Latin America

Human Rights Watch report says hundreds of thousands with mental illness forced to live in filthy rooms, sheds or cages.

Brazil’s poor are struggling to cope as the government halves pandemic aid and food prices soar.

We should not be asking how much more we can take from the planet, but how much more can the planet take?

Rights group warns situation for rights defenders has worsened since 2016 peace deal between the...

South Korea’s trade minister and a Harvard-trained former Nigerian finance minister are finalists for director-general.

Farmers in Mexico’s drought-hit Chihuahua state say a looming water transfer to the US threatens their livelihoods.

Finding new sources of income in Argentina has become such a well-honed skill, it is known as ‘the rummage’.

The president calls for the expulsion of ex-FARC commanders from Congress over the assassination of a politician.

Death toll nears 150,000 while experts warn that Brazilians are now ignoring social distancing precautions.

Under the so-called ‘Car Wash’ operation dozens of company executives and politicians were jailed for taking bribes.

Failure to spend on health, tax the rich, and ensure worker’s rights has left people out in the cold, Oxfam chief says.

Delta is the 25th named storm of an unusually active Atlantic hurricane season.

Oil prices and US petrol futures rose, boosted by shut-ins ahead of Hurricane Delta.

All countries face ‘the long ascent’ and risk leaving an entire generation behind, IMF’s Georgieva says.