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Bolsonaro supporters storm Brazil Congress, presidential palace

Hundreds of supporters of Brazil's far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro broke through police barricades and stormed into Congress, the presidential palace and the Supreme Court...

Brazil begins paying final respects to football giant Pele

An emotional Brazil began paying its final respects Monday to football legend Pele with a wake at the stadium where he first took the...

Deforestation in Brazilian savannah increases 25% in one year

The deforested area in the Cerrado, the Brazilian savannah, increased 25% between August 2021 and July this year, with 10,689 km² destroyed, the highest...

Brazilian Soccer Legend Pelé Admitted to Hospital for Cancer Treatment

Former Brazilian football star Pelé has been hospitalized since Tuesday in a Sao Paulo hospital for a reevaluation of his cancer treatment, the medical...

Lula, elected president of Brazil after narrowly defeating Bolsonaro

The leftist former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will return to power in Brazil for the third time after defeating the far-right Jair...

Scientists race against time in the face of Amazon devastation

In a remote and still preserved jungle of the Brazilian Amazon, a scientific expedition has been cataloguing biodiversity and searching for new species for...
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Domestic Violence Surges in Costa Rica Amid Deepening Social Crisis

Costa Rica’s image as a peaceful haven is cracking—not just on the streets, where homicides are spiking, but inside homes, where domestic violence has...

Nicaragua’s Ortega Targets Another Rebel Icon with House Arrest

On Tuesday, opposition figures and exiled Nicaraguan media outlets reported that the government has confined former Sandinista commander Henry Ruiz, 81, to his home...

Costa Rica Benefits as Airbnb Delivers $5M+ in Tax Contributions

The Airbnb platform delivered a new update on the tax contributions it has made in Costa Rica, which amount to more than $5 million...