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Praise for Trump by Goya Foods CEO has angered Latinos hit hard by President's decisions.
Auckland man faces month-long wait in airport lounge
Kepa Harris faces being stuck in Sao Paulo's transit lounge for the next month.
Kiwi woman on gruelling five-day journey home
Hamilton woman says she wouldn't have got home to sick relative without help of strangers.
Latin America's outbreaks rival Europe's. But its options are worse
New York Times: Much of Latin America's pain is unfolding far from global view.
Colombian company creates hospital bed that can double as coffin
The beds can hold a weight of 150kg and will cost about NZ$140.
Anzac spirit: Qantas flight to bring home stranded Kiwis in Argentina
20 Kiwis stranded in South America have been rescued thanks to Aussie Govt and airline.
Murder rates were staggering. Pandemic has brought some quiet, for now
New York Times: There are fewer people outdoors, making the streets easier to police.
Mercy flight from Peru brings Kiwis home
Kiwis on board a mercy flight from Peru touched down in Auckland this morning.
Self-isolating on one of the most remote places on the planet
There is self-isolating, and then there is self-isolating on Easter Island.
Covid 19: US expels thousands after halting asylum
Trump shuts down nation's asylum system, setting aside decades of immigration laws.
Venezuela elites still party in Covid-19 pandemic
Unbeknown to several elite, the coronavirus was spreading among them.
Coronavirus: Kiwi med students 'forgotten and alone' in Peru
Shamus Moffatt and Connie Wan have had no clear answer on what will happen to them.
A Bataclan survivor's wheelchair journey across New Zealand
Pierre Cabon was paralysed in the Paris attacks. Five years later he climbed Tongariro
Stranded in Argentina as flights out cancelled
A New Zealand citizen must use her German passport to get out of Argentina.
New Zealanders overseas struggling to get home
New Zealanders stranded overseas say government intervention is their "only hope".
Final call: Kiwi couple's race to self-isolation
COMMENT: Home is the only place I've wanted to be for the last three days.
Kiwis stranded in Peru as Air NZ cancels service to South America
"We're feeling quite alone right now."
Coronavirus: Kiwi cruise ship passenger stranded at Chilean port by protesters
Herald writer stuck on board cruise ship as protesters prevent passengers leaving.
Brazil dancer breaks Carnival parade taboo
Transgender dancer fulfils a dream of feminine beauty nearly three decades old.
The South American airline where things run like clockwork
Rio is a surreal city, but its airport is modern and easy to navigate.
Cruising: An Atlantic odyssey
Greg Fleming crosses the Atlantic, from Barcelona to Rio de Janeiro, on Oceania's Marina
Turtles the size of a car once roamed the Earth
New research reveals the discovery if a now-extinct freshwater turtle in South America
Institute issues face masks to students
Free face masks and hand sanitiser for students who have been in China.
What a scorcher: Earth just had its hottest decade on record
The decade had eight of the 10 hottest years on record.
The 'hot blob' off New Zealand: All you need to know
Patch of water bigger than NZ has temperatures 6C warmer than average. What's going on?
Dehydrated monkey discovered in container of wood from South America
Dead monkey found in a container of wood products shipped from North America
'We're so lucky' - Auckland Zoo welcomes endangered cotton top tamarin twins
This is the third set of twins of the South American monkey born in Auckland.
Debris 'from missing plane' found
The military plane carrying 38 people vanished over the Drake Passage.
Drug lord's kinky prison stash revealed
Two agents who helped track Escobar down have revealed details of his personal obsessions.
'Chile woke up': Dictatorship's legacy of inequality triggers mass protests
New York Times: The promises political leaders have made for decades have failed.
South America: Peru - the alternative routes
Get off the beaten track with these unorthodox Peruvian experiences.