One of Argentina’s biggest cities has been hit by severe flooding after suffering the equivalent of more than four months’ rainfall in just four hours. Heavy rain began lashing Bahía…
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Panama: Hong Kong billionaire to sell Panama Canal ports to US firm
A Hong Kong-based company has agreed to sell most of its stake in two key ports on the Panama Canal to a group led by US investment firm BlackRock. The…
Bolivia: Bus crash kills at least 37
At least 37 people have died and 30 left injured after two passenger buses collided in Bolivia, police said. The crash happened early on Saturday about 5km (3 miles) from…
Chile: Power cut leaves millions without electricity
Media reports say some power has been restored in parts of Chile’s capital, Santiago, after a near-nationwide cut left huge swathes of the country without electricity. A state of emergency…
Venezuela: Opposition activist dies in jail
A Venezuelan opposition activist who was arrested during anti-government protests in January has died in jail, his party has said. Reinaldo Araujo, a leader of the Vente Venezuela party in…
Bolivia: Bus crash kills at least 30 people
More than 30 people have been killed in a bus crash on a mountain road in Bolivia, police say. The vehicle plunged almost 800m (2625 ft) into a ravine in…
Brazil: Prosecutor charges ex-President Bolsonaro over alleged coup plot
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…
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…