Deforestation will continue to chip away at the Amazon rainforest, but in the next several decades climate change will speed up the process. The forbidding scenario is laid out in a study published on Monday, with the near-extinction scenario for the South American forest occurring by 2050.
Read moreAs lights turned back on across Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay after a massive blackout that hit tens of millions people, authorities were largely in the dark about what caused the collapse of the interconnected grid and were tallying the damage from the unforeseen disaster.
Read moreA massive blackout left tens of millions of people without electricity in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay on Sunday after an unexplained failure in the neighboring countries’ interconnected power grid. Authorities were working frantically to restore power, but by mid-afternoon nearly half of Argentina’s 44 million people were still in the dark.
Read moreA study published Thursday found that the unusually persistent reign of the South American empire immediately preceding the Inca is attributable to one major factor — a steady supply of beer.
Read moreFor decades, there were tales from fishermen and tourists, even lots of photos, of a mysterious killer whale that just didn’t look like all the others, but scientists had never seen one. Now they have.
Read moreFlatulence has long been identified as the main culprit in cattle’s detrimental impact on the climate, but a new study released on Tuesday indicates bovine urine may actually be worse for the planet.
Read moreNew research strengthens the case that people used the chocolate ingredient cacao in South America 5,400 years ago, underscoring the seed’s radical transformation into today’s Twix bars and M&M candies.
Read morePeruvian President Martin Vizcarra opened a subdued Summit of the Americas decrying widespread corruption and urging regional leaders to join forces in increasing transparency and boosting civil society.
Read moreA U.S. jury on Tuesday found a former president of Bolivia and his defense minister responsible for killings by security forces during 2003 unrest in the South American nation, awarding $10 million in damages in a lawsuit filed by Bolivians whose relatives were among the slain.
Read moreA 6-inch mummified humanoid skeleton found in Chile in 2003 with a bone age of 6 to 8 years at time of death has provoked speculation as to its origin. After whole genome sequencing of the skeleton, researchers offer insights into its ancestry and unusual physical characteristics.
Read moreLand-locked Bolivia is calling on the International Court of Justice to order Chile to enter negotiations over granting Bolivia access to the Pacific Ocean.
Read moreA businesswoman whose properties were burned down after she cut off aid to a terrorist organization at the heart of Columbia’s decades-long internal conflict lost her appeal Wednesday for U.S. asylum.
Read moreA new satellite-based early warning system could provide accurate information on the size and epicenter of an earthquake moments after it initially occurs, which similar tools often cannot capture.
Read moreA new law passed by the Bolivian government could further exacerbate deforestation and threaten rare plant and animal species in the nation’s most biodiverse protected rainforests, a new study finds.
Read moreA federal jury acquitted a Peruvian former soccer official Tuesday morning after deliberating on his case separately, a holiday weekend after it convicted his two co-defendants in the FIFA bribery scandal.
Read moreA federal jury convicted two former soccer officials from South America on Friday of corrupting FIFA, the sport’s international governing body.
Read moreSwiss authorities have arrested five people, frozen several bank accounts and seized real estate in a sweep against alleged illegal drug trafficking and money laundering in the millions of dollars.
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