All Americas
Bad Bunny takes the stage at the Super Bowl. He faces a polarized America.Bad Bunny, the first Spanish-language Super Bowl halftime headliner, is performing for a polarized America at the same time as a competing show.
Venezuela hopes oil revival will ease economic woes. People want political change, too.President Donald Trump and Venezuelan interim President Delcy Rodr铆guez are banking on oil for the success of their political futures. But that may not be enough for Venezuelans who want more than just economic relief.
By building a bridge to Detroit, Canada eyes a future less dependent on USThe Gordie Howe International Bridge will link an American auto city to a Canadian one, even as the United States and Canada are at loggerheads over trade.
Does the US need to own Greenland to be secure? History suggests not.The United States has long worked with Denmark on Greenland鈥檚 security 鈥� so much so that it鈥檚 dubious that direct control would be better for U.S. defense.
Cuba has wielded global soft power for decades. Why that matters now.When the United States struck Venezuela on Jan. 3, almost a third of the victims were Cuban nationals. Their presence in the country shows Cuba鈥檚 soft power.
Central American politicians offer fewer freedoms to win more votesCentral American authoritarian governments have earned public support with their crackdowns on crime. Democracy has suffered as a result.
First LookNicaragua vows to free detainees amid US pressureNicaragua鈥檚 government聽has been carrying out an ongoing crackdown since mass social protests in 2018 that were violently repressed.
Venezuelans wanted change, but post-US strike they worry it鈥檚 鈥榤ore of the same鈥�Euphoria often follows the fall of an unpopular leader. But in Venezuela, residents are unsure what the political rupture means.
Trump says US will now 鈥榬un鈥� Venezuela, serving a warning to other world leadersThe Trump administration鈥檚 ouster of Venezuela鈥檚 Nicol谩s Maduro deposes an unpopular world leader. It also raises important legal and geopolitical questions for the Western Hemisphere.
Why Latin America鈥檚 authoritarian leaders lean into ChristmasChristmas came early this year in Venezuela, at leader Nicol谩s Maduro鈥檚 behest. It鈥檚 the same tactic Hugo Ch谩vez used as far back as 2003.
As US seizes oil tanker, Venezuelans focus on daily survivalThe United States seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, upping pressure on Nicol谩s Maduro鈥檚 ouster. But Venezuelans are more focused on their day to day.
Why Trump pardons a Honduran drug trafficker, but threatens war elsewherePresident Donald Trump has vowed to attack drug trafficking across Latin America. But in pardoning a convicted trafficker from Honduras, he has swayed politics and unsettled policy.
Bolsonaro's conviction is 'justice' for some Brazilians who lost family in pandemic
How 1973 US-backed coup in Chile sways views on Venezuela todayU.S. comments about taking out Venezuelan leader Nicol谩s Maduro are kicking up complicated memories of a decades-old, U.S.-backed coup in Chile.
Boat strikes off Venezuela mark shift in 54-year US war on drugsThe U.S. war on drugs has always entailed a degree of pressure. The Trump administration's strikes on suspected drug-smuggling boats charts a new course of noncooperation.
Bolivia banned child marriage. Lawmakers say the work is not over.Views on whether girls should marry before age 18 have radically shifted in Bolivia. But the cultural norms and attitudes that drive the practice remain.
First LookAircraft carrier arrives in the Caribbean in major buildup near VenezuelaThe presence of the USS Gerald R. Ford on Sunday raises questions about what the new influx of troops and weaponry could signal next.聽
First LookImmigration enforcement has begun in Charlotte, federal officials saidAgents were seen making arrests on Saturday. Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin says the move aims to ensure public safety, while local officials say they cause unnecessary fear.聽
In Chile鈥檚 presidential vote Sunday, far-right candidate leads packWorries about crime, blamed on immigrants, are likely to put a far-right candidate ahead of his rivals in Chile鈥檚 presidential elections Sunday.
FocusShould a war hero be deported? The complex dilemma around one convicted vet.When noncitizen veterans make bad choices after their time in the military, they serve prison sentences and then face deportation. Is that fair?
