From SPECIAL REPORTS May 15, 2013

Brazil: Wind gathers force in mix of renewable sources

Horses run under windmills ©Bloomberg

Joe Leahy reports on a country striving to keep up with middle class demand

May 14, 2013

Builders destroy Mayan pyramid in Belize

Bulldozing ancient mounds for road fill ‘endemic problem’

May 10, 2013

British sailor dies in America’s Cup practice

Accident raises safety concerns around superfast catamarans

A plane from TAM Airlines flies over Fortress Sao Luis after leaving Santos Dumont airport in Rio de Janeiro September 28, 2011. ©Reuters From MARKETS May 7, 2013

Brazilian pension funds go global

Low interest rates force funds to seek high returns offshore

Evo Morales ©AP From AMERICAS POLITICS & POLICY Apr 30, 2013

Court clears Morales’ bid for third term

President expected to launch campaign for re-election

©AP From COMMENT Apr 28, 2013

The Caribbean: A darkening debt storm

The region is beset by economic fragility that is exacerbating the dangers posed by organised crime

LGBT activists kiss during a demonstration outside the Colombian Congress in Bogota ©AFP Apr 25, 2013

Colombia votes down gay marriage

Bill’s rejection bucks growing regional trend

Supporters of opposition leader Henrique Capriles block a street as they demonstrate for a recount of the votes ©Reuters From AMERICAS POLITICS & POLICY Apr 16, 2013

Opposition cancels Venezuela poll protest

Capriles calls off demonstration as seven die in clashes

Sao Paulo residents buy tomatoes at the local open-air market in a file photo dates January 20 1999 ©AFP From AMERICAS POLITICS & POLICY Apr 14, 2013

Rousseff endangered by price of tomatoes

Cost of staple puts spotlight on nagging inflation in Brazil

Apr 14, 2013

Venezuelans vote on Chávez successor

Polls suggest Maduro’s lead has shrunk dramatically

Apr 12, 2013

Mexico vigilantes take law into own hands

Residents weary of violent crimes inflicted by drugs gangs

Apr 8, 2013

Neruda’s body exhumed over murder claims

Chile seeks to establish whether poet was poisoned in 1973

From SPECIAL REPORTS Apr 5, 2013

Peru thirsts for capital water supply

Tight water supply in Lima is threatening the capital’s aims to achieve further growth

From AMERICAS POLITICS & POLICY Apr 3, 2013

More than 30 die in Argentine floods

Disaster sparks bitter political sniping over who is to blame

From COMMENT Mar 25, 2013

Brazil: Humbled heavyweight

Growth has stalled and the government is casting about for revival measures

Christopher Caldwell from COMMENT Mar 15, 2013

A new Pope with an old and humble view

The quality attributed to Francis will be taken to mean conservatism

Philip Stephens from COMMENT Mar 15, 2013

An end to self-righteous Vatican rule

The new Pope’s rejection of absolutism gives some hope for a faith founded on redemption

Mar 15, 2013

Vatican denies Pope ‘Dirty War’ claims

Allegations about Pope Francis ‘not credible’

From EUROPE Mar 14, 2013

‘Slum pope’ is sharp political operator

New pontiff aware of how to grab headlines

Mar 14, 2013

Brazil stunned as Argentina wins the ‘Cup’

Football-mad nation left bemused as rival lands papacy