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Wednesday, April 20, 2016 - 06:01
A UN meeting on worldwide drugs policy has opened in New York in what has been billed as the most significant such conference in years. The summit will try to rethink global strategy but divisions among members have immediately been laid bare. The three-day special session was requested by Colombia, Mexico and Guatemala who have seen spiralling drugs violence.
Monday, April 18, 2016 - 05:45
Ecuador's President Rafael Correa has warned that the death toll from a powerful earthquake which has killed 272 people is likely to rise. There were desperate scenes as rescuers and family members searched for survivors, often with bare hands.
Monday, April 18, 2016 - 05:43
Parliament in Brazil has voted to start impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff over charges of manipulating government accounts.
Wednesday, April 6, 2016 - 06:02
A Supreme Court judge in Brazil has ordered the lower house of congress to create a commission to analyse whether impeachment proceedings against Vice-President Michel Temer should go ahead. Judge Marco Aurelio Mello overruled a decision by the speaker of the lower house who had rejected the request.
Monday, April 4, 2016 - 05:13
Two more senior Brazilian officials have resigned in the latest blow to the government of President Dilma Rousseff. They are Sports Minister George Hilton and Col Adilson Moreira, who was organising security at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro next August.
Thursday, March 31, 2016 - 08:27
Colombia has announced it is starting formal peace talks with the country's second largest rebel group, the National Liberation Army (ELN).
Government and ELN negotiators made the announcement in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, where the two sides have been holding informal talks.
Thursday, March 24, 2016 - 06:53
The Colombian government and the Farc rebel group say important differences remain after more than three years of peace talks.
Wednesday, March 23, 2016 - 05:13
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has said impeachment proceedings launched against her in Congress amount to a coup attempt. In a speech to pro-government lawyers, Ms Rousseff said Brazilian democracy was under attack.
Monday, March 21, 2016 - 07:00
Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff has said she will take legal action against a senator who has accused her of involvement in corruption at the state oil company Petrobras. Senator Delcidio Amaral said the president knew of wrongdoings and tried to block investigations.
Tuesday, March 15, 2016 - 06:20
Former Brazilian leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has accepted a key ministerial role in President Dilma Rousseff's government, media reports say. Members of the governing Workers' Party say his appointment will strengthen her beleaguered administration.