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...

Brazilian police are investigating after 64 containers with more than 1,400 tonnes of hazardous UK waste were found in three of the country’s ports. The authorities say that among the material which was brought in illegally they discovered...

Two reporters from the comedy show CQC (Custe o que Custar - Whatever the Price) were assaulted in two separate incidents on July 1st. Felipe Andreoli was reporting on a soccer match between the Internacional and Corinthians teams in the Beira-Rio...

Brazil is proving to be the best alternative for national - and even foreign - companies to maintain their cash flows in the face of retracted global markets and of the problems faced by the world’s giant buyer, the United States, while recovering...