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Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the Colombian author whose beguiling stories of love and longing brought Latin America to life for millions of readers and put magical realism on the literary map has died aged 87 ...

Ubinas volcano in south west Peru erupts sending smoke and ash high into the air, prompting officials to declare a state of emergency ...

Keeper Karen Neech explains why Humboldt penguins are endangered and what can be done to increase their numbers ...

Shunning traditional air travel, one England fan has decided to take the scenic route to Brazil for the World Cup - making the journey on a Vespa scooter ...

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Watch a timelapse of the first total lunar eclipse since December 2011, in which Americas witnessed the moon disappearing into the Earth's shadow ...

The event is visible from North and South America, but sky watchers in northern and and eastern Europe, eastern Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia will be out of luck ...

Watch our live stream of the first total lunar eclipse since December 2011, in which the Americas will witness the moon disappearing into the Earth's shadow ...

Argentina has accused Britain of "provocations and hostile acts" as the UK prepares to conduct routine military exercises in the Falklands ...

A would-be thief attempts to snatch a woman's necklace as she gives TV interview about rising crime rates in Rio de Janiero, Brazil ...

A would-be thief attempts to snatch a woman's necklace as she gives TV interview about rising crime rates in Rio de Janiero, Brazil ...

More than 3,000 federal agents involved in raids on around 80 'bunkers' in the Argentine city of Rosario, plagued by violence between drug gangs ...

Brazil's macroeconomic picture poses problems for the country's 2014 elections, reports Bloomberg's David Ingles ...

Any inmates who have been prescribed marijuana to improve their physical or mental health will have access to it according to the country's drug tsar ...

Just 48 per cent of Brazilians are in support of the country hosting this year's tournament, which begins in June ...

Brazil's armed forces have taken control of a massive compound of slums in Rio de Janeiro ahead of this summer's World Cup         ...

Leopoldo Lopez denounces government of Nicolas Maduro for trying to silence opponents in comments sent from military jail cell to The Telegraph         ...

Peter Campsie was killed in Rio de Janeiro on his way home from a business meeting         ...

Death in the streets, rationing by fingerprints and a general on the run: how oil-rich Venezuela has descended into chaos         ...

The wife of Leopoldo Lopez, leader of the opposition Popular Will party, tells Philip Sherwell how her husband remains defiant despite being held in solitary confinement in a military prison         ...