The Latest Breaking News from South America

A record 110 tonnes of cocaine were seized in the Belgian port of Antwerp in 2022. The city is now the main gateway into Europe for the drug, which largely comes from South America concealed in fruit shipments. Faced with this trafficking epidemic, Belgian authorities have recruited almost 100 extra…

On the far north edge of Colombia there is a desert peninsula the size of Wales, where Arizona-like landscapes meet the sparkling waters of the Caribbean. Home to the indigenous Wayuu people, La Guajira is a place of great “beauty and strangeness”, said Ruaridh Nicoll in the Financial Times. The…

The group flew in from Chile with the aim of going after high-value properties

Chelsea transfer news: The Blues have heard from their first addition of the summer as they plot a move for Moises Caicedo. Mauricio Pochettino will be hoping that the pair can play together.

Iran has said standing up to Western imperialism is a main message of the president’s tour.

While France wants to see a trade deal concluded between the European Union and South America’s Mercosur bloc, trade minister Olivier Becht warns against entering into it too quickly, without assurances on environmental and social concerns.

The pair have a combined total of 311 Manchester United appearances and seem to have struck up a good friendship, reuniting to watch Boca Juniors in the Copa Libertadores.

The latest addition to Newcastle United's recruitment team will bring expertise of the South American market to the table ahead of an important transfer window for the Magpies.

A city in Peru is debating the reactivation of its foundry. With a population of 33,000 and an altitude of 3,750 metres, La Oroya is South America's former smelting capital. It was also formerly one of the most polluted cities in the world. Closed in 2009, the metallurgic complex found…