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The billionaire house of cards

The 99% are done waiting. Billionaire fortunes hit a record high and the G20’s effort on inequality has been deleted

Australian multinational mining company BHP has confirmed that it made a buyout proposal to Anglo American. (Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

BHP makes takeover bid for Anglo American

The proposal entails Anglo significantly lowering its exposure to South Africa by demerging its holdings in beleaguered Anglo American Platinum and Kumba Iron Ore This content is…

Pink tide: Supporters of left-wing Chilean president Gabriel Boric celebrate after the results of the runoff presidential election in Santiago in 2021. (Mauro Pimentel/AFP)

A new current of hope surges across Latin America

Seven right-wing governments have been defeated, while Brazil is set to join the wave of liberation next month

Minister of International Relations and Co-operations Naledi Pandor. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

It’s our diplomatic duty to bring South Africans back home — Dirco

South Africans stuck abroad are told to be patient while the government is negotiating with different countries and working on ways to bring them back home

Nunu Ngoasheng and Tshepi Marishane travelled to South America on March 8 for their friend’s wedding, which was supposed to take place on March 20.

South Africans stuck in Peru lockdown told to ‘hang in there’

Two women who travelled to South America for a friend’s wedding were told by the South African government to wait until Peru’s state of emergency ends. Now they could be coming…

The 37-meter (121-foot) acrylic and concrete structure, which cost $800 000, is viewed by some as a symbol of corruption, giving rise to a local nickname ‘Christ of Theft.’ Thousands are demanding its removal. (Mariana Bazo/Reuters)

‘Christ of Theft’ statue poses dilemma for Peru

The 37-metre acrylic and concrete structure, which cost $800 000, is viewed by some as a symbol of corruption

Military officers patrol as Venezuelan women walk towards Santa Elena to sleep, after checking their passports or identity cards at the Pacaraima border control, Roraima state, Brazil. (Reuters/Nacho Doce)

Brazil sends troops after clashes at Venezuela border

Tens of thousands of Venezuelans have crossed the border into Brazil over the past three years as they seek to escape the crisis in their country

Australia’s Tim Cahill greets fans at the end of the match.

Critics leap on goal-shy Socceroos

National broadcaster ABC said that "Australian football needs clarity, ambition, direction, rejuvenation".

The capital of the Northern Cape province has been rocked by civil unrest allegedly sparked by a proposed R260 electricity tariff.

Australia bow out as Peru claim World Cup consolation victory

Peru were already out before this game but they still had a huge travelling support, clad in the country’s distinctive white and red colours

Freedom denied: Political detainees in the Kanjedza prison camp in Nyasaland

Women ran things in ancient Peru, a new study argues

A new book reveals how women in ancient Peru, far from being marginalised and invisible, were political and economic decision-makers

Fast forward to modern arts destination Lima

Food has been at the forefront of Lima’s cultural renaissance, which has given its people creative confidence.

Peru hostages rescued after 25 years

The 13 adults and 26 children had been used as slaves in remote mountain communities.

Before the Spanish arrived with sugar and small domestic animals

The meat and potatoes of Peru’s ‘exotic’ dishes

A search for South America’s tuber that comes in a variety of colours and sizes leads to discovering in Lima a chef’s culinary playground.

Fusion par excellence

Most Peruvian cuisine is centred on the native aji chilli pepper.

Peru laps up gastro boom

Peru laps up gastro boom

The South American nation is enjoying a gastronomic boom that is putting it on the A-list of global cuisine.

‘New’ indigenous tribe discovered in the Amazon

An indigenous tribe which has had no contact with the outside world has been located in Brazil’s Amazon near the Peruvian border.

Peruvian doctors amputate wrong leg, then right one

Peruvian doctors amputated the healthy leg of an 86-year-old man, then amputated the other leg when they realised their mistake.

Court to review Fujimori’s 25-year sentence

Peru’s Supreme Court on Monday begins a three-day review of former president Alberto Fujimori’s 25-year prison sentence for human rights violations.

Fujimori’s wife blasts Lima ruling as ‘witch trial’

The wife of Peru’s former president Alberto Fujimori accused a Lima court on Wednesday of conducting a medieval-style ”witch trial”.

Peru farmer hospitalised with eight-day erection

A Peruvian farmer underwent an operation after complaining of severe pain from an eight-day erection, said a doctor at a hospital in Sullana.