Former Chief of Staff and cofounder of the Worker’s Party (PT) Jose Dirceu was found guilty of corruption on Tuesday by the Brazilian Supreme Court in a trial that began 2nd August and was dubbed “the trial of the century” by Brazilian media. Dirceu and 36 others were accused of using public funds to bribe […]

Argentine journalist Jorge Lanata claims that police held him and a group of journalists for over two hours at Simón Bólivar Airport in Caracas on Monday. Lanata said that during this time the police erased the material he had recorded while covering the presidential elections in Venezuela.

Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez was reelected for a new six-year term on Sunday. Aigul Safiullina looks back at election day, and forward to the future of government and opposition in Venezuela.

Yesterday the First Commission of the Colombian Senate approved a proposal to regulate the practice of euthanasia in the country. The initiative would allow terminally ill people older than 18, who are suffering from intense pain and with no scientific cure available, to undergo the procedure. The proposal, brought before the Senate by Armando Benedetti […]

Thirty-four years ago Mercedes Moreno had her daughter taken from her after giving birth in an illegal detention centre, the Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo have now announced they have found her daughter.

On Tuesday the U.S. Supreme Court declined to block a judgement against petroleum giant Chevron, filed by an Ecuadorean court, that demands the North American oil company pay damages of more than US$19bn. Chevron is accused of causing massive environmental damage in the Amazonian Lago Agrio region. Texaco, which was bought by Chevron in 2001, […]

Raul Tettamanti resigned from his position as temporary judge today following objections of his appointment from the government.

The government announced today that they will insist on the correct application of the current decree but reject the Police and Coast Guard demands of a salary raise to $7,000.

The Mexican Navy confirmed the death of Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano (‘El Lazca’) a founder and leader of the criminal organisation Los Zetas.

Over 5,500 Brazilian municipalities voted on Sunday to choose the mayors and local council members. As expected, The Workers’ Party (PT) won in the three most populated states, while Rio de Janeiro reelected its current Mayor, Eduardo Paes, who belongs to the centrist Democratic Movement Party (PMDB). The most surprising result came in São Paulo, […]