The Latest Breaking News from South America

Kylian Mbappé riled up South Americans back in May when he said both Argentina and Brazil don’t play matches “at a high level” in qualifying to reach the World Cup. Interviewed by Brazilian television, the France striker said South America lags behind Europe in terms of the strength of competition.

An Upper Hunter horse racing identity has admitted to conspiring to import large quantities of cocaine into Australia from South America.

While Kanye West’s deranged, antisemitic ramblings continue to draw global attention, a more insidious form of antisemitism has been making noise in South America, an antisemitism based on what one Brazilian academic calls “the imaginary Jew.”

In today’s Fiver: Ball-based drama, uncertainty at Anfield and some vintage Fun and Games in South America

Arsenal news: Martinelli compared to Manchester United teenager in battle of South American attackers in social media debate.

Jair Bolsonaro has been defeated in the Brazilian election against Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (“Lula”) to the rejoicing of scientists, environmentalists, and human rights activists in Brazil and beyond. What happens in South America’s largest country is globally significant since, among other reasons, the country contains most of the…

The history of colonialism and natural resource pillage has left an indelible mark on the people of South America.

Brazil is the only South American country to host a Formula 1 race on the current calendar, but that could change by as soon as 2024 under new plans being hatched

Africa has 54 FIFA-affiliated nations, but only five spots. Europe, with 55 members, gets 13.

Latin America leaders on Sunday congratulated Brazil's Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva after he won a third term as president of the largest country in South America, consolidating the region's "pink tide" of elected leftist leaders.

More than 400kg of drugs was seized from the vessel, which is believed to have come from South America