Latin America News
By Stefano Pozzebon and Jessie Yeung El Salvador has agreed to house violent US criminals and receive deportees of any nationality, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Monday, in […]
Panama President José Raúl Mulino said Thursday there will be no negotiation with the United States over ownership of the Panama Canal, and he hopes U.S. Secretary of State Marco […]
By Will Freeman For a moment on Sunday, the government of Colombia’s Gustavo Petro looked like it might be the first in Latin America to take a meaningful stand against […]
By Aaron Pellish and Alejandra Jaramillo Colombia has walked back from the brink of a damaging trade war with the United States, reaching an agreement on accepting deported migrants being […]
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he is imposing retaliatory measures on Colombia including tariffs, sanctions and travel bans after the South American country turned away two U.S. military […]
By Eduardo Avila The Muisca language is officially extinct but its “echoes” remain. The language, part of the Chibcha linguistic family, was previously spoken by the Muisca people, who lived […]
By Florantonia Singer On the first day of his third term, Nicolás Maduro has warned that he is preparing an armed offensive with Cuba and Nicaragua in response to alleged […]
By Jeronimo Giorgi We have overcome darker times before”, were the closing words of former Costa Rican president Luis Guillermo Solís on October 4, addressing the decline of the democratic […]
By Michael Rios and Stefano Pozzebon Venezuela is set to inaugurate a head of state on Friday – but there are still two men claiming to be the nation’s rightful […]
By Will Freeman Donald Trump wants to roll back China’s growing footprint in Latin America. He isn’t above strong-arm tactics to do it. Just see his latest demand to reassume […]
By Nicole Akoukou Thompson The Dominican Republic has a saying, “We’re black behind the ears.” And in Mexico, “there’s a black grandma in the closet.” Both statements refer to a […]
By Samantha Schmidt, Arturo Torres and Anthony Faiola The drug lord had already escaped the law in three countries, and he planned to do it again. In less than a […]
By Iker Seisdedos and Francesco Manetto It was an off-the-cuff idea aired at the beginning of the Christmas holidays, but within hours its impact triggered a chain reaction throughout Latin […]
By Fabio Teixeira Brazilian officials found 163 Chinese nationals working in “slavery-like conditions” at a construction site for a factory owned by Chinese electric vehicle producer BYD, opens new tab […]
By Diana Iglesias More than two-thirds of Bolivian women have suffered domestic violence, according to a report out Thursday that found such abuse widespread in Latin America, with partners usually […]
By Michael Cunningham When U.S. officials are asked about China, the discussion usually defaults to Taiwan or tariffs. But another threat from Beijing has been growing for years, and it […]
By Eleonor Hughes Criminal gangs are operating in over a third of municipalities in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest driving a boom in violence, according to a report published Wednesday by a […]
By Hans Bartell One of the five stars that used to adorn the facade of the Margarita hotel on the Venezuelan paradise island of the same name has fallen off. […]
By Marina E. Franco Mexico has intercepted nearly one million migrants in 2024 — a record high as it has ramped up policies to reduce migration to the U.S. The […]
By Klaus Krämer Five centuries ago, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan discovered a passage between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans — today’s Strait of Magellan. He paid dearly for his expedition […]





















