Regional security forces are bombing jungle encampments, capturing drug kingpins and killing drug couriers with Washington’s ...

Latin America has moved right. Not in one election, not in one country, and not as a passing mood. The region’s political map has been reordered. Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Colombia, Honduras, ...

More US military involvement and larger regional defence budgets mean less social spending and worse democracy outcomes.

US terror designations now cover 21 Latin American and Caribbean criminal groups. The list is public, not classified. Here is who is on it and why.

Colombian presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella has vowed to crush criminal groups and slash government programs. He promises to bomb “narco-terrorist” camps and build sprawling mega prisons ...

Arrest comes after attack on activist Nadia Beller, who says she was targeted for her opposition to corruption.

Amid the US and China's fight for eco-colonial influence in Latin America, a stealthy backdoor has taken flight.

Polarization is often created by political elites aiming to gain popularity, but it can also be caused by social conflicts rooted in extreme inequalities, according to a new book about Latin America ...

April 22 (UPI) --Latin America is moving through an intense electoral cycle, with major presidential contests underway or still ahead in 2026. That alone would make this a consequential year for the ...

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In Latin America, as in other parts of the world, the second Trump administration has adopted an increasingly aggressive policy. Yet as a historian of early 20th-century Latin America, I believe the ...