Latest from South America

Colombia: Drug lord's decaying paradise

Tourists can now wander freely around the former mansion of infamous cocaine trafficker Pablo Escobar, writes Amy Rosenfeld.

Guatape, Colombia

This town of 11,000 people, about two hours' drive from Medellín, is home to a huge hydro-electric dam and was the former holiday playground of infamous Colombian drug baron Pablo Escobar, whose crumbling mansion in the area is now a drawcard for tourists.

Buenos Aires: Vertical expression

Derek Cheng visits the home of the tango... and discovers he has a lot to unlearn.

Gold fever returns to Northland

As mining makes a political comeback Catherine Masters finds strong local opposition to the prospect of a Northland gold rush

Olympics: Gold dreams - our most likely winners

New Zealand won’t win eight golds in London, but it doesn’t stop anybody dreaming of stepping on top of the dais.

Way beyond the end of the world

Ushuaia's self-proclaimed status that it is the "end of the world" prompts a natural question: what lies beyond the port?

Sole survivor of fatal crash saw 'giant light'

Mexican fugitive captured after 24 years on the run

Coke smuggler weeps at sentencing

Climate for worldwide change

Bennett another World Cup win for NZ

Peru: Taking coca tea in the Andes

Cusco, in the Peruvian Andes, was once the capital of the legendary Inca Empire.

Cusco, Peru

This city in the Peruvian Andes is an important economic hub for the local indigenous people, the Quechua and a popular gathering point for travellers heading to the famed lost city of the Incas - Machu Picchu.

Maori activist declares himself 'political refugee'

Norwegian boat crew released in Chile

Emanuele Ottolenghi: Iran regime change only hope

Growing pains for China's technology

Norwegian explorer's arrest in Chile