Video of 13 men being shot dead highlights the escalation of a crisis in a country increasingly at the mercy of illegal mining organisations

The death of Valeria Márquez, 23, a former beauty queen, illustrates growing concerns that ‘cartels are influencers now’

Jailed and tortured before the country returned to democracy in 1985, he went on to become president 25 years later

Five aides to María Corina Machado, who is in hiding after standing against President Maduro, are freed from Caracas after a ‘precise operation’, claims US

The Bad Romance singer’s free gig on Copacabana beach drew a crowd of more than two million

President Milei has authorised the release of documents confirming the extent to which his country helped fugitives after the Second World War

Ministers are studying Latin American reforms that ban cartoon food mascots and increase tax on sugary drinks — and hope to go even further

Some see songs venerating drug lords as incitement to violence. Others see them as living history — and are causing chaos when they’re not played

Colin Armstrong, 79, Yorkshireman, millionaire and a former British honorary consul, was with his new girlfriend on his ranch when an armed gang stormed into their bedroom. In their first interview, the couple tell Matthew Campbell how they survived

A mob stormed a police station in Playas de Cuyabeno and killed a man accused of murder in a ‘shocking act of apparent community justice’