South America

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

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

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentines have overwhelmingly elected Javier Milei, an ultra-conservative...

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...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — A powerful cyclone ravaged southern Brazil, killing at least 27 people and ...

The government of Chile will launch a national search for over 1,000 people who went missing decades...

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

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

RIO DE JANEIRO — It was quite a gift: a diamond necklace, matching earrings, a watch and a ring, all...

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...