PORTO VELHO, Brazil: Lingering smoke in the Amazon is reportedly causing increased respiratory problems - particularly among children and the elderly - as...
BUENOS AIRES: The young victims are still here: They’re among the kids who like to share stories while they sip on traditional Argentine tea, who check their...
SANTIAGO: Pope Francis has flown over the massive Andes cordillera, visited the poor in several slums and rubbed shoulders with presidents in six visits to...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina: Flames glow, smoke billows and the aroma of slowly burning logs blends with the flavors of lightly charred calamari with broccoli and...
CASEROS, Argentina: Karen Maydana says she was 9 years old when the Rev. Carlos Jose fondled her at a church pew facing the altar. It was her first confession...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina: Being born without fingers can be tough for any child. Getting new ones – especially red and blue superhero themed digits – has made...
SANTIAGO: One former Chilean soldier said he shot 10 people in the head and then blew up their bodies with dynamite. Another said his platoon drenched two...
SANTIAGO: Gen. Manuel Contreras, who headed the feared spy agency that kidnapped, tortured and killed thousands during Chile's military dictatorship, died...
SANTIAGO: The president of CONMEBOL says it needs "total and absolute change" after becoming engulfed in the FIFA corruption scandal.Juan Angel Napout said...
SANTIAGO: Playing without suspended star Neymar, Brazil defeated Venezuela 2-1 Sunday in its final group game to reach the Copa America quarterfinals.Thiago...
KING GEORGE ISLAND, Antarctica: They trekked snow-covered mountains, gasped at seals flopping along the coastline and oohed at penguins waddling along on the...
IQUIQUE, Chile: Coastal residents of Chile's far-north spent a second sleepless night outside their homes early Thursday after a major aftershock rattled an...
SANTIAGO, Chile: They inspired generations of musicians worldwide, served as the blueprint for countless rock bands, including Nirvana, and got a second life...
SANTIAGO, Chile: Trent Reznor says he feels "a fresh new start" for Nine Inch Nails after the band's latest album and world tour.Reznor released "Hesitation...
SANTIAGO: A nine-year investigation into allegations of illegal enrichment by the late Gen. Augusto Pinochet ended on Monday with no charges filed against the...
VILCUN, Chile: The hooded men approached the ranch by night, scattering pamphlets about the death of a Mapuche Indian activist shot in the back by a...
BUENOS AIRES: For more than a billion Roman Catholics worldwide, he's Pope Francis. For Argentina's poorest citizens, crowded in "misery...
LLANO DE CHAJNANTOR, Chile: Earth's largest radio telescope is growing more powerful by the day on this remote plateau high above Chile's Atacama desert,...
CARACAS: Liliana Carias used to hope President Hugo Chavez would change her life. Not anymore. She’s been living for years in a dirt-floor shack without...
CARACAS, Venezuela: Venezuela will evaluate a proposal to join in a team of non-aligned nations to solve the crisis in Syria, President Hugo Chavez said...
SANTIAGO: Chile's president signed an anti-discrimination law Thursday following the killing of a gay man beaten by attackers who carved swastikas into...
BUENOS AIRES: Osvaldo Pugliese, one of Argentina’s most famous composers, used to say that tango doesn’t start to make sense until you are in your...
BUENOS AIRES: Dapper in a dinner jacket, a life-sized statue of Gen. Peron has a permanent table at “A Coffee with Peron,” one of several theme cafes cashing...