South America

Every Sunday, the Anglican cathedral of St. Paul in Valparaíso, Chile, opens its doors at noon to welcome visitors who come to listen to concerts.

A judge in Brazil has banned abortion for an 11-year-old girl who became pregnant after being raped, prompting widespread outrage.

The Brazilian government has expressed "grave concern" over the disappearance of journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Araújo Pereira.

A German anti-vax couple said to have kidnapped their daughters to avoid COVID-19 jabs is being hunted by Interpol in Paraguay.

A pair of former zoo elephants packed their trunks to move to a lush animal sanctuary after spending their lives in captivity.

Saturday's solar eclipse will be the first one of the year and is set to partially block out the sun over parts of South America and Antarctica.

"Our plane was caught in a major unexpected storm and struck by lighting," Miley Cyrus revealed as she shared video footage from her Paraguay-bound flight.

Snow Lake Lithium plans to open North America's first hydroelectric-powered lithium mine as a sustainable supply chain solution.

The animals are key "brokers" in ecosystems across the western hemisphere and are believed to interact with more species than any other carnivore on Earth.

The research relied on the use of "lice cement," a substance secreted by female lice to attach nits to human hair.

Critics said Boric was too young and inexperienced to be leading the country—but he won more votes than any other presidential candidate in Chile's history.

The World Health Organization said that with more than 580,000, the U.S. had the largest number of new cases.

Venezuela removed zeros from the end of its currency for a third time as the country struggles against hyperinflation making its currency nearly worthless.

Thousands of migrants, mostly Haitians, have travelled from Colombia to Panama as part of their journey to reach the United States.

Video footage of the dog's goal has been viewed more than 2 million times on Twitter.

An open letter signed by more than 150 leftwing leaders warned that the rallies could be a prelude to a military coup.

The Lambda variant, also known as C.37, was first detected in Peru in August 2020 and has since spread to other countries, many in Latin America.

First identified in Peru, the Lambda variant has become the dominant strain there and has begun sweeping through South America.

She made the comments in response to Vice President Kamala Harris telling migrants not to cross over the border into the U.S.

The government of Brazil, building on the strength of a dynamic and resilient society, is sparing no resource in its effort to overcome the scourge of COVID-19.

With poverty and corruption endemic, political reform rare and ineffective and the COVID-19 pandemic making matters worse, there is abundant popular discontent for the totalitarians to exploit. Let us hope they fail.

The demand for burial space coincides with the country's worst wave of the coronavirus.

Voters in Chile elected independents and left-wing candidates to draft a new constitution for the country.

No vaccines should be wasted and oversupply should be used beyond U.S. borders because after all, the pandemic goes beyond personal choice and frontiers.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's racist and misogynist regime threatens global health security.

The South American country has banned the import of the vaccine for 30 days.

Verónica García Fuentes, 36, from the state of Tachira in Venezuela, fell ill with a fever in mid-December, but kept her diagnosis a secret out of fear.

The Geminid meteor shower will reach peak activity on the night of December 13-14.

Fifty countries, including the U.S., were reported to still be "near the peak of their infection curve," according to data compiled by Reuters.

Arce was Bolivia's Minister of Economy and Public Finance during Evo Morales' nearly 14-year presidency.