Argentinian dancers Cristian Palomo and Melisa Sacchi have been crowned the Salon Tango world champions in front of a home crowd.
Hundreds of dog owners have had their pets blessed in the Bolivian city of El Alto as part of Saint Roch’s Day – named after the patron saint of dogs.
A Venezuelan court upheld the 14-year sentence of jailed opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez on Friday, in a move likely to increase tension in the crisis-hit South American country.
Caracas (Venezuela) - Venezuela’s National Election Council (CNE) says the opposition has collected enough signatures to pave the way for a referendum against President Nicolas Maduro.
Europe is not the only region facing a refugee crisis. Although the numbers are far smaller, Costa Rica in central America is struggling with hundreds of African migrants who are stranded in squalid conditions in the country after Nicaragua closed its border, blocking an historic route north into the USA.