Marielle Franco represented something hopeful in Brazilian politics. Is that why she was killed?São Paulo Letter: The murder of a city councillor in the centre of Rio raises questions about politics and policingWed Mar 21 2018 - 01:00
Colombia’s Farc fails to win single seat in congressional electionsFormer guerilla group faced its first electoral test since signing peace deal in 2016Mon Mar 12 2018 - 17:45
Farc party faces a drubbing in its first Colombian electionThe former guerrilla movement must win over a hostile electorate in legislative voteSat Mar 10 2018 - 05:00
Ex-solicitor Michael Lynn due in court after being extraditedCo Mayo native, who has been in Brazil for years, faces 21 charges of alleged theftThu Mar 01 2018 - 17:31
Lula’s campaign falters on the strength of his convictionBrazil’s left is struggling to come up with an election back-up plan amid ex-leader’s woesSat Feb 10 2018 - 05:00
Why you can eat Quinoa with a clear conscienceMany are left with the impression that eating quinoa in the wealthy North was robbing food off the table in parts of the Global South.Fri Feb 02 2018 - 02:39
Brazil’s former president Lula loses graft conviction appealCourt decision a major blow to Lula’s efforts to contest presidential elections in OctoberWed Jan 24 2018 - 19:18
Brazil braced for Lula’s high-stakes appeal of graft convictionCourt ruling against former president may sideline candidate for October electionWed Jan 24 2018 - 01:00
Unfair pensions system becomes totem of Brazil’s inequalitySão Paulo Letter: Latest attempt at reform flags despite unsustainability of systemFri Jan 05 2018 - 01:00
Peruvian president beats the odds to survive impeachment attemptThe president, accused of involvement in bribery scheme, saved by 21 abstentionsFri Dec 22 2017 - 16:43
Right-wing Sebastián Piñera returns to power in ChileLeader’s re-election four years after leaving office another marker in region’s political shiftMon Dec 18 2017 - 19:29
Former Argentinian president charged with treasonNet closes around Cristina Kirchner, accused of cover-up in 1994 bombing of Jewish centreFri Dec 08 2017 - 18:59
Operation Car Wash: Brazil’s endemic corruption laid barePresidents, politics and big business have become embroiled in a scandal that has cost the country over €33bn so farSat Oct 07 2017 - 02:00
Brazil’s former presidents Lula and Rousseff charged with corruptionProsecutors claim Workers’ Party colleagues involved in €400m bribery schemeWed Sept 06 2017 - 19:25
Rio organisers 'never intended' to aid Irish tickets inquiryEmail from Mr Justice Carroll Moran to legal representative ended up in spam folderTue Aug 15 2017 - 20:34
Olympics tickets: How Irishman’s arrest spawned international controversyLast summer’s controversy at Games in Rio put OCI, THG and Pro 10 in spotlightMon Aug 14 2017 - 18:23
Two rival legislatures vie for power in VenezuelaOpposition-controlled national assembly meets in attempts to thwart President MaduroWed Aug 09 2017 - 20:01
Venezuelan military dissidents attempt uprisingVenezuela’s political crisis intensifies following reports of gun battles in ValenciaMon Aug 07 2017 - 01:00
Venezuela to be suspended from trade bloc over new assemblyOpposition says new constitutional body seals the country’s slide into dictatorshipFri Aug 04 2017 - 18:16
Brazil’s president weakened despite winning corruption voteMichel Temer saved from possible supreme court trial that would have ended termThu Aug 03 2017 - 18:12
Venezuela crisis deepens as opposition leaders arrestedPoliticians serving house arrest taken from their homes following controversial electionTue Aug 01 2017 - 19:47
Brazil set to vote on removing second president in a yearMichel Temer confident he has the votes to defeat the effort to suspend him from officeTue Aug 01 2017 - 17:30
Venezuela grows increasingly isolated after electionUS imposes sanctions on president Nicolás Maduro following controversial pollMon Jul 31 2017 - 21:15
Deaths reported in Venezuela as voters clash with policeNew constitutional assembly deemed by critics to mark end of Venezuelan democracySun Jul 30 2017 - 23:53
Work on Dublin Airport immigration detention centre to beginBrazil’s foreign ministry raises ‘discontent’ with Irish diplomats over border proceduresFri Jul 28 2017 - 01:00
Five dead in Venezuelan protests after opposition calls strikeGovernment plans to rewrite constitution cause serious unrest and talk of sanctionsThu Jul 27 2017 - 19:50
Lula defies corruption conviction by launching 2018 presidential campaignBrazil’s former president, facing 10 years in prison, says witnesses lied to avoid jailThu Jul 13 2017 - 19:08
Rio police deny Pat Hickey’s allegations over arrest footageEx-OCI boss claims Brazilian media paid officers to allow filming of his detentionSat Jul 08 2017 - 01:00
South American governments pledge to help Venezuela out of crisisFears that country headed for collapse as political tensions escalate and violence flaresFri Jul 07 2017 - 19:31
Pressure mounts on Brazilian president as close ally arrestedFormer minister Geddel Vieira Lima detained as part of ongoing corruption investigationTue Jul 04 2017 - 18:34
Bribery charge against Brazilian president reaches parliamentVote in congress could see controversial Michel Termer removed from officeThu Jun 29 2017 - 22:18
Brazil’s president criticises prosecutors over corruption chargeMichel Temer accuses authorities of seeking ‘revenge, destruction and vengeance’Wed Jun 28 2017 - 21:27
Brazil’s president Michel Temer charged with corruptionFurther charges including obstruction of justice expected to follow this weekTue Jun 27 2017 - 11:19
Former Argentine president Cristina Kirchner returns to politicsAs head of new party, Kirchner will contest a senate seat in midterm electionsMon Jun 26 2017 - 19:37
Michael Lynn cites his children in bid to block extraditionFugitive former solicitor says his children’s births should allow him to remain in BrazilMon Jun 12 2017 - 01:00
Brazilian president set to face corruption chargesMichel Temer survives vote on mandate and maintains he is victim of conspiracySun Jun 11 2017 - 17:43
President keeps a tenuous grasp on power in troubled BrazilMichel Temer rides out corruption storm as lack of replacement plays in his favourFri May 26 2017 - 19:13
Brazilian president Michel Temer facing bribery allegationsLeader fights for political life over link to payments bound for jailed colleagueThu May 18 2017 - 19:13
Brazilian president meets EU envoys over meat inspection standardsBrussels seeks ‘urgent clarification’ as officials claim Brazil’s meat products are safeSun Mar 19 2017 - 23:11
Dozens of leading figures named in Brazil corruption inquiryLeaks show that Lula, Rousseff and five cabinet ministers among those facing investigationWed Mar 15 2017 - 18:36
Pressure mounts on Brazil’s president over illicit financing claimPolitical leaders across South America now being dragged into corruption inquiry netThu Mar 02 2017 - 19:12
Brazil: Corruption investigation net closes on presidentMichel Temer’s cabinet chief steps aside on ‘health grounds’ after illicit fundraising claimFri Feb 24 2017 - 17:11
Brazil police strike leads to mounting violence and 140 murdersWorst recession in decades means state cannot meet demands for pay increasesMon Feb 13 2017 - 18:09
Brazilian billionaire arrested on return to RioBatista, who is in Bangu prison, is accused of being involved in a corruption scandalMon Jan 30 2017 - 17:45
Interpol to help Brazilian police arrest fugitive ex-billionaireEike Batista, once world’s seventh richest person, wanted on corruption chargesFri Jan 27 2017 - 17:33
Corruption inquiry in disarray after death of Brazilian judgeTeori Zavascki, supreme court justice investigating Petrobras affair, dies in plane crashFri Jan 20 2017 - 16:58
Brazil prison chief removed over collusion in massacre allegationsLetters from dead inmates accuse man of accepting money from gang behind murdersThu Jan 12 2017 - 16:50
Brazil’s jails are a grisly battleground for rival drug gangsLast week’s massacres were shocking, but barbarism is routine inside Brazil’s prisonsSun Jan 08 2017 - 15:45
South America sees Latin populist tide recedeWorld in 2016 review: Corruption scandals in Brazil and chaos in VenezuelaThu Dec 29 2016 - 01:00
Pat Hickey prosecutor says ‘process will continue without him’‘Inevitable’ that OCI head would be released and allowed home to Ireland before trialWed Dec 21 2016 - 19:12
