The magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck western and central Colombia on August 10 has left 329 dead, 4,600 injured and 247 missing, according to the National Disaster Risk Management Unit's assessment as of Friday. The number ...

Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella this week objected to the first bill sent to him for signature since he took office on August 7: legislation prohibiting any reduction in the minimum education and experience require...

The opening session of the third Pan-American Congress, held on Friday at the Legislative Palace in Montevideo, combined criticism of United States policy towards Latin America with calls for self-criticism within progressive f...

Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi on Friday received the governor of Argentina's Buenos Aires province, Axel Kicillof, at the Torre Ejecutiva in Montevideo, where the two signed two cooperation agreements covering agrifood and ...

FIFA's Disciplinary Committee on Friday imposed financial and sporting sanctions on the Argentine Football Association and four members of its national squad over the confrontations at the end of the 2026 World Cup final and ov...

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean on Thursday lowered its regional growth projection for 2026 to 2.2%, one tenth below the estimate issued in December. The United Nations body expects a partial recover...

More than a hundred lawmakers, former presidents, ministers and political figures from fifteen countries across the Americas gather from Friday at Uruguay's Legislative Palace in Montevideo for the third Pan-American Congress, ...

Prosecutors in La Paz have opened an investigation on their own initiative into alleged illicit enrichment by Argentine political consultant Fernando Cerimedo, who was charged this week in Santa Cruz with attempted femicide fol...

Deputy chief prosecutor for San Isidro Patricio Ferrari said on Thursday that the delivery of medical records belonging to Diego Armando Maradona's father, rather than the footballer's own, may constitute a criminal offence, an...

Venezuela's government has concluded a series of agreements with international oil companies in recent weeks to develop its offshore gas fields, marking a shift from the years of isolation and sanctions that have defined the se...