Brazilian authorities have confirmed 1,889,206 positive cases of dengue fever so far this year, thus surpassing 2015's 1,688,688 and 2023's 1,658,816, it was reported. In addition to 630 confirmed fatalities, another 1,009 deaths are...
One woman was killed and over 110,000 households in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA) were left with no electricity on Wednesday morning as heavy rains hit the Argentine capital and its surrounding areas, leading to the delay or...
The Argentine current squid season, based on catches reports is considered encouraging because the so called sub-Patagonic, 46 degrees South, resource keeps the jigger fleet fully occupied with average catches of 30 tons per day, and...
Argentine vice president Victoria Villarruel is planning a great parade of Malvinas Veterans in front of the Congress building in Buenos Aires, not necessarily to glorify war and military actions, but to vindicate the thousands of...
Growers from Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay Tuesday launched the South American Federation of Yerba Mate Producers "to protect and promote" their activity and work toward its "worldwide dissemination," it was announced in Buenos Aires....
Growers from Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay Tuesday launched the South American Federation of Yerba Mate Producers "to protect and promote" their activity and work toward its "worldwide dissemination," it was announced in Buenos Aires....
Former Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) Chief Justice Rosa Weber has accepted President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's proposal to become a member of Mercosur's Asunción-based Review Court which handles disputes among member countries,...
Former Argentine President Mauricio Macri was appointed Tuesday to chair the Propuesta Republicana (PRO) Party which he founded and which led him to the Casa Rosada between 2015 and 2019 under the Juntos por el Cambio (JxC) coalition...
President Luis Lacalle Pou Tuesday confirmed Uruguay's first fatality due to dengue fever in 2024 following a Health Ministry (MSP) report that a possible case was under investigation. The head of state will meet Wednesday with Health...
We are raiding the Guardian Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2020: During the 1970s and 80s, eight US-backed military dictatorships jointly...
The Argentine justice system has requested Uruguay to repatriate a plane allegedly used in the infamous Condor Plan, a coordination effort between South American dictatorships during the 1970s and 1980s. The aircraft, a Hawker Siddeley...
As federal troops are deployed to tackle drug trafficking in the city of Rosario, authorities in other parts of the province of Santa Fe and its neighboring territories now fear gangs might migrate in search of other, less challenging...
Brazil's Federal Police (PF) Tuesday indicted former President Jair Bolsonaro for allegedly forging his Covid-19 vaccination records. The case now goes to the Public Prosecutor's Office for a final decision on whether or not to press...
President Javier Milei and Vice President Victoria Villarruel were seen together Monday at the ceremony marking the 32nd anniversary of the bombing of the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires after they were reported to be at odds following...
Argentina's medical facilities have been reporting an increasing number of patients with dengue-fever-like symptoms over the past few days as authorities say that over 120,000 positive cases and 79 deaths have been confirmed in the last...
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Monday that his country was “abandoned” by the government before his and, therefore, “much remains to be done,” Agencia Brasil reported.
Health workers fear the return of unsafe abortions as recent statements lead to a spike in doctors refusing to provide care Javier Milei’s anti-abortion rhetoric has prompted growing numbers of doctors in Argentina to refuse to carry out...
Wind chill factor included, Rio de Janeiro Sunday recorded for the second day in a row temperatures above 60º Celsius, Agencia Brasil reported. The Rio Alert System recorded 62.3ºC at the Guaratiba station, on the city's west side, at...
Former Brazilian Army Chief Marco Antonio Freire Gomes admitted Friday before Federal Police investigators that he had been approached by then-President Jair Bolsonaro to explore the possibility of overturning the outcome of the 2022...
Authorities in the Brazilian State of Paraná bordering Argentina and Paraguay have decreed a health emergency given the increasing number of cases of dengue fever in recent weeks as new deaths have been confirmed, Agencia Brasil reported.
A mysterious woman who spent the last 24 years in a coma after a hit-and-run car accident in downtown Vitória, in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo, has died of bronchial aspiration, it was reported Friday.
The governments of Brazil and Argentina agreed this week to a reciprocal open skies policy, Itamaraty Palace sources in Brasilia confirmed. Under the new legal frame, there will be no restrictions to carriers -both passenger and cargo-...
The Paraná delta has been called ‘Earth’s fourth lung’. But local people say they and the area’s diverse flora and fauna are being pushed aside in favour of private beaches, spas and helipads Surrounded by his seven dogs, Pedro Andino...
Tens of thousands of dengue cases recorded this year as high temperatures and rainy weather create ‘perfect formula’ for bugs In his 20 years cleaning the Buenos Aires subway, Mauricio Ríos, 52, had never seen anything like it: a vast...
Argentinians are among the biggest consumers of beef in the world. But soaring inflation and a growing plant-based eating movement are changing diets in the home of the asado The billboard in Buenos Aires shows a piglet standing...
Warning that soaring number of vessels threaten fish stocks and environment as geopolitics prevents agreement to regulate area The scale of unregulated fishing in a disputed region close to the Falkland Islands has reached an...
Recent blazes in Chile and Argentina have highlighted the need for better environmental laws as the climate crisis deepens As South America endures unprecedented high temperatures, after the hottest January on record globally , it is...
The huge leaks of the potent greenhouse gas will doom climate targets, experts say, but stemming them would rapidly reduce global heating ‘It’s impossible to breathe’ – life by Delhi’s towering landfills There have been more than 1,000...
A runaway dog stole the show by invading the pitch at the goalless draw between San Lorenzo and Club Atlético Unión in the Argentinian Primera División. It evaded multiple attempts at capture before finally leaving. Continue reading...
Far-right president’s measures aimed at tackling the country’s severe economic problems passed easily despite public protests Argentina’s lower chamber of deputies has given overall approval to libertarian president Javier Milei’s...
Despite the deaths of 322 women in 2023, the new president has closed the ministry of women and gender and proposed ‘regressive’ new laws The evening before 21-year-old Micaela García disappeared, she spoke to her mother on the phone....
Victoria Zaragoza-Martinez was retired, with little to do except hate the miserable British winter. At 71, she decided to bring some Latin warmth into her life Victoria Zaragoza-Martinez was 71 when she danced the tango for the first...
Argentina's largest union has started a 12-hour strike, with tens of thousands of workers protesting in Buenos Aires against tough economic austerity measures and changes by the new president, Javier Milei. The strike, hitting sectors...
Tens of thousands of marchers take to streets as schools and businesses close in protest at president’s extreme legislation Argentinian demonstrators have staged their biggest-yet show of opposition to Javier Milei’s radical attempt to...
After Javier Milei was elected president, threats to my safety forced me into exile. I fear the rise of anti-feminist extremism The femicide of 14-year-old Chiara Paez , by her boyfriend, in May 2015 provoked national outrage in...
Argentinian director Manuel Abramovich juxtaposes the spicier elements of porn star Lalo’s life with his loneliness Lalo (Lalo Santos) is a sex influencer and porn star, and his job is to present his life as one long, hard, sweaty state...
Rev Franco Reverberi is accused of crimes against humanity during country’s military dictatorship in the 1970s and 1980s Italy’s justice minister has refused Argentina’s request to extradite a priest accused of crimes against humanity...
In the country’s ‘lithium triangle’ activists say Indigenous land protections have been removed and protests against mining violently repressed The first time, they came at 2am and without a warrant. Rosa* was alone. She was gagged, her...
Lt Col Carlos Luis Malatto fled Argentina in 2011 and will be tried in Rome for premeditated killing of eight people in last military dictatorship A judge in Rome has ordered Lt Col Carlos Luis Malatto, a former Argentine army officer...
The new president’s rightwing supporters are targeting journalists and women’s rights activists – but the fight goes on Female journalists who write about gender issues say they are having to deal with a toxic wave of threats against...