Actor Sean Penn gets an earful from a former co-star over his support for Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez.

It's the high life with a difference as Anna Leask visits the Atacama Desert in Chile.

With its eye fixed on the 2014 Fifa World Cup, this Brazilian city is finally undoing some of its worst urban planning.

Breathtaking scenery and muscle-numbing climbs greeted Deborah Telford on a tour through Peru.

Stunning views - and ice for a pisco sour - justify a long journey through an icy wilderness, writes Anna Leask.

At the start of this century, clean energy was all the rage. The revolution may still be happening, but it's taking its time, reports Peter Huck.

Tuition fees at New Zealand universities are among the highest in the world, according to a new report. New Zealand had the seventh-most expensive tuition fees for universities, with entrants paying more than $3600 a year.

Anna Leask learns about the ancient past of a lesser-known part of the Pacific.

Jim Eagles visits a South American nation rich with historical treasures, wild volcanic beauty ... and a wonderful potato soup.

Expensive dental and cosmetic surgery here is creating a burgeoning industry overseas. While a nip and tuck is cheaper offshore, experts say it might also be riskier.

Thousand of young Brazilians are living a bleak and dangerous life as the number of crack addicts soars.