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Trump says boat crews are narco-terrorists. The truth is more nuanced, AP finds

Trump administration announces 16th deadly strike on an alleged drug boat

Mexican mayor killed during Day of the Dead celebrations in Michoacan

It's not for Halloween — it's Comic Con, where Black and Caribbean cosplayers find community

A day after a deadly police raid in Rio de Janeiro, 2 very different stories emerge

Greetings from high up in Colombia's Andes, where 'prairie-style meat' is a delicacy

Huge Brazilian raid on Rio gang leaves at least 64 people dead and 81 under arrest

Argentinian president wins critical midterm elections

Hurricane Melissa bears down on Jamaica as a Category 5 storm

Milei triumphs in Argentine midterm elections closely watched by Washington

Argentina heads to the polls in a test for Javier Milei's libertarian agenda

U.S. sends aircraft carrier to South America in major escalation of military firepower

A former top U.S. diplomat to Venezuela weighs in on President Trump's actions there

U.S. imposes sanctions on Colombia's president and family over drug trade allegations

Coffee-driven deforestation is making it harder to grow coffee, watchdog group says

Argentina's President Milei, a Trump ally, faces a reckoning in midterm elections

Colombia recalls ambassador to U.S. amid deadly boat strikes and diplomatic clash

Centrist Rodrigo Paz wins Bolivia's presidential runoff, topping right-wing rival

Trump announces tariffs and an end to U.S. aid to Colombia amid clash over drug trade

2 survivors of suspected drug vessel will be sent to home countries, Trump says

Trump says he's moving his Venezuelan cartel fight from sea to land. What does that mean?

Trump confirms the CIA is conducting covert operations inside Venezuela

Doctors Without Borders permanently closes its emergency center in Haiti's capital

Video: How cumbia arrived in Monterrey, Mexico

Argentina: The queen of bailanta

Argentina: La reina de la bailanta

Death toll from torrential rains in Mexico rises to 64 as search expands

Communities are cut off in Mexico amid deadly flooding from 2 tropical storms

Faltering economy and scandals threaten Argentine president's grip on power

Ecuador: The Andean reinvention of cumbia

Ecuador: La reinvención andina de la cumbia

Nobel Prize winner Machado says Venezuela is in 'chaos' under current regime

Peru's president was impeached. Her replacement has also been plagued by scandal

Peru: Chicha, the electric pulse of cumbia

Perú: Chicha, el pulso eléctrico de la cumbia

Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado wins 2025 Nobel Peace Prize