Simon Romero
Wednesday, December 11, 2013 - 00:00
The Truth Commission in São Paulo, Brazil’s largest city, said Tuesday that Juscelino Kubitschek, the country’s president from 1956 to 1961, was murdered in 1976 in a conspiracy by the military dictatorship ruling Brazil at the time.
Wednesday, November 27, 2013 - 00:00
Investigators claim that a group of tax inspectors allowed construction companies to evade more than $200 million in taxes in exchange for bribes
Wednesday, November 27, 2013 - 00:00
São Paulo, the nation’s largest city, is reeling from revelations of a scheme in which investigators claim that a group of tax inspectors allowed construction companies to evade more than $200 million in taxes in exchange for bribes.
Thursday, November 14, 2013 - 00:00
The Paraguayan People's Army is evolving from a ghostlike irritant for the authorities in Asuncion, the capital, into a broader security threat in a backcountry that is already a hub for traffickers of marijuana
Monday, November 11, 2013 - 00:00
A surge in violent crime has transformed Salvador into Brazil’s murder capital, motorists grapple with traffic that ranks among the most chaotic and violent of any South American city and resentment festers over the metamorphosis of once-elegant seaside
Wednesday, November 6, 2013 - 00:00
Argentina's defense minister, Agustin Rossi, singled out a blacklist of 331 actors, musicians, writers and journalists when he announced the discovery of the documents.
Tuesday, November 5, 2013 - 00:00
Brazil's government acknowledged on Monday that its top intelligence agency had spied on diplomatic targets from countries including the United States, Iran and Russia.
Thursday, October 17, 2013 - 00:00
In country after country, Latin America is experiencing a wave of exhumations.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013 - 00:00
Ms. Rousseff called the spying "unacceptable between countries that are supposed to be partners," expressing her indignation in a stream of Twitter messages.
Monday, October 7, 2013 - 00:00
Argentina's president, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, has been told by doctors to take a month off after recently suffering a head injury.