Latin America

A British woman is among five people who have died in a snowstorm in Chilean Patagonia. Victoria Bond, from Cornwall, was named by officials in Chile as among those killed in the tourist hotspot of Torres del Paine National Park, in the south of the country. Along with Ms Bond, …

The tiny Caribbean island of Curacao has become the smallest nation to ever qualify for the World Cup after drawing with Steve McClaren’s Jamaica. The record was held by Iceland, who reached the 2018 finals, but their country is far bigger than Curacao, which has a population of just over …

Haiti have beaten Nicaragua 2-0 to qualify for just their second ever World Cup – despite their manager having never been to the Caribbean island. The team’s 52-year-old French coach, Sebastien Migne, has been unable to set foot on Haiti since being appointed 18 months ago because a conflict in …

Vanessa BuschschlüterLatin America editor, BBC News Online EPA Pressure on Nicolás Maduro has been growing since Trump returned to power Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro has said that he is willing to hold face-to-face talks with representatives of the Trump administration as US pressure on him grows. Maduro made the comment …

Justin Rowlatt,Climate editor and Jessica Cruz,South America producer BBC / Tony Jolliffe The Amazon rainforest could face a renewed surge of deforestation as efforts grow to overturn a long-standing ban that has protected it. The ban – which prohibits the sale of soya grown on land cleared after 2008 – …

Cartel de los Soles, a group the US alleges is led by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, will be designated a terrorist organisation, the US State Department has said. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a statement on Sunday announcing that the US intends to consider the group a Foreign …

Ecuadoreans have voted against allowing the return of foreign military bases in the country, frustrating US hopes of expanding its presence in the eastern Pacific region. The referendum result is a blow to Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa, who had campaigned to change the constitution to reverse a ban that the …

Chile’s presidential election will go to a run-off vote in December between a Communist Party and a far-right candidate, after the first round on Sunday produced no outright winner. The election campaign was dominated by crime and immigration, as migration to the country has grown in recent years and candidates …

Georgina RannardClimate and science reporter, Belém, Brazil Getty Images Açaí is a popular health food sold around the world In a lab in a renovated warehouse on the banks of a churning, brown river in Belém, Brazil, machines are pulping candidates for the next global “superfood”. Cupuaçu… Taperebá… Bacaba… Like …

Luiz Fernando Toledo and Carol Castro,BBC News Brazil, Rio de Janeiro MAURO PIMENTEL/AFP via Getty Images Police arrested scores of suspected gang members but the gang’s leader remains at large New details which have emerged in the aftermath of Brazil’s deadliest police operation are casting doubts over whether the raid …

At least 19 people have been killed in an air strike on a suspected rebel camp in Colombian province of Guaviare, according to the country’s military. The attack targeted a dissident faction of the Farc rebel group, which engages in drug trafficking. Colombia’s left-wing president, Gustavo Petro, had in the …

The Dominican Republic has experienced a nationwide power cut which officials said was linked to a failure in the electricity transmission system. At 13:23 local time (17:23 GMT), an issue at a substation caused a nationwide interruption to power services, the state-owned Dominican Electricity Transmission Company said, citing the country’s …

Georgina Rannard,Climate reporter, Belém, Brazil and Tabby Wilson Watch: Protesters clash with security at COP30 venue in Brazil Protesters carrying signs reading “our forests are not for sale” broke through security lines of the COP30 climate talks on Tuesday night in Belém, Brazil. BBC journalists saw United Nations security staff …

Scuffles between protesters and UN security staff broke out at the COP30 climate talks in Belém, Brazil on Tuesday night. Some demonstrators appeared to be wearing traditional Brazilian indigenous dress and others waved flags reading “our land is not for sale”. Security forces tried to stop the demonstrators entering the …

A US naval strike force centred around the world’s largest warship, the USS Gerald R Ford, has arrived in the Caribbean, the US Navy has confirmed. The arrival of the strike group, which was ordered to the region by President Donald Trump last month, comes amid ongoing strikes against alleged …

Rafael AbuchaibeBBC News Mundo Mauricio Hoyos Mauricio Hoyos has spent 30 years studying the behaviour of different shark species Mauricio Hoyos still remembers the pressure that the jaws of a female Galapagos shark, over 3m (10ft) in length, exerted on his skull. The animal had lunged at him with astonishing …

Georgina RannardClimate and science reporter, Belém, Brazil EPA Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during the opening of the COP30 conferences in Belem, Brazil. The world must “defeat” climate denialism and fight fake news, Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has told the opening meeting of the …

At least 31 inmates have been found dead in a prison in southern Ecuador, including 27 who had been hanged, officials say. Four prisoners were killed and more than 30 injured in clashes between rival gang members in El Oro prison in the city of Machala in the early hours …

The Prince of Wales began a five-day visit to Brazil on Monday, and on his first day visited the famous stadium in Rio de Janeiro. BBC News

What in the World presenter Hannah Gelbart talks to Graihagh Jackson, presenter of The Climate Question, about the Amazon’s impact on the planet. BBC News