Amazonas

Amazon tribesman Bare Bornaldo Waimiri says his father, mother, sister and brother were killed by Brazil Army at historic hearing

The hearing took place in a thatched, cone-shaped hut where the Waimiri-Atroari normally hold colorful festivities and long storytelling sessions. For one day last week, it transformed into a gloomy courthouse where six elders told a judge how over many years the 1964-1985 military dictatorship in Brazil tried to eradicate them with arms, bombs and chemicals

13 killed during protests against Venezuelan leftist leader Nicolas Maduro; unrest fierce in Caracas and Bolivar

Unrest first kicked off on Monday when 27 soldiers rose up against Nicolas Maduro at a command post in Caracas, calling upon people to "take to the streets" in a video circulated on social media

Venezuela: 37 inmates killed, 14 officials wounded in Amazonas prison riot

At least 37 people died in an hours-long jail riot in Venezuela's southern state of Amazonas, officials have said.

60 killed in Brazil prison as fighting breaks out between rival gangs

At least 60 people were killed in a prison riot in Brazil's Amazon region when fighting broke out between rival gangs, an official said on Monday.