The Latest Breaking News from South America

The recent election of Colombia’s first left-wing president, Gustavo Petro, and first black vice-president, Francia Márquez, creates a new opening to revitalise ties with Africa.

A new law of nature could have been discovered as scientists think rain causes species to grow larger after an astonishing discovery in South America.

Since Argentina’s River Plate won the Copa Libertadores in 2018, only Brazilian teams have captured the most prestigious club tournament in South America

Representatives of the Andean Community bloc of nations - made up of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia, said on Monday that they would like to bring Venezuela and Chile back into the group, as much of South America shifts left.

Brighton and Hove Albion have turned to South America for reinforcements once more, with teenage sensation Facundo Buonanotte on the verge of completing a move to the south coast

In a sparse, windswept pasture at the frigid tip of South America lives a tiny bird whose quiet life is shedding light on the importance of studying the world's most remote places. In the Diego Ramirez Islands, 100 kilometers from southern Chile's Cape Horn, scientists have identified the Subantarctic rayadito,…

Sony announced the price rise on the PlayStation blog today, saying that it will affect customers in Europe, the UK, Middle East, Africa, Asia, South America and Canada. The US seems to be the one market unaffected by the change.

Ever since Exxon Mobil found vast deposits of oil off Guyana's coastline in 2015, government leaders have pledged that black gold would transform the fortunes of one of South America's poorest countries.

Grassland fires near a key South American river delta pose grave dangers to nearby wetland ecosystems and human health, according to environmental leaders, just a year after the water level of the once mighty Parana River dropped to a decades low.

Kylian Mbappe made the comments that South American football was not as "developed" as Europe - which upset several of his teammates in the Paris Saint-Germain squad

A ‘remarkable’ 25-year-old British-Israeli man fell to his death while mountain climbing in South America