All news on the topic: South America

Spanish and Dutch authorities have detained 15 suspects and seized nearly a metric ton of MDMA in what officials called the largest bust of the synthetic drug in European history.

Russia imports most of its bananas through the port of St. Petersburg, making the fruit one of the country’s most popular food staples.

Widespread rescue missions for survivors have continued after devastating earthquakes rocked Venezuela.

Three people with suspected hantavirus, including a British doctor who is a crew member, have been medically evacuated from a cruise ship.

This is the shocking moment a plane crashed into a building in a densely populated city in Brazil.

An American coast guard crew has seized more than 1.7 tonnes of cocaine worth more than £21 million ($28.7 million).

The combined 26 years of rule by Nicolás Maduro and his predecessor Hugo Chávez turned Venezuela into the Islamic Republic of Iran’s main ally outside the Middle East.

US forces struck two more suspected drug trafficking boats off the coast of South America, resulting in the deaths of six people, as announced by the Trump administration’s defence secretary, Pete Hegseth.

For the second time in a year, an abandoned narco-submarine has washed ashore in the Solomon Islands, baffling authorities and residents alike.

Authorities in Italy, Spain, and Albania have arrested 28 suspected members of a drug trafficking network linked to the ’Ndrangheta, Europol announced on Tuesday.

NASA has reduced the likelihood that a massive "city killer" asteroid could collide with Earth in the upcoming years.

NASA considers Asteroid 2024 YR4 to be the most likely massive space object to collide with Earth, posing a greater threat than the previous threat, "God of Chaos" 99942 Apophis.

Sources have located Johannes Leijdekkers in the West African country since at least December 2022.

A NASA scientist has forecasted the potential impact location on Earth of a massive asteroid that might collide with the planet in seven years.

In the heart of São Paulo, an area as big as London’s Soho stands as a harrowing symbol of Brazil’s war on drugs for more than 30 years.

Authorities in Bosnia, Croatia, and Serbia collaborate in a Europol-backed operation targeting an organized criminal group accused of smuggling cocaine from South America to Europe. One suspect has been arrested, with more arrests expected.

Opponents and supporters of Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro planned to rally on Tuesday as protests and clashes spread after a weekend election was awarded to the long-ruling socialist despite opposition claims of a landslide victory.

The operation began back in 2020 and among others has seen about 1.2 tonnes of cocaine being found on board of a yacht, with an estimated street value of £96 million

Eight tonnes of cocaine seized and 40 people arrested after four-year investigation led by Spain’s Guardia Civil