BBC Latin America News

• Haiti prison escape: Hundreds of inmates flee from Croix-des-Bouquets jail

  58 minutes ago news BBC Latin America News 1

  The prison's director is among 25 people killed in the mass escape near the capital, Port-au-Prince.

• Amazon rainforest plots sold via Facebook Marketplace ads

  1 day ago news BBC Latin America News 3

  Protected land reserved for Brazil's indigenous communities is being traded on the social network.

• Alisson Becker: Father of Liverpool goalkeeper drowns in Brazil

  1 day ago news BBC Latin America News 1

  Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker's 57-year-old father, Jose Agostinho Becker, drowns in Brazil.

• Brazilian Amazon: Juma descendants of 'last warrior' vow to carry on legacy

  2 days ago news BBC Latin America News 2

  After the death of the last male member of an indigenous group, his grandchildren take an unusual step.

• Cocaine 'worth billions' found in Paraguay shipment

  2 days ago news BBC Latin America News 0

  More than 23 tonnes of the drug was discovered in two raids on shipments heading to the Netherlands.

• Ecuador jail fight: Dozens of inmates killed in gang war

  2 days ago news BBC Latin America News 2

  The violence is thought to be linked to a battle for control of the jails after a gang leader's killing.

• El Chapo's wife Emma Coronel Aispuro arrested in US over 'drug trafficking'

  4 days ago news BBC Latin America News 7

  Emma Coronel Aispuro's arrest comes two years after her husband was convicted in the US over his cartel.

• The most important humanitarian gesture in decades?

  5 days ago news BBC Latin America News 4

  Colombia has given protected status to almost one million Venezuelan migrants.

• Cocaine 'worth £184m' found in banana boxes sent from Colombia

  1 week ago news BBC Latin America News 1

  Ten people have been arrested over what is one of the UK's biggest ever drug seizures.

• Brazil: Can you vaccinate a whole town against Covid?

  1 week ago news BBC Latin America News 3

  Scientists are vaccinating the entire adult population of a town in Brazil against Covid-19, to see if it helps bring life back to normal.

• Peace court: Colombia army 'behind 6,400 extrajudicial killings'

  1 week ago news BBC Latin America News 7

  The figure given by a court of inquiry is almost three times higher than previous estimates.

• Pele: Five things we learned from the Netflix documentary

  1 week ago news BBC Latin America News 5

  Netflix documentary Pele charts the life of perhaps the world's greatest footballer - from his early days with Santos to winning his third World...