The grand gathering of contemporary art celebrates marginalized identities with a ground-breaking edition in which artists from the global south, many of them largely unknown, are in the majority
The decision will reopen the investigation into President Nicolás Maduro’s Venezuelan security forces during a crackdown on anti-government protests in 2017
For the past 30 years, Colonel Angelo Rabelo has been fighting against animal-trafficking and poaching in the Pantanal, the largest freshwater wetland on the planet, which lies between Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay
The Italian company Pasubio, which sells upholstery to brands such as Jaguar, Land Rover and BMW, will no longer buy leather from suppliers that invade Indigenous peoples’ forests
Lula da Silva is an advocate of the agreement that has been in the works for two decades. His main partners so far have been Spain, which holds the presidency of the EU, and Germany
The Latin America country’s position goes against that of neighbor Brazil, which holds the presidency of Mercosur, and Spain, which holds the presidency of the EU
The value of the deal was not disclosed but is likely worth hundreds of millions of dollars. At World Cup finals, trophy and medal presentation assistants are dressed in the airline’s uniform
It is estimated that some 10 million people speak it, especially in Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina, and Bolivia. It is also an official language of the Mercosur trade bloc
President Santiago Peña took the presidential oath outside the government palace in the capital of Asunción in a ceremony attended by several regional leaders and Taiwan’s Vice President William Lai
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
The Uruguayan Prosecutor’s Office has summoned several senior officials to testify over issuance of the documentation to Sebastián Marset, who is a suspect in the murder of Paraguayan prosecutor Marcelo Pecci
Infrastructure specialists – who are meeting in Panama at the request of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) – agree that the region requires both public and private investment to cover its transportation, health and education needs
Julia Ozorio was 13-years-old when she was kidnapped by soldiers. “The first night was horrible,” the victim recalls. During the regime of Alfredo Stroessner, there were at least 12 illegal detention centers where kidnapped girls were raped
The meeting has given Nicolás Maduro a diplomatic boost, but Chile and Uruguay were quick to distance themselves from Lula’s comments about the crisis in the country
Incoming president Santiago Peña, of the Colorado Party, is promising to create half-a-million jobs in a country that has very low tax rates and a high concentration of power in the hands of large landowners
Founded in 1887 in the middle of the Paraguyan wilderness, this town of 6,000 inhabitants is today a reminder of the failure of an anti-Semitic racial experiment
Brussels considers Latin American criminal organizations a ‘serious threat’ to the bloc’s internal security as shipments increase and entry routes evolve
Colombian police say the plot was coordinated by a Brazil gang named PCC and that the perpetrator was likely a Venezuelan national. The hitmen were allegedly paid $500,000