# South America

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# Colombia

Eleven people killed by lightning in freak accident

Fifteen others were injured at the remote mountainous area.

12.4k

Oct 7th 2014, 9:28 AM

# Michael Dwyer

Mother of Michael Dwyer: 'We were followed and intimidated in Bolivia'

Caroline Dwyer also described finally seeing the room where her son died.

12.7k

Sep 22nd 2014, 2:27 PM

# Michael Dwyer

Family of Irishman shot dead by police travel to Bolivia to seek justice

Michael Dwyer died from a single gunshot wound inflicted at a Santa Cruz hotel.

11.3k

Sep 11th 2014, 7:01 AM

# weather extremes

There's a 60 - 88% chance weather phenomenon 'El Niño' will strike this year

El Nino is a flow of unusually warm waters from the Pacific Ocean that shakes up climate patterns worldwide.

21.9k

Jun 27th 2014, 7:00 AM

# South America

47 One Direction fans treated for asphyxia at Peru concert

The band are on a huge tour of South America.

2.6k

May 1st 2014, 9:30 AM

# Valparaiso

Sixteen people have died in a huge fire consuming the outskirts of a Chilean port city

The military has taken over security in the city of Valparaiso.

10.7k

Apr 13th 2014, 12:59 PM

# Violence

Students hit with water cannons and tear gas in Venezuela protests

Foreign journalists were among 41 arrested as clashes intensified in the capital Caracas.

4.2k

Mar 1st 2014, 9:35 AM

# Brazil

Pictures: Tear gas fired & running battles with police, in protest at transport hikes in Rio

“We want FIFA-standard trains,” demonstrators chanted. It’s the latest example of social tensions in Brazil in the run-up to the World Cup.

7.0k

Feb 7th 2014, 8:38 AM

# best and brightest

Venezuela's youth are abandoning their homeland, Ireland is their destination

Sometimes the lines outside the Irish consulate in Caracas are 200 people deep, forcing a rotating cadre of self-appointed leaders to maintain a 24-hour vigil to stop queue jumpers.

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Feb 1st 2014, 10:00 AM

Voices

Column: Women in Colombia are fighting back against the use of rape as a weapon of war

Sexual violence is perpetrated by security forces, guerrilla groups and paramilitaries in Colombia – with journalists and human rights defenders targeted alongside civilians. But despite considerable personal risks, women are fighting back.

536

Dec 3rd 2013, 6:30 PM

# Michaella McCollum Connolly

Peru pair face sentences of six years and 8 months

Michaella McCollum Connolly and Melissa Reid entered guilty pleas at a court hearing last night.

14.6k

Sep 25th 2013, 8:05 AM

# life lessons

18 things you know if you've been travelling

The bottom bunk is always best, people.

30.2k

Sep 6th 2013, 6:00 PM

# john o'reilly

Irish-born priest detained in Chile as part of child abuse investigation

Father John O’Reilly, a senior figure with the Legion of Christ, has been relieved of priestly duties while authorities investigate the “credibility of allegations”.

9.8k

Sep 4th 2013, 9:28 PM

# Snappy

Ecuadorian footballer tries to bite opponent's nose

Yep, that’s a red.

1.6k

Aug 13th 2013, 12:52 PM

# Sao Paulo

Brazilian police officers sentenced to life over 1992 prison massacre

111 prisoners died as police used deadly force to halt a riot in Sao Paulo’s Carandiru prison. 25 officers were sentenced today.

9.1k

Aug 3rd 2013, 1:20 PM

# Mexico

Mexico confirms 22 killed in coordinated attack on police

Attackers equipped with high-powered rifles and grenades carried out a carefully-planned attack against federal police in western Mexcio.

8.6k

Jul 24th 2013, 9:18 AM

# First Visit

Pope refuses to use his armoured Popemobile in Brazil

The pontiff wanted to “pass through its great heart”.

9.1k

Jul 23rd 2013, 8:23 AM

# Wikileaks

Edward Snowden to follow Julian Assange to Ecuadoran shelter?

Ecuador’s Foreign Minister says it has received a formal request for asylum.

8.7k

Jun 23rd 2013, 8:00 PM

# Take a Bow

Want to see an absolute wonder goal from the halfway line?

You won’t see a more audacious strike than this one for a long time.

4.3k

May 10th 2013, 8:17 PM

# Presidential Election

Venezuela confirms Nicolas Maduro as president

It’s finally official after demands for recount: The acting president will succeed the late Hugo Chavez, beating his opponent by just over 1 per cent.

3.5k

Apr 15th 2013, 11:41 PM

# Election

Chavez heir wins Venezuela vote - but opposition refuses to concede

Nicolas Maduro, who had been acting president since the death of Hugo Chavez, won 50.66 per cent of the vote last night.

4.7k

Apr 15th 2013, 7:46 AM

# delicacy

Americans are consuming more guinea pig than ever before

Peruvian importers say the demand has never been higher – possibly from the ex-pat South American community in the USA.

17.1k

Apr 7th 2013, 6:30 PM

# South America

Irish teenager charged with threatening Guyana leader

The 17-year-old’s lawyer said he had been drinking alcohol when he told bodyguards he would shoot and kill the president.

15.2k

Apr 3rd 2013, 7:02 PM

# Venezuela

Plan to put Chavez's body on display 'may be impossible'

The acting president of Venezuela said preparatory steps to put Hugo Chavez’s body on display should have been taken much earlier.

5.4k

Mar 14th 2013, 10:54 AM

# El Presidente

Chavez uses Twitter to announce his surprise return to Venezuela

Hugo Chavez has spent more than two months in Cuba for cancer surgery and treatment.

7.1k

Feb 18th 2013, 2:30 PM

# Colombia

Colombian farmers learn how to remove landmines

The country has the world’s second highest number of landmine victims after Afghanistan.

10.3k

Feb 17th 2013, 8:30 AM

# Chavez

Chavez suffering from 'respiratory insufficiency'

Hugo Chavez’s top aides say the opposition and the media have used the Venezuelan president’s poor health to wage a “psychological war” to destabilise the country.

3.6k

Jan 4th 2013, 7:30 AM

# South America

South America: volcano alert raised in Chile, Argentina

A top-level red alert has been issued for Chile’s Copahue volcano, which is located at the country’s Andean border with Argentina.

4.1k

Dec 24th 2012, 11:40 AM

# Seized

UN court orders release of Argentine ship in Ghana

The ARA Libertad training ship was seized in October in the port of Tema as collateral for unpaid bonds dating from Argentina’s economic crisis a decade ago.

5.4k

Dec 15th 2012, 4:11 PM

# Gay Marriage

Uruguay congress considers same-sex marriage law

The Latin American country is considering a new law to give same-sex couples all the same rights and responsibilities of heterosexual married couples.

3.7k

Nov 14th 2012, 8:26 PM

# Argentina

Argentina lowers its voting age to 16

The move will likely strengthen President Cristina Kirchner’s hopes of retaining control of the legislature and potentially change the constitution to allow her to run for a third term.

3.7k

Nov 1st 2012, 11:08 AM

# green jersey approach

Pics: Higgins meets former Brazilian president, gives him Ireland jersey

Michael D Higgins arrived in Sao Paulo yesterday and headed straight for a meeting with the popular former president.

5.4k

Oct 9th 2012, 9:05 AM

# El Presidente

PHOTOS: Day four of Michael D's visit to Chile

El Presidente visited the grave of former Chilean leader Salvador Allende as part of his two-week trip today.

6.9k

Oct 7th 2012, 1:31 PM

# El Presidente

Poll open in Venezuela in tough election for Chavez

Hugo Chavez has been in power for almost 14 years – but his opponent in the presidential election is in a statistical dead heat with the president in opinion polls.

3.3k

Oct 7th 2012, 12:05 PM

# El Presidente

President to meet political leaders and Irish community in Chile

President Michael D Higgins has a busy schedule on the day two of his South American trip.

2.3k

Oct 5th 2012, 6:30 AM

# El Presidente

Pictures: Day one of Michael D Higgins in Chile

The President met with his Chilean counterpart on a busy day of public engagements.

7.2k

Oct 4th 2012, 7:14 PM

# El Presidente

Higgins to meet Chilean president on first full day of South America trip

After arriving in Chile yesterday morning, President Higgins kicks off his two weeks trip to South American with a day of public engagements in Santiago.

2.9k

Oct 4th 2012, 6:30 AM