María Martín

Three million march against corruption and to call for leader’s impeachment

Disembodied extremities regularly pop up in the city that is about to host Summer Games

Residents team up to help reunite homeless 20-year-old with his mother

Brazil’s difficult economic situation is having a major effect on plans for the Games

In the wake of the Paris attacks, the city will be deploying 85,000 officers to secure events

Grieving loved ones often receive undressed corpses from city forensic officials Around 140 drivers go beyond official duties, and help families prepare the deceased for burial

A notary has “married” a trio of women in Río de Janeiro, the second such union to be recognized before the law in Brazil

Community police claim to have been targets of hatred and violence by residents Locals believe they will leave as soon as the 2016 Olympics in Rio are over

As country grapples with recession, leaders try to avoid protests against overspending

Traffickers opened fire on 70-year-old and husband after they followed phone app directions

Incident recorded by local residents represents fresh blow to slum community force

Police arrest slum youngsters en route to Ipanema and Copacabana in bid to fight theft

Galician Anxo Antono Valiño had been convicted of murdering a businessman in 2007

Many São Paulo residents are having to get up in the middle of the night to stock up

São Paulo case sets precedent for country's majority black community, say lawyers

Close to 90 of the 116 murders of land defenders that took place in 2014 occurred in region

Authorities finally admit that pressure has been lower for months, despite early denials

Report warns of security force brutality and prison overcrowding

Voters who climbed out of poverty under Lula’s administration will hold the key to the October polls

Marchers have caused traffic chaos in São Paulo for three consecutive days 30 percent of city’s residents live in inadequate housing

Thousands rush to examine family trees in wake of Spain's plans to give passports to Hispanic Jews Many are pinning their hopes on a phony list of surnames

Jair Bolsonaro’s candidacy seen as ruling party's apathy toward rights issues

New edition is “a very big step for our country,” says President Rousseff Cebrián: “There is need to define Latin America’s role in the globalized era”

Hooded protestors battle with law enforcement officers during rally

Its members share a hatred of capitalism and attraction for anarchy Its tactics involve the destruction of public property as a language of protest

Robbers killed Italian friend of José Ruiz-Gallardón Utrera in July assault

Unemployed Spaniards are tying the knot in Brazil, where jobs are abundant