Latin America News
By Jack Nicas, Pascale Bonnefoy and John Bartlett Shortly after 3 a.m., a battering ram burst open the door to a 14th-floor apartment and three men dressed in the black […]
By Parker Asmann Fresh threats of tariffs from the US government may prove counterproductive in combating migrant smuggling and fentanyl trafficking networks, and could empower the very organized crime groups […]
Panama on Thursday rejected the United States’ claim of securing free passage for its government vessels through the Panama Canal, while bowing to US pressure to quit a key Chinese […]
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 […]





















