South America
Argentina presidential candidates trade barbs in first debate
By Walter Bianchi BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) - The main candidates for Argentina's presidency clashed in the first debate of the campaign on…
Brazil’s Lula stable after hip surgery, starts walking in physio sessions
BRASILIA, (Reuters) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is clinically stable one day after hip surgery and has begun to…
EPA’s Eye In The Sky: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
An aerial picture taken with a drone shows sunbathers on a hot day ahead of the spring season at Ipanema beach in…
Lula admitted to Brasilia hospital for hip surgery
BRASILIA, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was admitted to hospital on Friday to undergo surgery for…
Argentina inflation hits 124% as cost-of-living crisis sharpens
By Miguel Lo Bianco and Jorge Otaola BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) - Argentina's annual inflation rate shot up to 124.4% in August and…
India hands over G20 presidency to Brazil
NEW DELHI, Sept 10 (Reuters) - India on Sunday formally handed over the G20 presidency to Brazil at the closing ceremony of…
Milei leads polls in Argentina election
By Nicolás Misculin BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) - Argentina's pollsters, caught out by the surprise win of radical libertarian Javier Milei in August's…
Argentine priests defend Pope Francis over ‘shameful’ Milei attacks
By Lucila Sigal BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Priests from poor districts in Buenos Aires held a mass on Tuesday to defend Argentine…
EPA’s Eye In The Sky: Ipanema Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
A picture taken with a drone shows thousands of people as they bathe at Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Via…
Argentina to resume poultry exports to EU after export halt due to bird flu
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's foreign ministry said it has agreed to resume poultry exports to the European Union after these were…
Brazilian hacker says Bolsonaro asked him to tamper with voting machine
A Brazilian hacker told a congressional inquiry on Thursday that former President Jair Bolsonaro asked him to tamper with an electronic voting…
Argentine far-right outsider Javier Milei posts shock win in primary election
Argentine voters punished the country's two main political forces in a primary election on Sunday, pushing a rock-singing libertarian outsider candidate into…