John Otis

BARINAS, Venezuela — Evangelical pastor Wenceslao Méndez operates on a shoestring. To draw people to...

GIRARDOT, Colombia — The crowd roared as Rigoberto Urán took the stage last month at Latin America's...

BARRANCABERMEJA, Colombia — For sounding the alarm about water pollution in and around this industri...

LAKE MARACAIBO, Venezuela — On the western shore of Lake Maracaibo, workers use rakes and shovels to...

MARACAIBO, Venezuela — Ángel Marín and his wife Carolina are selling virtually everything they own, ...

BOGOTÁ, Colombia — The Colombian capital is home to 11 million people — and to some of the worst tra...

CARTAGENA DEL CHAIRÁ, Colombia — When Mayor Edilberto Molina strolled through this farm town in sout...

BOGOTA, Colombia — Fernando Botero, one of Latin America's most celebrated artists, has died. Accord...

LIMA, Peru — Although the top tourist destination in Peru is the ancient Inca citadel of Machu Picch...

LIMA, Peru — So many former presidents in Peru have run afoul with the law that the country has set ...

BOGOTÁ, Colombia — The rescue last week of four Indigenous children, including a baby, after 40 days...

SAN ANTONIO DEL TÁCHIRA, Venezuela — At a warehouse in this Venezuelan border town, customs official...

MUZO, Colombia — Although he has helped transform Colombia's emerald industry, long a source of viol...

ATACAMA DESERT, Chile — In the middle of the desert in northern Chile, massive pools of Caribbean bl...