It's millions of years old, weighs in at an estimated 10 million tonnes, is more than 200m high and has a curious history.

Latin America is Uber's fastest-growing region.

They are the bucket-list destinations tourists are loving to death. Some of these sites have been shut down, while for others the risk lingers.

There's a 10 per cent chance of sunshine in Colombia's Chingaza National Park.

A vast roll call of exotic critters entertain Nicholas Jones in the world's biggest wetland

South America Giant tortoises, grunts, or blue-footed boobys - Lydia Jenkin doesn't quite know which Galapagos curiosity to look at first

A look at what it's like living in the murder capital of the world, where roughly 24 people are killed everyday.

Chile's capital is an unsung city. Unjustly, says Paul Clements, who took a bicycle tour of its liveliest localities.

Stadiums, including the Aquatics Stadium and Future Arena are in the finishing stages, and the tottering remains of a favela, or slum, are being torn down.

There's an awful lot of wildlife in Brazil. Most of it lives in the Amazon rainforest, home to one in 10 of all the plant and animal species in the world.

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.

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

Sao Paulo's clubbing scene has something for everyone, writes Bella Ann Townes.

Mark Muckenfuss follows in the footsteps of Darwin by travelling to the most plentiful and lush marine species environment on Earth.

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.