President Nicolas Maduro has agreed to enter talks with Venezuela's opposition with the help of an outside facilitator.
Construction work at Porto Alegre's Beira-Rio stadium will not be complete until two weeks before the World Cup begins, the city's mayor said on Wednesday.
A F-16 jet fighter prepares to land during the International Air and Space Fair (FIDAE) at the international airport of Santiago March 26, 2014.
Brazil's lower chamber of Congress approved groundbreaking legislation on Tuesday aimed at guaranteeing equal access to the Internet and protecting the privacy of its users in the wake of US spying revelations.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has added three generals to the growing list of people and entities he accuses of plotting against him.
Leaders of China and the Commonwealth of Dominica on Sunday exchanged congratulations on the 10th anniversary of the establishment of their diplomatic relations.
Honduran police say they are looking for three men who opened fire at a soccer game in a village near the capital city of Tegucigalpa, killing five people.
Teachers from public schools protest against the 2014 World Cup in front of Planalto Palace in Brasilia, March 19, 2014.
Venezuelan intelligence agents arrested an opposition mayor on Wednesday who was accused of stoking violent protests, and another was jailed for 10 months in the latest moves against rivals of President Nicolas Maduro.
The mayor of Colombia's capital Bogota was ousted from his post on Wednesday, President Juan Manuel Santos said, in a controversial decision that could affect May presidential elections and a peace process with left-wing rebels.
Brazil has secured a 7.2 million US dollars deal with iRobot, a US-based company that makes defense and security robots for the US military, who will create 30 new robots tasked with protecting and monitoring 12 cities during this year's World Cup.
Venezuela's Congress requested a criminal investigation of opposition deputy Maria Corina Machado for crimes in relation to her involvement in anti-government protests.