Forty years after the Nevado del Ruiz volcano wiped out the town of Armero, the ghosts of Colombia's deadliest tragedy still haunt its slopes, and families are still searching for lost children.
The First Section of Brazil's Superior Court of Justice (STJ) unanimously ruled on Wednesday in favor of transgender military personnel -or transitioning thereinto- who are thus protected from being relieved of duty for their condition alone.
British billionaire Joe Lewis, who has significant business interests in Argentine Patagonia and other parts of South America, has been granted an official pardon by US President Donald Trump, it was confirmed Thursday. The measure came after Lewis, 88, pleaded guilty last year
More than 120 people were killed in the raid which targeted the Comando Vermelho criminal gang.
Three out of every ten households with children and adolescents in Argentina are unable to cover their monthly expenses, according to the ninth “Rapid Survey” conducted by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in August released this week.
The Milan Public Prosecutor's Office has launched an investigation into claims that wealthy Italian citizens paid fees to act as “weekend snipers,” targeting and shooting civilians besieged in Sarajevo during the Bosnian War (1992-1996). The investigation has been bolstered by
California Governor Gavin Newsom has emerged as an unexpected focal point and "anti-Trump" figure at the COP30 climate conference in Belém, capitalizing on the absence of the self-proclaimed climate change skeptic US President Donald Trump.
Following a powerful extratropical cyclone that swept across south-central Brazil last week —bringing heavy storms and a tornado that devastated parts of Paraná and Santa Catarina— meteorologists are warning that the country faces a continued risk of similar weather events
Formal employment in Paraguay has reached a new historic record, with the country adding nearly 64,000 new formal jobs so far in 2025, according to the Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security (MTESS).