State-controlled energy giant Petrobras announced the discovery of an oil and natural gas accumulation in the Solimoes basin of Brazil's Amazon region.

The find was made during drilling of the Leste...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Murder rates in the northeastern city of Salvador have more than doubled since the start of a police strike, media reports said Sunday, although they added that the situation...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian media report 78 people have been murdered in and around the northeastern city of Salvador since the start of a state police strike there five days ago.The local...

A Brazilian army vehicle patrols Paralela Avenue in Salvador. A police strike in the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia sparked a wave of murders and other violence in the...

Army soldiers patrol Salvador, northeast Brazil, where the murder rate has climbed 129 per cent since a third of the state's police force went on...

Sunday, February 5, 2012. 7.30 am. A side road in a residential area of a city of Bahia state, in northeastern Brazil. "I am gonna kill you viado (queer)," shouts a poor guy in front of my...

FILE - This Dec. 11, 2011 file photo, shows Panama's former strongman Manuel Noriega gesturing while being carried in a wheelchair by a police officer inside El Renacer prison, on the outskirts...

According to the cited guerrilla, Timochenko "is in Venezuela, in the state of Zulia to be exact, near the Colombian border, north of the Oro river, east of a town called El Cruce and south of...

The Brazilian government has deployed the army in the northeastern state of Bahia where a police strike has sparked a wave of violence. Official figures suggest the murder rate has more than doubled...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - A police strike in the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia sparked a wave of murders and other violence in World Cup host-city Salvador, local media reported, just two weeks...

The Ministry of Defence have released footage of Flight Lieutenant Wales as he checks and then pilots a SAR helicopter as he begins his tour of duty in the disputed...

A Nukak Maku child in San Jos del Guaviare, Colombia: the nomadic community has been driven out of its territory by Farc guerillas. Photograph: William...

International matches in Sao Paulo, Brazil, this month will prepare the SA women's football team for the Cyprus Women's Cup, according to Banyana Banyana coach Joseph...

Seven oil companies have notified the Brazilian Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANP) that they have already discovered signs of hydrocarbon resources so far this year. Among...

Published Date: December 29, 2011 BUENOS AIRES: Argentina's President Cristina Kirchner has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer and will undergo surgery next week, two months after being...

BOGOTA, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- Colombian National Police Wednesday destroyed 17 cocaine processing laboratories, seized 692 kg of basic cocaine and arrested 10 people in an anti-drug trafficking...

Brazilian media report 78 people have been murdered in and around the northeastern city of Salvador since the start of a state police strike there five days...

Quito, Feb 5 (Prensa Latina) The designation of Ecuador to lead the Economic Secretariat of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of our America (ALBA) is seen as a recognition of the work of the...

(02-05) 07:46 PST RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) -- Brazilian media report 78 people have been murdered in and around the northeastern city of Salvador since the start of a state police strike there...

Brazilian media report 78 people have been murdered in and around the northeastern city of Salvador since the start of a state police strike there five days ago. The local A Tarde daily reports...

La Paz, Feb 5 (Prensa Latina) The torrential rains in Bolivia have affected in recent days about 6,000 families, especially in the departments of La Paz, Oruro, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba and Potosi, the...

STANLEY: Prince William has begun a tour of duty as a search and rescue pilot in the Falkland Islands, further heating already simmering diplomatic tensions between Argentina and...

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez and other leaders in the left-leaning ALBA bloc have backed Argentina in its long-running dispute with Britain over the Falkland Islands.Argentine foreign minister...

Rosario, Argentina – Goals from Sarah Thomas and Ashleigh Bell in a 2-0 win over Germany put Great Britain into the final of the women's Champions Trophy here on...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Brazil has allocated 900,000 reais (about 514,000 U.S. dollars) Monday in fresh aid to the country's northern states Acre and Amazonas, which have thousands...

LIMA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- At least 123 people were injured in an earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter on Monday which shook the southern Peruvian department of Ica, the National Civil Defense...

is alive and well in contemporary Cajamarca, in the form of the US-based Newmont mining corporation, an outfit with a slick PR machine and a very dirty environmental and human rights track record. ...

Venezuela on Saturday hosted a meeting of the eight-nation Bolivarian Alliance bloc, or ALBA, amid global economic troubles. During the weekend talks, President Hugo Chavez urged leaders of the ALBA...

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez mounted a lavish celebration on Saturday to mark the 20th anniversary of the failed coup that helped launch his political career, as opposition leaders slammed the...

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Saturday that international sanctions on Iran are impeding some of his country's business deals with Tehran. The U.S. and European governments have imposed...

Montvideo, Feb 5 (Prensa Latina) The ruling Broad Front (FA) of Uruguay celebrates the 41st anniversary of its foundation on Sunday with a festive day including an intervention by its chairman, Jorge...

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, left, and Cuba's President Raul Castro shake hands during the welcome ceremony for a summit by the eight-nation Bolivarian Alliance bloc, or ALBA, at...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Saturday that international sanctions on Iran are impeding some of his country's business deals with Tehran. The U.S. and...

Ilhus, in the South of Bahia state, Brazil is a ghost city. It never was that busy at night, but now nobody is in the streets. The hot weather and the dust are the only things around. Itabuna is the...

Haiti and the neighboring Dominican Republic could be in for a period of periodic powerful earthquakes, according to a scientific study released...

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez told a group of his international allies on Saturday that countries in the left-leaning ALBA bloc should work together to strengthen their economies to withstand...

The parade was attended by presidents from the region, including Nicaraguan leader Daniel Ortega, Cuban President Raul Castro, Bolivian President Evo Morales and Haiti's Michel...