Mozambique's central bank says banks may freeze accounts on suspicion. Critics say the bank account freezes may breach the ...

Brazil's first-round vote lifts markets while Mexico, Chile and Argentina face domestic strains. Read the Latin America mood report for 6 October.

Mexico's conservative PAN asked federal prosecutors to investigate the Baja California governor, a week after US sanctions ...

Prosecutors in Mexico are investigating whether a Nayarit plane crash that killed two crew on Sunday was a plot against the state governor.

Brazil’s dollar rate fell below 5 reais, Lima’s mayor race is open and Colombia’s visa deadline is 25 days away. Your Tuesday ...

Copa Libertadores semi-final dates are locked in, while Flamengo lead the Brazilian title race. Your Tuesday Latin America ...

Vale ADR rose 2.83% to US$14.15 after a court allowed a partial restart of its Fábrica mine. Rio Tinto gained 1.53%. See the ...

WTI crude fell about 2% to about US$89 and Brent fell about 2% to about US$100 after the G7 announced a release of strategic ...

Loreto election violence: electoral material was reportedly burned in two Peruvian Amazon districts, and the ombudsman urged ...

López Aliaga leads by about 44,900 votes, but 1,924 disputed sheets sit with election juries. How they decide, and when.

For US investors, the runoff has no kingmaker. Holders of Brazilian ADRs such as Petrobras, Vale and Itaú Unibanco, and of the real, face three more weeks of a two-way race in which a 1.87-point gap ...

The Montevideo Book Fair runs free to 18 October, Detour film festival opens 9 October and the Teatro Solís season fills the ...