South America News

Argentinian and Iranian representatives had already inked a memorandum of understanding on the "truth commission" to investigate the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people.

Bolivia has passed a controversial law which paves the way for President Evo Morales to be elected for a third time.

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos hinted on Friday that he would seek re-election next year to ensure continuity of his policies - including peace talks with Marxist FARC rebels - though he did not explicitly announce his candidacy.

If you're traveling in Brazil, pop in a DVD and find yourself crazing pizza, then Domino's has you right where they want you.

With Colombia's oil reserves stretching to less than seven years, its biggest challenge is boosting exploration and attracting fresh investment to uncap a "world of discovery" in shale oil, the energy minister said.

An American Airlines Boeing 777-200, registration N772AN performing flight AA-234 from Sao Paulo Guarulhos,SP to Miami,FL with 218 passengers and 14 crew, was enroute at FL380 about 75nm westnorthwest of Oranjestad when the crew reported smoke in the cockpit and diverted to Aruba's Reina Beatrix Airport for a safe landing on runway 11 about 19 ... (more)

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Chile on Monday, the US Geological Survey said, but Chilean emergency authorities said they saw no prospect that the tremor would generate a tsunami.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Guyana is examining a proposal by Venezuela to set up a PetroCaribe Economic Zone , which was proposed at the recently concluded ministerial meeting of PetroCaribe and the summit of heads.

Venezuelan authorities have released a dissent ex-general who was jailed on charges of inciting unrest after the country's disputed presidential election.

On the blog section [es] of Chilean newspaper El Mercurio [es], columnist Leila Guerrero analyzes the meaning of prestige [es] and notes: Rock musicians have been smart: 'rock star' is one of the few jobs where a loss of prestige means an increase of quotation.

A Venezuelan movie about a young deaf woman who is sexually abused by her stepfather, "Brecha en el silencio" , took top prize at the second Colombia-Venezuela film festival.

Binational kidnapping gangs made up of Colombians and Venezuelans are spreading from the border states into central Venezuela, fuelling a trend that has seen Venezuela overtake Colombia as a kidnapping hotspot.

A Colombian thief badly botched his getaway after stealing a woman's mobile phone in a Bogota bus station.

While Kirchner has ruled out any devaluation of the Argentine peso while she's president and dismissed as election-year politics a growing scandal over money laundering, her popularity in the polls has dropped dramatically.

TIA SHARP's devastated dad has told of the heartbreak of knowing he will never walk his 'special little girl' down the aisle.

While the mainstream media speculates about the future of the Bolivarian Revolution since the passing of Hugo Chavez, for the Venezuelan people, there is no question.

Two commuter trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in an accident that sent more than 60 people to Connecticut hospitals, severely damaged the tracks and threatened to snarl travel in the congested... Officials described a devastating scene of shattered cars and other damage where two trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in ... (more)

Perhaps Alberta should open a trade office in Victoria, B.C., to boost our image and woo Premier Christy Clark.

A TAM Linhas Aereas Airbus A320-200, registration PR-MHU performing flight JJ-3081 from Recife,PE to Rio de Janeiro Galeao,RJ , was enroute when a passenger, a well known Brasilian singer, was invited to take the captain's seat and posed in the seat to fly the aircraft, that was on autopilot at that time with the first officer in his seat.

Jorge Rafael Videla, Argentina's former dictator who led the country's military junta from 1976 to 1981, has died.