The Chilean president urges all his cabinet ministers to resign so a new government can be formed in response to mass protests demanding social justice.

Chilean authorities extend a state of emergency after seven people died in violent clashes, looting and arson attacks during protests over a canceled fare increase.

Argentina's President Mauricio Macri suffers defeat in primaries vote.

Dozens of farmers have driven through Brussels with their tractors to condemn the recently agreed EU-Mercosur free trade deal linking markets in South America and Europe.

Some 24 former military and political leaders from six South American countries were sentenced to life in prison by an Italian court for their participation in conspiracy to murder political opponents in each other's territories during the 1970's and 1980's.

The European Union has signed an open trade pact with the South American bloc Mercosur, amid a rise in US protectionism.

Thousands of people have crossed into Colombia to buy food and medicine after Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro reopened the border between the countries.

Maduro called on the military to be ready to defend the homeland with weapons at hand.

A new de-classified CIA documents shows that British, West German and French intelligence agencies sought advice from South America’s 1970s dictatorships on how to combat leftwing subversion.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro vows to defeat the “crazed minority” in the country that aims to bring down his leftist government.