Venezuela, once even richer than Saudi Arabia, is nearing total collapse.

The arrest of an Aussie in Colombia on drug charges has focused attention on the country.

A stricken solo yachtsman in distress has been plucked to safety by a cargo ship.

Colombian president declares state of emergency after landslide sweeps through city.

Clinic where video was filmed says 'respect for dignity of every patient is important'.

International animal protection groups are heading to Wellington Zoo to talk conservation.

A Kiwi scientist has journeyed to one of the world's most volcanically active regions.

A deal to allow for 14 flights a week to Colombia has been signed and more agreements are in the pipeline.

Police claim a Christchurch man may have imported $4.86m worth of cocaine.

NZ exchange student describes scenes in the city of Vitoria as 'horrific and extremely disturbing'.

As Donald Trump's administration prepares to renegotiate NAFTA, the scope for the potential impact emerges.

Charlotte Zaremba was killed in her bedroom in the early hours of New Year's Day by a Maryland high school classmate. Her parents tried to save her life.

The Las Lajas Sanctuary in the Colombian Andes has become a major draw for tourists.

The Fuhrer may have used a secret runway to escape his Berlin bunker and flee to South America in a Luftwaffe plane.

It looks like enough cash to bankroll a high-flying lifestyle, but this stack of currency is worth a measly $21 in its country of origin.

The Star Wars series featured a man-made planet called the Death Star which destroys other worlds with a giant laser.

Here are four epic journeys to add to an adventurous bucket list.

A tourist strayed into a notorious slum in Rio de Janeiro and was shot dead by drug traffickers.

This is the heartbreaking moment a Brazilian footballer found out he was to become a father - just one week before he was killed in the Colombian jet crash.

Chapecoense goalkeeper Danilo was one of just seven people initially found alive after a charter plane crashed in Colombia killing 75 people.

The footballers of Chapecoense changed to the doomed plane after Brazilian officials prevented them from taking a charter flight, it has been claimed.

A 6.4 magnitude earthquake has hit Argentina, according to the US Geological Survey.

John Key has a new bromance, this time with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Remarkable new images have emerged of an uncontacted tribal community in the Brazilian Amazon which environmentalists fear could be destroyed by outside influences.

Learning to drive can be hard, but learning it in a new language is almost impossible. But that's changing for refugees in Hamilton. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

On New Year's Day in 1985, a Boeing 727 crashed into the side of a South American mountain with 29 people on board - but no one knows why.

Andrew Parsons beds down in the only hotel on the Argentinian side of the famous Iguazu Falls.

Watch NZH Local Focus: The largest container ship to enter a New Zealand port, the MV Aotea Maersk, has made its maiden visit to Tauranga.

Topsy-turvy weather in Brazil is pushing up the cost of commodities in your breakfast drink.

A year and a half after being led out of the forest and receiving health care, two women have abandoned village life for the forest they know.