Americas

Mexico's elections have been the most violent in modern history, with the killing of 38 candidates, as the country is set to elect its first female leader.

A high gust of wind toppled the stage at a campaign rally Wednesday evening in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, killing at least nine people, injuring 50 and trapping others, the state’s governor said.

AMELIA BRACE: When considering which way to vote, Ronald Reagan famously encouraged Americans to ask themselves whether they are better off today than they were four years ago.

Heavy rains and flooding in Rio Grande do Sul since last week have displaced more than 230,000 with the death toll set to rise.

The ‘shattered’ partner of Callum Robinson, who was murdered alongside his brother Jake and friend Jack on a surfing trip in Mexico, has shared a heartbreaking voice message that he left for her.

Since criminal gangs began attacking government institutions in February, more than 3 million people have fled Port-au-Prince.

Journalists witnessed an armoured truck on the tarmac of Toussaint Louverture International Airport firing on gangs trying to enter the grounds.

US President Joe Biden and Donald Trump have won the Democratic and Republican presidential primaries in Michigan, projected results show.

Donald Trump has won the Republican presidential primary in South Carolina.

They’re gilded high-tops as shiny as the chandeliers at Mar-a-Lago but what is Trump really flogging here?

While announcing two days of national mourning, Chile’s president warned the country to prepare for more bad news.

BHP, Vale and their joint venture Samarco have been ordered by a Brazilian judge to stump up $14.7 billion over a 2015 dam collapse that killed 19 people.

In 2019 it was one of the safest countries in Latin America, with a homicide rate of 6.7 per 100,000. Some Ecuadorean sources estimate that in 2023 the homicide rate will have grown more than six-fold.