Latin America
Baby among four killed in bomb attack in western Colombia, official says
It is not yet clear who was behind the attack, which appears to have targeted a military base.
I Died review – moving portrait of Tzotzil women confronting patriarchal violence in the Mexican highlands
Ana Ts’uyeb’s poetic film celebrates the resilience of Indigenous women while exploring the possibility of a different futureShot in her home village of Naranjatic Alto in the Mex…
Watch: King Charles III caught in torrential downpour at Antigua and Barbuda parade
King Charles III and Queen Camilla were standing in an open-air stadium when the rain came on.
UK was ‘vehement’ slavery reparations should not be on Commonwealth summit agenda
British prime minister has now agreed to structured dialogue on reparatory justice but issue remains off formal Chogm agendaBritish officials initially insisted that discussions o…
King to address slavery during Commonwealth speech in Antigua on final leg of Caribbean tour
King Charles III will deliver a speech to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting on Tuesday as he concludes his nine-day Caribbean tour.
The secret behind Lula’s win in Brazil may be an ‘army’ – of social media creators
There are many explanations for the incumbent president’s win over Flávio Bolsonaro, but analysts – and he – point to reinvention of his social media useFour days before his stunn…
Burnham 'open' to calls for slavery apology but not reparations
The British government has never formally apologised for slavery despite repeated calls from a number of Commonwealth leaders.
‘Plantation tourism’: court victory signals hope in Jamaica’s fight to keep beaches public
A temporary injunction in the coastline battle for beaches to be publicly accessible, not sealed off for private developments, is just a step in fighting what islanders call a tou…
King visits Guyanese slave rebellion site on Caribbean tour
Hundreds of slaves were killed by colonial leaders in the Demerara rebellion of 1823, with many survivors executed.
Andy Burnham open to calls for formal apology for Britain’s role in slave trade
Exclusive: UK PM to launch drive to restructure debt of poorest Commonwealth countries but rejects demands for reparations• British people can’t be made to pay for the wrongs of s…
María Corina Machado thanks Donald Trump and Marco Rubio for their actions in Venezuela - video
Venezuelan opposition leader, María Corina Machado, has thanked the US president, Donald Trump, and US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, for their role in ousting their previous pr…
‘Amateur morons’: Flávio Bolsonaro’s short-lived ‘president-elect’ claim met with mockery
Brazilian media ridicule defeated candidate over ‘shameful’ absconsion to US and bizarre letter with wrong coat of armsFlávio Bolsonaro had hoped that by Sunday night people would…
Many Cubans voted for Trump - now they're turning on Republican immigration policies
President Trump's fellow Republicans might feel the brunt of frustration among Cubans at the ballot box, writes the BBC's Will Grant.
Venezuela opposition leader María Machado calls for elections upon return
Machado, who was in exile for nearly a year, said the transition in Venezuela's government would be "irreversible, organised, pacific".
King Charles arrives in Guyana as Bahamas visit declared 'diplomatic success'
As the King left the Bahamas his spokesman said the islands had "a special place in the King's heart".
Cuts like a knife: Canadian rocker Bryan Adams trolls Trump with new song
Musician wrote a ‘love letter’ to Canada with a new album – and some pointed commentary about the US presidentLake Ontario, the vast body of water that straddles the US-Canada bor…
Brazil’s victory for the planet and democracy: seven lessons from Lula’s win
The trouncing of the far right provides a playbook for social and environmental movements in other countries facing elections, including the US, Spain and FranceThank you, Brazil,…
Flávio Bolsonaro calls himself 'leader of Brazil' after election loss
The defeated presidential candidate says he will lead the opposition from the US.
Flávio Bolsonaro’s defeat is a major blow to Trump and his orange wave
The far-right candidate was supposed to claim the presidency, but Brazilian voters had other ideasFor Donald Trump, Brazil’s presidential election was meant to represent the crest…
El Salvador sends 2,000 troops to Haiti to rescue four missing soldiers
The troops are trying to recover four military personnel who went missing in an ambush on the outskirts of the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince.
King Charles shows off dance moves on second day of Caribbean tour
Earlier in the day, the King paid his respects to the island's fallen servicemen and women.
Watch: King dances in the streets of the Bahamas capital
The monarch is in the Bahamas as part of a tour of the Caribbean during which he addressed the "great suffering of the past".
US ambassador suggests Trump could blame Canada if midterms don’t go his way
Pete Hoekstra, controversial US ambassador to Canada, has also accused Canadian officials of interfering in US electionsThe US ambassador Pete Hoekstra has suggested Canada could …
Watch: Has Flávio Bolsonaro fled Brazil to evade justice?
The BBC's Ione Wells looks at whether the defeated right-wing presidential candidate travelled to the US to avoid an ongoing criminal investigation.