: Police investigate bus crash which killed 55
Guatemala police investigate bus crash which killed 55Guatemala police investigate bus crash which killed 55Police in Guatemala are investigating what could have caused a passenger bus to crash through a…
Ecuador: Presidential election ends in a ‘tie’ prompting run-off
Ecuador’s presidential election will go to a second round after a closely contested first-round result failed to produce an outright winner. The electoral authorities called it a “technical tie” after…
Ecuador: Polling in presidential election led by Daniel Noboa, Luisa Gonzalez
Voters in Ecuador are set to pick their next president in a race dominated by the country’s security crisis and struggling economy. Polls opened at 7am local time (12:00 GMT)…
Ecuador: Nation chooses president against backdrop of gang violence
Ecuador chooses president against backdrop of gang violenceThe entire town feels like it is in a pandemic, locked up without being able to go out and enjoy our lives due…
Panama: Indigenous group flees drowning Gardi Sugdub island
“If the island sinks, I will sink with it,” Delfino Davies says, his smile not fading for a second. There is silence, except for the swish of his broom across…