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Far-right candidate Jose Antonio Kast has won a run-off election to become Chile’s 38th president, ousting the center-left government currently in power. On Sunday, with nearly all the ballots counted, Kast prevailed with 58 percent of the vote, defeating former Labor Minister Jeannette Jara, a...

Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo on Sunday said he had declared a state of emergency in two municipalities in western Guatemala a day after armed men attacked a military post and a police station, cut off roads, and hijacked buses, killing at least five people. Criminal gangs are attempting to...

Bolivian law enforcement officials have arrested former President Luis Arce as part of a corruption investigation, in a polarizing move just a month after the inauguration of conservative President Rodrigo Paz ended 20 years of socialist rule. A senior official in Paz’s government, Marco Antonio...

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed into effect a law that reinforces protective measures for women who are victims of gender-based violence, a move welcomed by feminist activists although they also demand more funds for prevention. The introduction of the law comes at a time of...

Tens of thousands of women have marched in cities across Brazil, denouncing femicide and gender-based violence, after a series of high-profile cases that shocked the country. Women of all ages and some men took to the streets in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, and other cities on Sunday, calling for an...

The United States military has conducted another deadly strike on an alleged drug smuggling boat in the Caribbean, killing four, according to the Pentagon. The attack on Thursday comes as the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has faced renewed scrutiny over the strikes after it was...

A court in Peru has sentenced former President Pedro Castillo to 11 years, five months and 15 days in prison for seeking to dissolve Congress. The decision on Thursday came nearly three years after Castillo sought to disband the legislature on December 7, 2022, as he faced a third set of impeachment...

Seven bodyguards have been arrested over their alleged involvement in the murder of a popular Mexican mayor of Uruapan, Carlos Manzo, authorities have said. The office of the attorney general of Michoacán state said in a brief statement that the public servants had been detained "for their probable...

Police in Mexico have arrested a man they accuse of being the mastermind behind the murder of a popular mayor. Carlos Manzo, the mayor of Uruapan, was shot dead on 1 November at a public event marking the Day of the Dead. Manzo was an outspoken critic of cartel violence in his home state of...

COP30 host Brazil has created 10 new Indigenous territories, with the climate summit hit by protests in recent days. The designation means the areas, including one in part of the Amazon, will have their culture and environment protected under Brazilian law—though this is not always enforced. The...