Latin America
British woman dies trying to save sons on Bahamas snorkelling trip
Mother, 36, died after current off North Bimini reportedly swept away two boys, who were later rescued, police sayA British woman has died in the Bahamas while trying to rescue he…
‘We can’t let the far right take power again’: Lula voters in final push before Brazil runoff
In bellwether Minais Gerais, with polls about even, president’s supporters are striving to win over those who abstained or voted for Flavio BolsonaroNaiara Boroni, Nikolas Domingu…
How Brazil's changing working class is reshaping the presidential race
Calls for change present a challenge to President Lula in the second round of the election on Sunday.
Rubio tells Cubans ‘now is the time’ to act to see political change
US secretary of state makes comments after Trump tells US rally warships could intervene on return from IranMarco Rubio urged Cubans seeking political change in their country to a…
Argentina drops investigation into President Milei over crypto fraud
Javier Milei had denied acting fraudulently when a cryptocurrency nosedived after he deleted a social media post about it.
‘This is a lethal threat’: Indigenous groups fear Bolsonaro’s hold on voters in Brazil’s Amazon towns
Far-right presidential candidate is popular among those who believe more mining can help revitalise local economiesIt was the night before the first round of Brazil’s presidential…
Brazil’s election and the battle for the Amazon – podcast
Our Latin America correspondent, Tom Phillips, heads to Roraima to hear what’s at stake for the rainforest and the communities that live there in the Brazilian presidential runoff…
Lula says rival should be disqualified over alleged Meta interference ahead of Brazil vote
The Brazilian president accuses the tech firm of favouring Flávio Bolsonaro, which it denies.
Alberta welcomed migrant workers. Now, it wants to restrict their rights
‘Scapegoating non-permanent residents is not going to lower the cost of living,’ Vanesa Ortiz saysWhen Vanesa Ortiz came to Calgary from Mexico, she found herself in a city grippe…
Blockades, checkpoints and court action: fending off Brazil’s biofuel giants in the Amazon
After decades of violent displacement and land theft, the country’s quilombola communities are fighting backFor most of his 39 years, Josias Dias dos Santos, known as Jota, has en…
El Salvador's president threatens Haitian gangs over military hostages
Four members of the so-called Gang Suppression Force have been missing since Sunday.
Strongmen like Trump would destroy the planet out of pure spite – and Brazil shows we’re all in peril | George Monbiot
If Flávio Bolsonaro is elected, Brazil’s ecosystems will face collapse. The ruling class would rather burn the world than share it with the poor However grim the trajectory might …
Ex-prosecutor charged with treason in Mexico over US drug raid
César Jáuregui Moreno is accused of allowing US agents to join a raid on a suspected drugs lab in April.
Watch: How Trump's mass deportation drive is playing out in Ohio
The BBC's Tom Bateman traveled to Springfield to see how President Donald Trump's immigration policies are affecting the community.
‘I never saw my son, until they handed him over in a bag’: inside El Salvador’s brutal crime crackdown
President Nayib Bukele’s campaign of mass arrest has been marked by allegations of torture and killing. Four years on, 120,000 people are still in prisonAt midnight on a Monday in…
Battle over Meta’s alleged Bolsonaro bias intensifies days before Brazil presidential runoff
Lula’s supporters suspect tech firm meddling on behalf of US president Donald Trump, who has close ties to Bolsonaro familyFive days after his defeat in the first round of the Bra…
Haitian migrants changed this US town - Trump's deportation drive is reshaping it again
The president thrust Springfield, Ohio, into the spotlight with a false pet-eating claim - years later, it remains at the heart of the immigration debate.
The Guardian view on Alberta’s referendum: Canada holds together – against Donald Trump | Editorial
Voters’ emphatic rejection of separation strengthens Mark Carney’s energy strategy in the face of a US trade war and threatsCanadians are proving to be a voice of sanity. In round…
‘Bad decisions’: Man convicted for taking Peachy the flamingo from Las Vegas hotel
Mitchell Fairbarn found guilty of animal cruelty after prosecutors say he hurt and frightened the 27-year-old birdA Canadian man was convicted of animal cruelty charges on Monday …
Flavio Bolsonaro’s ‘corrupto’ stunt sparks viral meme before Brazil election runoff
Far-right presidential candidate’s TV debate swipe at rival backfires as people take to social media to parody itTo Flávio Bolsonaro and his publicists, it must have seemed an ing…
Giving £2 a day to people in the Amazon helps protect rainforest, pilot project finds
Researchers say almost 90% of participants in unconditional basic income scheme in Peru adopted environmentally beneficial practicesA pioneering project to provide Indigenous peop…
‘Taylor Swift tells us to take the lead!’ Could highly organised pop fans clinch victory for Brazil’s Lula?
Brazil’s famously outspoken fandoms have near-unanimously rallied behind the leftwing presidential candidate. On the streets of São Paulo, they explain their missionEarlier this m…
‘For Panama, it is life or death’: how drought is choking the canal that feeds a nation
Failed rains and a dire El Niño threaten the waterway that sustains the country, with farmers selling cattle to surviveThe cattle should be ambling, grazing contentedly, through R…
Alberta voters reject plan for referendum to leave Canada, CBC projects
Projection delivers a victory for prime minister Mark Carney and supporters of Canadian unityVoters in Canada’s Alberta have overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to begin a process …