Asunci - Horacio Cartes of the Colorado Party appears headed for victory in presidential elections in Paraguay. The Colorado Party was headed by the former strongman of Paraguay Alfredo Stroessner for 35 years.

Antofagasta - Yellow Alert was declared on Friday 5 for the town of San Pedro de Atacama, in the Antofagasta Region of Chile, because of the increase in seismic activity at the Láscar Volcano, the most active stratovolcano in the northern Chilean Andes.

Port Stanley - The Falkland Islanders began voting on Sunday 10 in a referendum to decide whether they want to remain an overseas territory of Britain; the voting will continue today, amid tensions with Argentina over the sovereignty of the South Atlantic archipelago.

A preview for an upcoming documentary, "Landfill Harmonic", about Cateura, a slum in Paraguay situated on a landfill, where residents create music from the trash and have started "The Recycled Orchestra."

Montevideo - José Mujica, president of Uruguay, has been described as the world’s poorest and most generous political leader; he donates about 90% of his salary to charities, lives in a modest house at his wife’s flower farm, and drives a 1987 VW Beetle.

Toronto - A delivery boy in a Paraguayan market is the highlight of 7 Boxes, debuting at the Toronto International Festival Market. His wild ride serves as the suspenseful engine for a film that should earn widespread distribution.

Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo could be removed from his post today by an impeachment trial supported by allies and opponents after a bloody clash between police and peasants sent his government into a political crisis.

Mayenne - The French department of Mayenne, in north west France, was this week the test-bed in preparation for a unique and ambitious attempt by two brothers to travel 45000 kilometers circumnavigating the globe in a tuk-tuk.

London - British Prime Minister David Cameron accused Argentina of "colonialism" because of its insistence on reclaiming the Falkland/Malvinas and announced that he had convened the National Security Council of his country to address the situation of the islands.

British journalist Gerrard Williams says he’s found evidence that Hitler and his mistress Eva Braun didn’t die in their Berlin bunker as generally believed, but escaped to Argentina where he died in 1962.

Netflix has been the largest Internet movie and TV series subscription/mail order service since 1997. Today, its online streaming is being launched in Latin America and the Caribbean for unlimited DVDs, movies and television shows.

In the short term, both the US dollar and US Treasury bonds may actually benefit from the downgrade of the US debt and react to panic buying.

In the heart of South American continent, three countries: Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay share a tourist gem of unprecedented beauty in the entire world. Its glory and might can bring a vertigo effect to those who can see it for the first time.

Sweltering temperatures have been the bane of British Columbia, Canada and Russia, where the heat wave is helping fan the flames of monstrous forest fires. But in South America, a freak cold snap has killed at least a dozen people.

Curitiba - Brazilian Federal Police uncovered last week the largest operation in the country dedicated to the illegal traffic of protected animals. About ten thousand captive live animals, mostly birds, were recovered.

Spain and the Netherlands have been tipped as joint favourites to win the World Cup in South Africa after both teams secured victory in the quarter finals.

She has already become the face of Paraguay fandom, and now lingerie model Larissa Riquelme is perking many male ears by announcing she will run naked if her country wins the World Cup.

Asunci - The South American nation of Paraguay has declared a state of emergency, which will last thirty days in order to crack down on members of a militant group attacking police stations.

A baby girl was stillborn at a hospital in Southern Brazil on Tuesday, having reportedly suffocated as the doctor called to deliver her was fighting with another doctor who thought he should be responsible for the birth.

An Indian man hit by a car was declared dead in the hospital. After doctors wrote his death certificate, the man was sent for an autopsy which is where he revived.