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Peru's lost daughters: Families of missing women fight for justice

In Peru, 60 percent of people who disappear are women. Over 11,000 women were reported missing in the country last year, the majority of them teenagers. Some disappearances are voluntary. But most are linked to human trafficking networks, prostitution and domestic violence. Despite this poor record, Peru was the first…

France 24 · Aug 30, 2023

Beaten, suffocated, forced into an abortion: the fate of one Venezuelan woman under Maduro

Latest Amnesty International report documents ongoing state detention and torture in the South American country – all while its president seeks renewed links with the west

The Guardian - UK · Aug 29, 2023

Temperatures hit 41C in Brazil amid freak winter heatwave gripping South America

Rare heatwave engulfs 19 of Brazil’s 26 states as several South American countries experience record highs

The Independent UK · Aug 25, 2023

Rep. Ocasio-Cortez calls on US to declassify documents on Chile's 1973 coup

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says in Chile that it is imperative for the United States to declassify documents that could shed light on its involvement in the South American country’s 1973 coup

The Independent UK · Aug 18, 2023

Parasite triggered painful uvula ulcer in man 5 years after he caught it in South America

A man unwittingly picked up a parasite, and years later, it triggered a throat infection.

LiveScience · Aug 17, 2023

Argentina presidential frontrunner calls China an ‘assassin’

Argentina’s presidential frontrunner Javier Milei would freeze relations with China and pull South America’s second-biggest economy out of the Mercosur trade bloc with Brazil, foreign policy proposals that are as radical as his economics.

The Times of India · Aug 17, 2023

New Paraguay president stresses South American country's ties with Taiwan at swearing-in ceremony

President Santiago Peña said Paraguay and Taiwan are “not just allies, but also brothers” when he was sworn in as the South American country’s new president on Tuesday

The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2023

Alfredo Morelos and the post-Rangers Brazil transfer option

It's said the 27-year-old could be set for a permanent return to South America. 

The National (Scotland) · Aug 14, 2023

Taiwan's vice president leaves on Paraguay trip amid Chinese efforts to isolate the island

Taiwan’s vice president has left on a trip to Paraguay to reinforce relations with his government’s last diplomatic partner in South America at a time when China is stepping up efforts to isolate the self-ruled island democracy

The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2023

Thursday briefing: Inside South America’s summit to save the Amazon

In today’s newsletter: After years of rampant exploitation under a far-right government, Brazil has brought together leaders to help secure the future of the world’s biggest rainforest – and create ‘a just ecological transition’

The Guardian - UK · Aug 10, 2023