Latin America

South America 05/06/21, 18:17

Behind the violent national demonstrations in Colombia during the last eight days, there is the influence of the financier George Soros on leftist movements in many countries. Soros has influenced activities to destabilize the country's legal institutions for nearly 30 years and there are signs pointing in the direction of his ...

America 05/01/19, 18:10

Beijing's influence in Latin America is accelerating, and according to some experts, the US isn't even trying to counter it

Business 04/04/19, 01:41

China's expansion in Latin America of its Belt and Road initiative to build ports and other trade-related facilities is stirring alarm in Washington over Beijing's ambitions in a region that American leaders since the 19th century have seen as off-limits to other powers. China is hardly a newcomer to the region, ...

America 03/17/19, 08:21

Latin America has displaced the Mediterranean Sea as the deadliest route

America 02/05/19, 17:45

Antonio Guterres tells VOA that the UN is ready to help in Venezuela, but that violence serves no purpose

America 02/04/19, 22:45

16 European countries recognize self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaido as Venezuelan leader

America 01/25/19, 00:09

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro accuses the United States of trying to orchestrate a coup against him. While the U.S. says it's trying to rescue Venezuela's democracy, Washington has a long history of interventions — military and otherwise — in Latin American politics. Since the advent of the Monroe Doctrine in the ...

America 12/19/18, 18:20

Gallup representative notes that reasons and desired destinations remain same

America 11/27/18, 01:15

Thousands set to receive treatment this week from doctors and dentists from the USNS Comfort

America 11/26/18, 22:00

Construction company has admitted to paying about $30 million in bribes to win contracts in the South American country and has agreed to provide prosecutors with details on the payments

America 11/26/18, 00:29

Argentina had hoped to show off its newly market-friendly economy to the world when the G-20 group of the world's top economies begins its first South American summit this week. Instead it's looking for help to avoid an all-out crisis. The two-day meeting that starts Friday is meant to focus on ...

America 11/08/18, 23:16

The number of refugees and migrants fleeing Venezuela amid the country’s severe economic downfall has now reached 3 million, the United Nations refugee agency announced Thursday, the most since 2015. Data from national immigration authorities revealed surrounding countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have taken in nearly 2.4 million Venezuelans as ...

World 09/17/18, 00:37

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru's president is facing a standoff with lawmakers over his call for a referendum on anti-corruption measures.

World 09/17/18, 00:17

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — In a blunt rebuke to President Jimmy Morales, Guatemala's Constitutional Court ordered that the head of a U.N.-backed anti-corruption commission be let back in the country two weeks after Morales barred him as he moved to defang the investigative body.

U.S. 09/16/18, 23:20

HOUSTON (AP) — A U.S. Border Patrol supervisor was jailed Sunday on $2.5 million bond in Texas, accused of killing at least four women and injuring a fifth who managed to escape.

World 09/16/18, 22:35

TEPIC, Mexico (AP) — Mexico's president-elect kicked off a nationwide tour Sunday with his new head of security in tow: a restaurant owner named Daniel Asaf who will coordinate a civilian brigade in lieu of the Mexican equivalent of the U.S. Secret Service.

World 09/16/18, 20:29

TEPIC, Mexico (AP) — Mexico's president-elect kicked off a nationwide tour Sunday with his new head of security in tow: a restaurant owner named Daniel Asaf who will coordinate a civilian brigade in lieu of the Mexican equivalent of the U.S. Secret Service.