South America

In September, Pope Francis attended the World Meeting of Popular Movements, an initiative he launched 10 years ago as a...

Thousands of Cubans, led by President Miguel Diaz-Canel and other leaders of the communist-run island, marched in Havana to express...

The decapitated bodies in plastic bags were found just a week after a Mexican mayor was beheaded.Police in Mexico have...

‘A true blessing’ At the conclusion of the second day of the clinic, the tired volunteers walk down a muddy...

In a largely symbolic move, the Ortega government condemned Israel’s leaders as ‘fascist’ and ‘genocidal’ over Gaza war.The government of...

UNICEF report finds more than 370 million girls worldwide have faced sexual violence before the age of 18.The United Nations...

World Wildlife Fund says species like the pink river dolphins of the Amazon and forest elephants in Gabon are in...

Lower house of Congress fails to achieve a two-thirds majority needed to overrule president’s veto despite mass protests.Argentina’s lower house...

South American state ‘has a responsibility to condemn the crime of genocide’, it says in its filing.Bolivia has formally joined...

Boys and girls driven by hunger into gangs face abuse and forced into criminal activities, Human Rights Watch warns.Haiti’s powerful...