María Antonella Mirabelli, 19, from Entre Ríos died on Saturday of anorexia nervosa after denying medical treatment due to her religious beliefs.

Bolivia has declared a state of emergency following a nationwide drought.

A five-year-old boy in Buenos Aires has contracted the swine flu virus, confirmed sources from the nursery he attends in the neighborhood of Caballito.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has spent exactly a year seeking asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy in London.

Yesterday, Argentina’s Supreme Court declared unconstitutional part of the judicial law which was passed by the Congress last month. The passage of the law that was declared unconstitutional proposed changes to the Magistrates’ Council, the body that elects and can replace judges. Amongst the most controversial reforms was the intended expansion of the Council from [...]

The Brazilian capitals of Alegre, Pelotas, and Recife amongst others have agreed to scrap the controversial increase in public transport fares following massive protests.

The House of Representatives adopted a controversial law on Monday 17th June which its critics say will lead to impunity for the army in cases of violence and human rights abuses.

Two-thirds of Chile is facing desertification, an equivalent of 48 million hectares, President Sebastian Piñera warned Monday.

Chile’s Supreme Court has authorised the extradition of ex Argentine judge Otilio Ireneo Roque Romano, to be investigated for his role in the 1976-1983 military dictatorship. Otilio escaped to the neighbouring country two years ago to avoid trial for his alleged involvement in over 100 cases of crimes against humanity, during Argentina’s last dictatorship. After [...]

The government today published revised election campaign regulations in the Official Gazette, which control the distribution and allocation of parties’ television and radio campaigns. Television channels and radio stations will now have to follow regulations in the allocation of political campaigns according to specific time slots and percentage of programming limits. The decree states: “The [...]