Tiago Rogero

Those hit hard by far-right leader’s zero-deficit policies fear worse to come after his election win

Big win leaves many wondering if result reflects genuine support for president or corrosive US influence

Result falls short of giving Milei a congressional majority but surprises many analysts after series of scandals

End of almost two decades of leftist rule could revive ‘war on drugs’ in change of approach to coca cultivation

Sunday’s election marked the first time since 2005 that no candidate from Evo Morales’ Mas party was on the ballot

San Basilio de Palenque calls itself ‘the first free Black territory in the Americas’ – a referendum next month could win its own local government

Habit of rising early for live streams growing rapidly, suggesting Brazil is testing ground for religious influencers

Armed forces academies teach troops that military control would be better for the country, historians and experts say

Court rules former president, sentenced to 27 years for coup attempt, must pay R$1m for ‘cockroaches’ comment in 2021

Madrid-based NGO estimates at least 60,000 inmates subject to forced labour with little or no pay in Cuban jails

Intricate plan to murder top judge, president- and vice-president elect was central to Jair Bolsonaro coup hopes

Far-right ex-president was found to have led a ‘criminal organisation’ to try to stay in power

Argentinian president campaigning for midterm elections – the first big test of his popularity – when protesters threw bottles and rocks at his vehicle

Pre-trial monitoring ordered after police reported former president had drafted request for asylum in Argentina

In strongholds such as El Alto, support for the Mas party that once made Evo Morales Bolivia’s first Indigenous president has ebbed away – leaving it on the brink of extinction

Rightwing candidates lead polling ahead of fragmented left amid country’s worst economic crisis in four decades

Movimiento al Socialismo’s time runs out as economic crisis grips country

Major coffee-producing countries like Brazil, Vietnam and Colombia are also preparing for disruption from US duties

Experts say new removal cases against Renato Freitas show how Curitiba is ill-equipped to handle a defiant Black leader

Campaigners had urged Lula to veto the bill entirely, but many have welcomed his alterations