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The $20b shipwreck at the heart of a legal dispute in Colombia

By Walla!
Israel silver-medal winning women's soccer team at Special Olympics

Israel signs agreement with South American soccer federation, paving way for elite competition

By Juan Melamed/JTA
Argentine president-elect Javier Milei addresses supporters after winning Argentina's runoff presidential election, in Buenos Aires, Argentina November 19, 2023

Speaking at Miami synagogue, Argentina’s Javier Milei reveals he has Jewish heritage

By Juan Melamed/JTA
 The leaf litter frog (Haddadus binotatus) emits a distress call at frequencies that humans cannot hear but predators can.

Amphibians use scream inaudible to humans for self-defense against predators, new study suggests

 A tourist looks at a statue named "Moai" at Easter Island, Chile February 13, 2019. Picture taken February 13, 2019.

Easter Island inhabitants had contact with South America over a thousand years ago, study finds

 Fire and smoke rise as a wildfire burns near the Lago Penuelas National Reserve, in Valparaiso region, Chile February 2, 2024.

Forest fires kill 51 in Chile, menace urban areas

By REUTERS
 The National Palace, Mexico City, Mexico.

The Americas’ best New York-style Jewish deli may be in Mexico City

By Rachael Narins/JTA
Argentine president-elect Javier Milei addresses supporters after winning Argentina's runoff presidential election, in Buenos Aires, Argentina November 19, 2023

Argentina elects pro-Israel right-winger Javier Milei as president

By Juan Melamed/JTA
 US ARMED Forces collect bodies from Jonestown.

The Jews of Jonestown: Jewish members of Jim Jones's Peoples Temple cult

 People hold a Palestinian flag and placards during a demonstration in support of Palestinians, in Buenos Aires, Argentina October 9, 2023.

Colombia’s president compares Israeli military to Nazis

By Jacob Kessler/JTA
 Skeletal remains of a 3-year-old infant and offerings that formed a funeral bundle with an approximate age of 1000 years found by the Calidda company during excavations to install natural gas are pictured in Lima, Peru, April 26, 2023

Peru pipeline workers unearth ancient children's cemetery

By REUTERS
 A structure at Ek' Balam.

Has Mexico solved the mystery of the Mayan Acropolis of Ek' Balam?

 Hezbollah members take part in a military exercise during a media tour organized for the occasion of Resistance and Liberation Day, in Aaramta, Lebanon May 21, 2023.

US designates seven financiers, operatives as Hezbollah terrorists

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with President of the South American Football Association (CONMEBOL) and FIFA Vice President, Alejandro Domínguez at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem. September 7, 2023.

Benjamin Netanyahu meets with CONMEBOL President and FIFA VP Alejandro Domínguez

Archaeologists work on a 4,500-year-old polychrome wall, part of a temple belonging to the Late Preceramic period, in the Huaca Tomabal in the Valley of Viru, Peru August 22, 2023.

Ancient polychrome wall found in northern Peru likely over 4,000 years old

By REUTERS
 AI generated image of an armored alien.

'Aliens' who attacked Peruvian tribe are illegal miners with jetpacks - police

 A frog sitting on a leaf

New South American frog species found, named for local indigenous people

 An artistic rendition of an alien.

Peruvian tribe claims it was attacked by seven-foot 'aliens'