Magali Silva says small countries need to enter mega-regional agreements to thrive, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

Travel insurance sales for trips to Latin America have surged, a top provider says.

Brazil's economy will contract more than previously forecast and is heading for the deepest recession since 1901.

Air New Zealand wants to move New Zealand into the top ten destinations for Argentine tourists.

Air New Zealand has signed a deal with an Argentine Government tourism body and both will now work together to promote tourism and trade.

Air NZ's first South American route has been years in the planning, reports Grant Bradley.

Pamela Wade finds Peru a country of wonders - from the natural to the man-made, the ancient to the everyday.

An Antarctic explorer who died while travelling with his wife in Machu Picchu has been remembered as a “remarkable and lovely man”.

It's like Noah's Ark on the world's greatest flood plain, writes Lorraine Brown.

Derek Cheng treks to an isolated kingdom with a violent past.

Buenos Aires is home to an endangered species - the bookstore. Debora Rey explains.

Paul Rush feels the beating heart of an electric city of uninhibited charm.

Buenos Aires heaves with history, architecture, a thumping nightlife — and crazy passionate football fans, as Emma Land discovers.

This is the incredible moment a volcano erupts in Nicaragua - but the tourists standing right by it carry on filming even as a huge plume of smoke and ash fills the air.

Simon Willis tries to keep up with the horsemen of Los Llanos.

Air New Zealand will shut down Dreamliners completely every three months after tests by Boeing exposed problems.

A river safari to a remote Amazon animal sanctuary is magical, writes Lorraine Brown.

Chile's LAN Airlines has launched the Dreamliner on its services through Auckland as looming competition on flights to South America promises to bring down fares.

Steven Joyce has begun a 10-day visit to South America to try to drum up more interest in New Zealand as a study destination.

In the Argentinian capital, Winston Aldworth finds that meat and mating are on the brain.

Winston Aldworth checks in to a traditional hotel in the Argentine capital.

Fancy taking a punt at polo or tackling the tango? Get to BA, says Megan Singleton.

Argentine archaeologists discover ruins of a hideout built by the Third Reich in case its leaders needed to flee.

The jungle-choked remains of a "lost city", abandoned by a mysterious civilisation several centuries ago and long thought to have housed gold and "monkey children", have been....

In Chile’s beautiful landscape, inspired chefs are bringing the country’s traditional recipes back to life, discovers Rocky Casale.

When American explorer Hiram Bingham first laid eyes on Machu Picchu, he felt as if he had walked into a dream, writes Derek Cheng.

Chilean mountaineers have found the wreckage of a plane that crashed in the Andes 54 years ago.

Air New Zealand says it will soon be flying direct to Argentina - something made more viable by a recent drop in jet fuel prices.