South America News

A passenger in silhouette watches an Air France aircraft at Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport September 25, 2002 in Roissy, France.

Recent arson attacks and shootings in this violence-racked South American nation are the work of a mastermind living in the United States, the Guyanese president said.

Massive power outages in Brazil in 2005 and 2007 that impacted millions were caused by cyber hackers attacking control systems, the US television network CBS says.

A series of power outages affecting millions of people in Brazil in 2005 and 2007 were the result of cyber attacks, 60 MINUTES has learned.

Around dinnertime tonight, the Toronto region will find out whether it has finally overcome the stigma of past failed Olympic bids to host its first major international sporting event since the 1930s: the 2015 Pan American Game.

Populist leaders around Latin America are increasingly making legal and political moves to silence their media critics, the president of the Inter American Press Association said Friday.

They are the face of Chilean guidebooks: giant statues made of volcanic rock scattered across Easter Island.

President Shimon Peres is scheduled to leave for South America on Monday for state visits to Brazil and Argentina.

BOGOTA: Colombia's navy Wednesday seized 2,219 kg cocaine off the Andean nation's Pacific coast, authorities said, adding that a US Coast Guard vessel aided in the seizure.

Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said on Thursday that a deal to end a four-month political crisis was at risk of collapse but behind the scenes negotiators worked to form a temporary cabinet to run the country.

Galery: Parreira's back! The second coming of Carlos Alberto Parreira began officially early Thursday morning as he strode into OR Tambo international airport to again take up the helm of Bafana Bafana.

MasterCard Worldwide, Credicard, Citibank's credit card administrator for the Brazilian market, and Redecard have announced the launch of MasterCard PayPass contactless payment technology in Rio de Janeiro for public transportation and other quick service merchants.

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With nominations in five categories including album of the year, the Puerto Rican reggaeton duo Calle 13 is a favorite to win a Latin Grammy in Las Vegas - which might have producers of the international awards ceremony on edge.

Cuba's Fidel Castro slammed US President Barack Obama yesterday for treating Latin America with "scorn" on the anniversary of the US leader's election as president.

President George W. Bush meets with Paraguay President Fernando Lugo in the Oval Office of the White House on October 27, 2008.

RIO DE JANEIRO a " A Brazilian bricklayer reportedly killed in a car crash shocked his mourning family by showing up alive at his funeral.Relatives of Ademir Jorge Goncalves, 59, had identified him as the victim of a Sunday night car crash in Parana state in southern Brazil, police said.As is customary in Brazil, the funeral was held the following ...

A tropical depression has formed in the southwestern Caribbean, prompting storm warnings for the coast of Nicaragua and two Colombian islands.

Two security guards have been killed and two are missing after an armed attack on a Chinese-owned mine in northern Peru, authorities say.

The Barbados Tourism Authority has surged on with positioning Barbados as a visible player within the South American tourism landscape as it sent forward a delegation to the recently concluded Fair of the Americas or ABAV Trade Show in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which ran from October 21 to 23, 2009.