Brazil’s Federal Police (PF) say President Jair Bolsonaro’s “direct” and “conscious” action was established when confidential data on the country’s electronic voting system was leaked.

Colombian President Iván Duque announced on Friday his intention to create a Regional Solidarity Fund, in order to serve the population in terms of health and in the event of natural disasters. He made the remarks during the II Ministerial Summit of the Caribbean Community in Barranquilla.

Thousands of Uruguayan women marched through the streets of Montevideo on Friday to protest what they called the “rape culture” and urged the government of President Luis Lacalle Pou to take action to protect them.

Canadian truckers honked Friday as their caravan converged on the capital Ottawa for a large protest against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s vaccination mandates to cross the Canada-US border.

Peru’s Environment Minister Rubén Ramírez said on Friday that the amount of crude oil spilled into the Pacific Ocean was almost double the amount reported so far.

Brazil’s National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) released a statement on Friday warning of differences between COVID-19 vaccines for children to highlight the specifics of newly marketed drugs.

The Argentine Navy icebreaker ARA Almirante Irízar has added four biologists to its crew to monitor wildlife in the South Atlantic and around Antarctica, the Telam news agency reported.