Lucinda Elliott

Keiko Fujimori was sworn in as Peru's president on Tuesday, becoming the latest in a string of conservative leaders elected ‌across Latin America by voters frustrated by crime, weak economic growth and political instability.

Bolivians vote in a presidential runoff on Sunday that marks a decisive rejection of the socialist government and a likely foreign policy shift closer to the United States after decades of frosty relations.

Centrist senator Rodrigo Paz was leading Bolivia's presidential election, according to early official results, which showed the ruling Movement for Socialism on track for its worst election defeat in a generation.

Former leftist President Evo Morales is barred from running.

Voters in Bolivia are gearing up for a general election on Sunday that has been overshadowed by inflation at a four-decade high and the absence of former leftist President Evo Morales, who is barred from running.

Uruguay's lower house of parliament voted on Wednesday to legalize euthanasia, emulating Cuba, Colombia and Ecuador in a societal shift around predominantly Catholic Latin America.

Our correspondent's tips on beaches, yerba mate tea and candombe music.

Orsi, a former mayor backed by leftist ex-President Jose 'Pepe' Mujica, narrowly won the November election.

MONTEVIDEO, Dec 21 (Reuters) - For the first time since mass European migration to the Americas at the turn of the 20th century, the number of foreigners living in Uruguay is on the rise, this time driven by a wave of arrivals from Venezuela and…

ASUNCION, April 30 (Reuters) - Paraguayan conservative economist Santiago Pena, 44, won the country's presidential election on Sunday, tightening the ruling Colorado Party's political grip in the country and defusing fears about the end of diplomatic…

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Americas politics & policy news every morning. The offer from the US sounded appealing: if Latin American nations donated their ageing Russian-made military kit to Ukraine, Washington…

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Americas society news every morning. On café terraces in Buenos Aires the distinct sound of the Russian language, brimming with consonants, has become immediately identifiable above open…

Cuba is ready to become a nation of shopkeepers and small business entrepreneurs after the communist government tore up rules limiting private enterprise to 127 approved categories. As many as 2,000 areas of commerce will be added to a list of…

Argentina is poised to decriminalise abortion, potentially establishing some of the most liberal laws to terminate a pregnancy in Latin America. Tomorrow senators will vote on a proposed bill that allows for terminations in the first 14 weeks of…

Latin America’s longest-serving leader quit last night after a revolt by the police and army and international condemnation of his dubious election victory last month. President Morales of Bolivia announced his resignation alongside his…

Peronism is back in fashion in Argentina after years of economic decline. Stephen Gibbs and Lucinda Elliott report As Argentina’s President Macri prepares to return to a comfortable private life after his defeat in last weekend’s elections, he can…

Havana celebrates its 500th birthday this year and some of its buildings are beginning to show their age. Restoration and reuse are proving challenging – but also rewarding, as Lucinda Elliott reports. Plus a word with the CEO of Rapt Studio and a…

More than 400 Cubans have joined a protest march against animal cruelty in what is believed to be the first independent demonstration authorised by the one-party state. They gathered in Havana on Sunday, carrying their pets and waving placards, a…

The FBI is to send a new investigation team to Havana to ascertain whether the Cubans used a secret weapon that emitted sound waves causing brain damage, hearing loss and nausea among US diplomats stationed there. The injuries suffered by envoys are…

Omar Mateen killed 49 people at an Orlando gay nightclub at the weekend, and injured 53, according to police. Orlando city authorities have confirmed the names of the dead, who range in age from 18 to 50. Stanley Almodovar III, 23 His Facebook page…