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Brazil: Best things in Rio are free
After years of steady economic growth in Brazil, Juliana Barbassa goes in search of an on-the-cheap exotic holiday in Rio.
Uruguayan cowboys
Gaucho are the original cowboys who roamed southern Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina after the Spanish introduced cattle to South America, then largely abandoned them. Today, the gaucho philosophy remains on farms throughout South America, with riders expected to wear cowboy boots, baggy pants and wide-brimmed hats... and to ride the gaucho way - one-handed.
Uruguay: Riding with the gaucho
In the Uruguayan countryside, Geoff Cumming embraces the philosophy of South America's original cowboys.
Buenos Aires: A city of soccer and style
Buenos Aires, the Paris of South America, is a city full of art, food, glamour and joie de vivre, writes Pamela Wade.
Che Guevara's daughter tries to protect image
Che Guevara's daughter, Aleida Guevara, says 'sometimes people know what he stands for, sometimes not'.
Bolivia: The mountain that eats men
Charlotte Holmes heads deep into the mines of Potosi - once the richest city in all of Latin America.
Five spots for a tree-mendous holiday (+video)
Abi Jackson rounds up some elevated accommodation options and finds treehouse living has come a long way.
Patagonia: When the ice moves
A close encounter with glacier calving in Argentine Patagonia is a thrilling event, finds Paul Rush.
Rio de Janeiro: Samba some more
London's Games are done, now all eyes are on Rio, writes Josie Dale.
Waka crews set off on 10,000-mile ocean journey
Two waka crews have set off on a massive ocean journey to Easter Island today.
Competition from Chile could topple Kiwi sav
After a false start, the South Americans are making sauvignons that could rival our own.
Colombia: Drug lord's decaying paradise
Tourists can now wander freely around the former mansion of infamous cocaine trafficker Pablo Escobar, writes Amy Rosenfeld.
Guatape, Colombia
This town of 11,000 people, about two hours' drive from Medellín, is home to a huge hydro-electric dam and was the former holiday playground of infamous Colombian drug baron Pablo Escobar, whose crumbling mansion in the area is now a drawcard for tourists.
Buenos Aires: Vertical expression
Derek Cheng visits the home of the tango... and discovers he has a lot to unlearn.
Gold fever returns to Northland
As mining makes a political comeback Catherine Masters finds strong local opposition to the prospect of a Northland gold rush
Olympics: Gold dreams - our most likely winners
New Zealand won’t win eight golds in London, but it doesn’t stop anybody dreaming of stepping on top of the dais.
Way beyond the end of the world
Ushuaia's self-proclaimed status that it is the "end of the world" prompts a natural question: what lies beyond the port?