The Latest Breaking News from South America

New research suggests humans lived in South America at the same time as now extinct giant sloths, bolstering evidence that people arrived in the Americas earlier than previously thought

Humans were living in Brazil earlier than previously thought, prehistoric sloth-bone pendants suggest.

A record 110 tonnes of cocaine were seized in the Belgian port of Antwerp in 2022. The city is now the main gateway into Europe for the drug, which largely comes from South America concealed in fruit shipments. Faced with this trafficking epidemic, Belgian authorities have recruited almost 100 extra…

On the far north edge of Colombia there is a desert peninsula the size of Wales, where Arizona-like landscapes meet the sparkling waters of the Caribbean. Home to the indigenous Wayuu people, La Guajira is a place of great “beauty and strangeness”, said Ruaridh Nicoll in the Financial Times. The…

From Bielsa with Uruguay to Simeone at Atlético, managers from the South American nation are everywhere – except Brazil

A dozen rheas escape from farm, five caught, rest remain at large; residents warned of dangerous claws and kicks.

The second largest South American economy is once again facing record inflation, while the peso, the local currency, has lost most of its value.

South America is in the spotlight as Central in Lima, Peru, is named the world’s best restaurant 2023 at the World’s 50 Best restaurant awards held last night in Valencia, Spain.

The second largest South American economy is once again facing record inflation, while the peso, the local currency, has lost most of its value.