Two fire-red birds swooped screeching through the forest, flared their yellow and blue wings and alighted on the upright trunk of a dead palm tree. In the green shadows, the scarlet macaws were dazzling; they might as well have been shot from...

On November 7, 2009 a few friends and I had an opportunity to take a look inside a Brazilian jail outside the city of Rio de Janeiro. We were able to take some amateur footage of our experience on video (see link below). It’s no surprise, of...

The growing number of police killings of suspected criminals in Rio de Janeiro’s war on drugs is linked to bonuses now paid to “brave” police officers, according to a just-released independent study. The group that conducted the...

A deal to resolve the political crisis in Honduras has failed, a spokesman for ousted President Manuel Zelaya says. His comments came after interim leader Roberto Micheletti said he was forming a “unity government” without Mr Zelaya’s...

A number of events has projected Brazil into the headlines of international news, besides the traditional stories about violence, natural catastrophes or environmental issues. Behind this news-buzz is a deeper sense of the giant Latin American country...

Brazil’s Senate Foreign Relations Committee has approved Venezuela’s request to join the South American trade bloc Mercosur.

A man who tried to hijack a Canadian charter jet in Jamaica in April this year has been jailed for 20 years. Stephen Fray, 21, forced his way on to the Canada-bound plane demanding passage to Cuba.

Reporting from Mexico City and Tegucigalpa, Honduras — Themeeting, by all accounts, was tense and difficult. Whether it erupted in shouted insults remains a matter of dispute. On one issue, everyone agreed: Something must be done to ease the...

Reporting from Bogota, Colombia - Until recently in a free fall because of terrorist attacks that scared off wildcat drillers, Colombia’s oil production is staging a surprisingly robust rebound, boosted in no small part by the arrival of oil...

While Twitter has revolutionized communication in the US and around the world, it has had an especially large impact on Brazil. Embraced by pop stars and politicians alike, Twitter has taken Brazil by storm and has become one of the site’s fastest...