Natalie Alcoba

Strain­ing un­der the weight of a pro­longed cri­sis, Ar­genti­na fans look for foot­ball glo­ry at the World Cup.

We all ‘have some of Maradona in us’, lo­cals say, call­ing him flawed, feisty and a ma­gi­cian with the ball.

Mes­si left La Ba­ja­da when he was 13, but he still lives here – in mu­rals and the mem­o­ries of res­i­dents.

Cristi­na Fer­nan­dez de Kirch­n­er, who sur­vived as­sas­si­na­tion at­tempt this month, faces 12 years on cor­rup­tion charges.

Cristi­na Fer­nan­dez de Kirch­n­er faces 12 years in jail on cor­rup­tion al­le­ga­tions she de­nies. Here’s what’s go­ing on.

Gov’t wants agri­cul­tur­al sec­tor to boost ex­ports, but farm­ers say they’re pro­tect­ing them­selves from eco­nom­ic cri­sis.

The coun­try’s chal­lenge is to avoid triple-dig­it in­fla­tion by year end.

Fam­i­lies say their chil­dren are be­ing turned away from schools in Peru and Colom­bia, of­ten be­cause of dis­crim­i­na­tion.

Women’s rights ad­vo­cates across Amer­i­c­as re­gion say their strug­gle goes on af­ter top US court over­turns Roe v Wade.

Aid work­ers say more health re­sources need­ed in Pana­ma, as un­prece­dent­ed num­bers of refugees at­tempt per­ilous jour­ney.