South America

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro has claimed victory in the country's presidential election, even as the country's opposition said its candidate had won and they had proof.

The eight countries that share a slice of the Amazon Rainforest are meeting to discuss a regional response to deforestation, climate change and crime, the first meeting of its kind in 45 years.

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's political career is in tatters as Brazil's federal electoral court (TSE) barred the far-right nationalist from public office until 2030 for his conduct…

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Brazil has set up new indigenous reserves where mining and some farming are banned - a milestone after international outcries over deforestation of the Amazon.

Bolivia's President Luis Arce hopes Brazil's new president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, will help improve diplomatic relations.

Peru's president has pledged resources to investigate more than two dozen deaths during protests that have rocked Peru following the ousting of her predecessor.

An airport in Peru has been closed and two people have been killed in violent protests, authorities say.

Far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, a close ally of former US President Donald Trump, claims the war in Ukraine would not have happened if Trump were still in office.

The last remaining member of an uncontacted indigenous group in Brazil has died, officials say.

Clashes follow gang-related violence at the prison in September, which was the worst in Ecuador's history and saw some inmates decapitated.

More than 1000 demonstrators attacked a supermarket in the southern Brazilian city of Porto Alegre on Friday after security guards beat to death a black man at the store.