Bolivia

The goal that put the 31-year-old Neymar on the top of Brazil’s scoring record with 78 came in the 61st minute in a World Cup qualifying match against Bolivia

More than 83,000 fans at the nearly full Monumental de Nuñez Stadium were getting jittery until Messi scored

Some 350 footprints found in the Andean country support the idea that adult sauropods cared for the entire herd’s offspring. The discovery also reveals the South American nation’s difficulties in protecting its paleontological heritage

While fewer trees are being chopped down in Brazil and Colombia, the rest of the region continues to spiral. The environmental summit will be a key event for the leaders of Peru and Venezuela, who will face each other on the international stage for the first time

The criminal – who is linked to the assassination of a Paraguayan prosecutor, who was murdered during his honeymoon in Colombia – has been evading justice for years, by using fake names and passports

From flours and teas to distillates, beers and wines, the projects involving this ingredient keep growing in Latin America

The Government of Luis Arce is increasing the participation of foreign companies in the extraction of the country’s ‘white gold,’ aiming to export 75,000 tons/year of lithium carbonate by 2025

The construction of a new gas pipeline in Argentina is of concern to the Andean country, which is losing one of its main export markets as it struggles with its first economic crisis in decades.

The organization, which is involved in crimes such as human trafficking, sexual exploitation and drug trafficking, is extending its tentacles in eight countries in the region

For the Tacana indigenous people, the legal, sustainable and controlled use of the yacare caiman has become a primary activity for utilizing natural resources

The Asian giant recently announced stepped-up investments in the Andean country, but experts warn against conflating political allegiances with economic interests

In 16 Central and South American countries analyzed in a report by the Rights and Resources Initiative, the area allocated to Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities increased by 52 million acres in five years

From 2015 to 2018, the rate rose from 3.8 to 9.3 per 100,000 inhabitants; men between the ages of 30 and 64 and youths between 15 and 24 are the most at risk

The discovery of 484 kg of drugs on a plane at Barajas airport has prompted the La Paz government to acknowledge that drug trafficking has ‘permeated’ its institutions

The alumni association of the Juan XXIII school in Cochabamba, the epicenter of the Company’s pedophilia scandal, attacks the Truth Commission presented by the Government. ‘It is only made up of public officials’

From Mexico to Brazil, cases of dengue have increased. Climate-related factors have provoked an epidemic in the region

An agreement with a Chinese company, accusations of nepotism, and clashes with Washington are the backdrop to current global competition for reserves of the mineral, which is vital for electric gadgets and cars

Attorney General Wilfredo Chávez is launching the probe after EL PAÍS published a story about a Spanish priest who abused children at boarding schools for decades and was protected by church officials

The man who ended the revolutionary career of the guerrilla leader in 1967 retired as a general and was later a political figure and writer

A study of over 300 people reported high levels of this toxic material, which miners use to extract gold from the rivers that supply water and food to the communities

In an interview with EL PAÍS, the nephew who found his uncle’s secret diary, in which the Jesuit priest revealed that he sexually abused dozens of minors during decades, says: ‘You’re with the victims or with the pederast’

A Spanish Jesuit abused dozens of children in Bolivia. His actions were covered up by the Catholic Church, but when he died, Alfonso Pedrajas left behind a shocking confession

For over a decade, the country was an economic oasis in a turbulent region, with low inflation and high growth. Now a shortage of dollars amid dwindling international reserves is prompting questions about whether it’s coming to an end

‘The Lancet’ has for the first time published a report on the relationship between health and climate change in the region

The US and a study by ‘Insight Crime’ maintain that under Nicolás Maduro’s administration, illicit crops and processing laboratories have increased in scope

Health authorities have detected at least eight cases of infected birds in the wild and in backyard fowl, and adopted new measures to prevent its spread to poultry farms