A heatwave affecting Argentina has left at least seven people dead - most of them elderly - in the past week, officials say.

The picturesque La Boca district draws hordes of tourists to stroll down its narrow streets lined with colourful buildings and eat at outdoor restaurants.

An indigenous community opposed to Goldcorp's copper and gold El Morro mine in northern Chile is poised to present at least one new legal action against the project this month, the group's lawyer t

Argentine farmworker Fabian Tomasi was never trained to handle pesticides.

Argentine citizens walk by the bridge that links Argentina and Uruguay, during a demonstration near Fray Bentos city October 6, 2013.

Massive flooding killed 54 persons in and around Buenos Aires, with most of the victims found after a second day of record rainfall hit the area.

Stresses on water supplies aggravated by climate change are likely to cause more conflicts and water should be considered as vital to national security as defense, the United Nations report said on

Those Latin Americans who can afford one are just as wedded to the car as their counterparts north of the Rio Grande. And thanks to the region’s long boom, more and more have bought vehicles.