South America

In most countries, the military protects the economy. In Cuba, critics say the military effectively runs it. At the center...

Long before cruise-ship health alerts and post-pandemic outbreak anxiety pushed hantavirus back into headlines, Argentina faced a medical crisis that...

The United States is moving quietly but decisively to gain access to Venezuela’s vast mineral reserves after a dramatic diplomatic...

Mexico’s most wanted fugitive, El Mencho, is dead. The killing of Nemesio Ruben Oseguera Cervantes—leader of the Jalisco New Generation...

The death of El Mencho has left a power vacuum at the top of one of the world’s most violent...

Puerto Rico has passed a law recognizing a fetus as a “human being,” setting off an intense legal and political...

Within hours of the US operation that led to the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, President Donald Trump publicly...

When President Donald Trump revealed that US forces trained on a life-size replica of a Venezuelan compound before capturing President...

When Delcy Rodriguez was sworn in this week as Venezuela’s interim president, her political résumé drew global attention. But another...