Impeachment proceedings against Martin Vizcarra set for Friday after top court rejected president’s bid to block a vote. Peru’s top court has rejected the government’s…

More than 35 young people have been killed in 12 days, some of them tortured, as families call for justice. Alvaro Caicedo recalled finding his…

Polls suggest Dominican Liberation Party is set to lose power after 16 years over its mismanagement of the outbreak. The Dominican Republic heads to the…

The arrest warrants were issued almost three weeks after AT&T announced its withdrawal from Venezuela. Venezuelan authorities have jailed three local DirecTV executives under an…

Brazil expected to overtake Russia as the country with second-highest infections as cases in Peru surpass 100,000. Brazil‘s coronavirus outbreak worsened on Wednesday and the…

Amnesty International says governments are using arbitrary, punitive, repressive tactics to enforce quarantine orders. Lockdown measures put in place across Latin America to limit the…

Authorities had given the woman a misidentified body, highlighting a health system overwhelmed by the coronavirus. An Ecuadorean woman in coronavirus-ravaged Guayaquil city learned on…

In Latin America, countries have been ramping up their containment measures, some more drastically than others. Strict containment measures such as night-time curfews are in…

Officials say the suspension will last until protocols are created that ensure the health of deported asylum seekers. Guatemala City – Guatemala will temporarily stop…

Leaders and experts worry the countries are doubly vulnerable because of weak, resource-stripped healthcare systems. Countries across Central America have taken drastic steps to brace…

Archbishop of Santiago, Ricardo Ezzati, is the seventh senior Chilean church official to resign over a scandal. Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal…

Heavy rain and mudslides leave six people dead in southern Brazilian city. At least six people have been confirmed dead after strong storms hit Rio…

Opposition calls for aid to be allowed in as Maduro accuses US of ‘distorting situation to justify intervention’. Venezuela‘s opposition supporters rallied nationwide on Tuesday…

Maduro calls opposition leader Guaido’s aid caravan a ‘provocation’, says he may close the border with Colombia as well. President Nicolas Maduro has ordered the closure…