Latin America

It's a win for the environment, and the government says it will retrain artisanal miners for new careers, but they're skeptical of politicians' promises.

She's sheltering hundreds of neighbors in her house, running a school and orphanage, and trying to get clean water to those in need.

Nicaragua has the highest cervical cancer death rate in the Americas —and women must face down societal pressure even to get treated.

In the absence of any sex ed, advocates are trying to get teenagers to take matters into their own hands, and teach each other.

Donald Trump has an unlikely fan in Latin America: Rafael Correa, the leftwing president of Ecuador who just loves sticking it to Washington

Data and scientific studies show that the relationship between poverty and the disease may not be as strong as you thought.

Thousands of people and companies lost their land and homes after the success of Castro's Cuban revolution in 1959. That includes the Schechter family, some who are now living in upstate New York.

Music was a lifeline for eight-year-old Susan Cruz, when she and her mother fled violence in El Salvador in 1978 and headed for California. In this next in our series on immigrants' first days in the US, Cruz looks back on her tumultuous introduction to America.

In 1964, riots that started in the US-controlled Panama Canal zone led to the deaths of 22 students and, ultimately, to negotiations that put the Panama Canal under joint US-Panamanian control and gave Panama full control by 1999.

Edward Snowden is looking to leave Russia, where he has temporary asylum. So he offered to help Brazil investigate the NSA's spying on that country. But if Brazil takes up the offer and gives Snowden asylum, it can expect serious consequences from a displeased US.