South America

Police found 58kg (127 pounds) of cocaine bearing the Nazi flag and imprinted with the name of Germany’s war-time leader Hitler.Peru’s anti-narcotics police have seized 58kg (127 pounds) of cocaine headed for Belgium in packages bearing Nazi symbols and imprinted with the name of Germany’s…

The Peruvian government was more likely to use lethal violence in marginalised areas of the country as part of its crackdown on recent anti-government protests, a report by rights group Amnesty International has found. Thursday’s report, “Lethal racism”, alleges the government’s actions may constitute extrajudicial…

With the exception of a couple of nearby Chilean islands with just a handful of people, the southernmost populated town on our planet is Puerto Williams, Chile. It is located on the island of Navarino, a UNESCO biosphere reserve north of Cape Horn, where the…

Video Duration 25 minutes 00 seconds 25:00Fault Lines reports on El Salvador’s war on gangs and investigates claims of abuse and deaths in prison.In El Salvador, Gabriel Urrutia searches for his wife and stepdaughter, who were jailed in the country’s repressive crackdown on gangs that…

A volcano southeast of the Mexican capital spewed more gas and ash into the sky on Tuesday as authorities maintained their warning level at one step below red alert. The only time the Popocatepetl volcano triggered a red alert on the government’s stoplight-style system since…

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