South America

Travelers regularly search for activities in New York, Paris and Rome — but the world’s most popular online travel search is in none of those places.

A recent surge in coronavirus infections in Chile has sparked concern beyond its borders.

In one of Mexico’s most notorious cities for organized crime, migrants are expelled from the United States throughout the night

Argentina’s government has said the new one-off wealth tax could see Latin America’s third-largest economy collect up to $3.7 billion.

As fires break out in northern Brazil, a team of just five firefighters is being asked to cover more than 32,000 square miles of terrain.

Parisians returned to the City of Light’s beloved sidewalk cafes as the French government eased lockdown restrictions Tuesday, but across the ocean, health experts expressed deep concerns as several Latin American countries opted to reopen their economies despite a rapid rise in coronavirus cases.

Two UC San Diego doctors who traveled to Peru on a humanitarian medical mission earlier this month are trying to return to the U.S. after they found themselves stuck in South America due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Anesthesiology resident Rupa Prasad and Associate Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology Reema Sanghvi left for their humanitarian mission on March 8 before any travel…

NBC 7’s Lauren Coronado spoke to the doctors stranded in Peru under travel restrictions.

Lions rescued from circuses in Colombia and Peru and airlifted to South Africa scratched their manes on trees and explored their new territory in the African bush after being released into a sanctuary north of Johannesburg Sunday. One of the 33 lions, a male known as Zeus, let out a mighty roar before stepping out of his cage into an...

Members of Congress will visit the U.S.-Mexico border in San Ysidro on Friday in response to the in-custody death of an asylum seeker from Cameroon.

A brilliant flurry in the sky near the Unicorn constellation is expected Thursday night over the eastern half of North America and all South America.

NBC 7’s Steven Luke spoke to the woman who went to great lengths to keep her unusual companions.

Argentina faced a potentially sharp political shift on Sunday with center-left Peronist candidate Alberto Fernández favored to win a presidential election dominated by frustration over an economic crisis that has eroded support for conservative incumbent Mauricio Macri. Macri was elected president in 2015 as Argentines rejected a successor chosen by former President Cristina Fernández, who governed the South American country...

Testimony reveals “Girls Do Porn” website owner Michael Pratt returned to his native country of New Zealand; Colleague testifies Pratt had “health problems” triggered by threats against his porn empire.

One of the most recent threats to California’s environment has webbed feet, white whiskers, shaggy fur and orange buck teeth that could be mistaken for carrots.

Less than a year ago, Tia Salika was wearing an animal-print scuba suit and posing for a photograph in the depths of the iridescent blue ocean off South America with her parents and her best friend. So it seemed only fitting that the high schooler would celebrate her 17th birthday with another adventure: A diving tour through California’s rugged Channel...

After more than 250 performances on the road, Ed Sheeran may be headed back to the castle on the hill. On the final stop of his Divide tour earlier this week, the Grammy winner announced his break from music. “As you may or not know, I’ve been on the Divide tour for over two years now and this is the...

Officials have released 911 calls from last month’s kinkajou attack at an apartment in which a Florida man was injured.

The U.S. Army’s Special Operations Command on Thursday released the names of the two Green Berets who were killed a day earlier during combat operations in Afghanistan. Master Sgt. Luis F. Deleon-Figueroa, 31, and Master Sgt. Jose J. Gonzalez, 35, died as a result of small arms fire in northern Faryab Province. Both were members of 7th Special Forces Group,...

The skies over Paris were yellow, ignited by a glorious golden sunset. The partying fans’ shirts were yellow, Colombians making themselves at home on the Champs-Elysees. But the yellow that counted most was the iconic jersey that fit so snugly on the slim shoulders of Egan Bernal. His crowning Sunday as the Tour de France’s youngest post-World War II champion,...