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Brazil criminals on film celebrate goal at 'favela world cup' football match in Rio de Janeiro by firing rifles in air ...

Police in Rio de Janeiro to wear heavy duty body armour during the World Cup ...

Public health officials say thousands of football fans may be at risk from the disease, which can cause excruciating joint pain and haemorrhagic fever ...

Builders of new terminal at Viracopos airport likely to be heavily fined after work on new terminal partly suspended due to safety concerns ...

Police and protesters clash after troops arrest 243 students in pre-dawn raids on tented camps in Caracas ...

Construction halted at World Cup stadium in Cuiaba after worker dies following an electrical accident, the eight person to die during the troubled preparation for the tournament in Brazil ...

A paratrooper has escaped with a sprained ankle after his chute failed and he fell 5,000 feet to earth ...

Passenger jet converted into luxury hotel in Costa Rica rainforest ...

More bodies pulled out of collapsed illegal gold mine in Colombia with at least six more people feared to have perished in the disaster ...

Donna Bowater reports from Rocinha favela on the ongoing tensions and outbursts of violence as the so-called police pacification units, or UPPs, attempt to smash drug and street gangs before the start of the World Cup ...

As Uruguay moves to position of regulated trade in marijuana consumers will be required to register and be limited to 10 grams-a-week, though at low price ...

Interior Minister denounces alleged plot to promote unrest and overthrow Venezuela's government as it is revealed dozens of foreign nationals are among the detained ...

Police shoot dead suspect in favela clashes five weeks before tournament due to start ...

Colombian shaman who led yage ritual denies responsibility for death of UK gap year teen Henry Miller ...

Rescue teams still searching for around 15 missing after unauthorised mine falls-in in rural Colombia killing three people ...

Colombian shaman Guillermo Mavisoy says it's common to become ill while consuming yage, the hallucinogen Bristol teenager Henry Miller drank at a tribal ritual on the night he died ...

The Corinthians players wear replicas of the distinctive yellow and green racing helmet worn by the Brazilian racing legend Ayrton Senna, 20 years on from his tragic death ...

São Paulo hit by worst drought on record, less than six weeks before start of World Cup ...

Hundreds of waiters race while carrying trays of drinks in Buenos Aires with the hope of winning a cash prize ...

Gap year student is filmed at a tribal ceremony deep in the Colombian rainforest moments before drinking a hallucinogenic potion that cost him his life ...