Alberto Otarola denies allegations that he attempted to improperly influence government contracts to help love interest. Peruvian Prime Minister Alberto Otarola has resigned after audio recordings, allegedly featuring him using his influence to help his love interest get government contracts, were released by the media. Otarola tendered his resignation on Tuesday after television programme Panorama broadcast the recordings over the weekend. Announcing his resignation, Otarola told reporters in...

A violent attack by would-be robbers steered Bolivian Lidia Mayta towards the martial art of taekwondo. Three years later, she helps train other Indigenous women to defend themselves against rampant gender-based violence in the South American country. Mayta says she would have died if neighbours had not come out of their homes to scare off the assailants choking her outside her front door as they tried to steal...

EXPLAINER Palmer won against Biden in American Samoa, but had never visited the South Pacific territory before the caucus. President Joe Biden has won every Democratic contest on Super Tuesday – except for one; American Samoa. Of 91 ballots cast in American Samoa, a United States territory in the South Pacific, Palmer won 51 and Biden won 40. Here is what we know about Palmer’s victory and American...