Enrique Alfonso Severo, the ex-railway worker and key witness in the Mariano Ferreyra murder trial who went missing on Wednesday night, was found alive yesterday in Gerli, a neighbourhood of the Avellaneda district. The discovery comes after a nationwide manhunt and dramatic protests in the capital. Severo, a former manager for the railway company Ferrobaires, […]

The children of ex Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori, currently in prison for human rights violations, have announced they will formally ask for their father’s pardon on medical grounds.

Bolivian officials broached the possibility of internationally brokered arbitration in their dispute with Chile over coastal territory.

Yesterday Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff signed into law “Caring Brazil”, a programme designed to combat childhood extreme poverty. Since its launch last May, the program has lifted almost three million children out of extreme poverty and anticipates doubling that figure. The programme distributes R$70 (the equivalent of US$35) monthly to each family of a child […]

Last night the Argentine Senate approved a bill to amend the Criminal Code and significantly increase sentences for femicide. This project is a modification to the existing norm related to femicide. The new article amends an Article 80 of the Penal Code imposing ‘life imprisonment for men, who kill a woman or a person who […]

Enrique Alfonso Severo disappeared last night before he was expected to testify today at noon in the trail against José Pedraza, general secretary of the Railway Union (UF), and his assistant Juan Carlos Fernández, who are accused of planning the violent clash that resulted in the murder of Mariano Ferreyra.

Of more than 32,000 suspected cases of dengue fever in Paraguay, almost 30,000 are now confirmed. Over 6,000 people have been hospitalised with suspected cases, 89% of them testing positive for the dengue fever virus. The majority of victims reside in the capital city of Asunción, particularly in areas close to the Paraguay River, and […]

The release of US citizen Jason Puracal after two years of wrongful imprisonment in Nicaragua has put an unflattering spotlight on the country’s justice system. David Hutt reports.

Security Force protests that started on Tuesday 2nd October continue this morning with a new petition of demands.

Patrick Duddy, ex-US Ambassador to Venezuela, released a surprising paper last month outlining a range of measures that could be taken by the United States after Sunday’s elections and warning against potential violence in the country. Duddy, who was exiled from Venezuela in 2008 for his alleged involvement in a plot to overthrow the Chávez […]