Daniel Schweimler
Former leaders convicted of stealing babies in Argentina
In Argentina, hefty jail sentences have been handed out to nine key figures from the country's military dictatorship of the 1970s and 80s, over the systematic theft of babies from political prisoners.
…The latest news from Latin America
The candidate from the party that's governed Mexico for more than 70 years has claimed victory in the presidental election, and as our Latin America correspondent, Daniel Schweimler explains he's… Audio
The latest from the Rio+20 summit
World leaders are meeting in Rio de Janerio under a cloud of criticism that a three-day summit is falling far short of its promise to lay out firm goals for sustainable development. Audio
Brazil pushes climate deal in Rio
Larded with fudge and so compromised it's meaningless - that's what critics are calling Brazil's efforts to come up with a deal, which could been signed off at a UN global summit in Rio de Janerio… Audio
The latest news from Latin America
The Mexican army says it's arrested the man they think ordered the brutal killing of 49 people last week. Audio
The stories making headlines in Latin America
To Latin America now where a fire at a drug rehabilitation centre in Peru has killed 14 people, firefighters there say the patients were locked in so could not escape. Audio
The stories making headlines in Latin America
Police in Mexico are investigating the killing of controverisal army-general who was shot by an unknown gunman. Audio
The latest news from Latin America
Brazil's foreign minister is making her first official visit to the United States as she tries to boost ties between the two biggest economies in the region. Audio
Pope condemns drug trafficking in Mexico
To Mexico now, where Pope Benedict has addressed hundreds of thousands of Roman Catholics, condeming drug trafficking and violence in the country. Audio
The latest news from our correspondent in Latin America
To Argentina now, where the country's transport secretary has resigned two weeks after a train crash that killed 51 people. Audio
Preparations begins for Falklands anniversary
To the Falkland Islands now, where our South America correspondent Daniel Schweimler is this week, ahead of the 30th anniversary of the 1982 war in just over a month's time. Audio
49 killed and dozens injured in Argentine train crash
In Buenos Aires - injured passengers have described how people were thrown through the air as a packed commuter train smashed into buffers at a city station. Audio
350 die in Honduras prison fire
From Honduras, more than 350 people have been killed in one of Latin America's worst prison fires. Audio
The latest news from Latin America
To Latin America now, where our correspondent Daniel Schweimler begins in Peru with the capture of the leader of the Shining Path rebel group. Audio
Argentina to go to the UN over the disputed Falkland Islands
Argentina's president, Cristina Fernández, now says she'll go to the United Nations after Britain announced it was sending one of its most modern naval destroyers to the region. Audio
The latest news from our correspondent in Latin America
To Latin America where our correspondent Daniel Schweimler begins with details of a police operation to wrest back control of Rio de Janeiro's largest slum from drug lords. Audio
The latest news from Latin America
To Brazil now, where a judge has ordered hundreds of protestors off the construction site of a massive dam project in the Amazon. Audio
The latest news from Latin America
Time now for the lastest stories from Latin American, our correspondent Daniel Schweimler starts with the rescue of 61 men who were being held prisoner by a drugs gang near the Mexican border. Audio
News from Latin America
To Latin America now where our correspondent in Argentina has the latest on how rugby fans there are rating the Pumas chances against the All Blacks in the quarter-finals. Audio
Latest from Latin America
Time now to go to Latin America, and our correspondent, Daniel Schweimler, who says Venezuela's president, Hugo Chavez, has gone to Cuba for further cancer treatment. Audio