All Americas
Indians arrive in Cuba to build hotels as foreign labor ban weakensAt least three new hotels are under construction in Havana, the first new five-star hotels to be built there in a number of years.
First LookTo ease food shortages, Venezuela opens border with ColombiaMore than 100,000 Venezuelans crossed into Colombia to purchase food and medicine over the weekend.
Mexico teacher protests: for many, anger boiled at being left outAfter nearly two months of the most recent round of violent street protests, highway blockades, and school closures, members of a dissident teachers union and government officials sat down to talk future steps.
First LookUS citizen's Mexican torture case holds police abuse up to scrutinyRonald Wooden, an American citizen, won a court order for a criminal investigation into a beating he says he received from police in Mexico's southern city of Taxco.
2 Guantanamo detainees sent to Serbia amid prisoner resettlement pushThe latest detainee releases were announced Monday amid a renewed push by the Obama administration to whittle down the number of men held at the base in Cuba.
How Canada's Blood Tribe brought opiate overdose deaths down to zeroAfter a year which saw 35 people die from using opiates, the Albertan reserve has shown how a community can rally against drug abuse in the face of immense hurdles and historical trauma.
FocusBrazil's first-generation students trade pens for protest as budget cuts take tollThe ruling Workers' Party said educational access would be the 'priority of priorities.' But deep recession has put significant gains in peril, and students are mobilizing to push back.
Why Canada is relaxing restrictions for Mexican visitorsCanadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is seeking to reverse steps taken by the previous Conservative administration that had been designed to curb asylum claims made by Mexican citizens.
High court ruling: a blow, not a final block for millions of immigrantsDespite Supreme Court's action blocking Obama's plan, unauthorized immigrants who have suffered abuse – a frequent problem – have other paths to get special visas to stay in the US.
FocusColombia on the brink of peace: Why is it such a hard sell to citizens?While the international community celebrates the impending end to 52 years of conflict between the government and FARC rebels, many in Colombia are more skeptical than optimistic, with some going so far as to oppose the entire peace deal.
In wake of Orlando, Mexico's LGBT rights debate changes toneA same-sex marriage proposal has sharply divided Mexicans. But the attack on the Pulse gay nightclub has spurred unprecedented call-outs of hate language, including a renewed push to end an anti-gay slur commonly used at soccer games.
As food supplies dwindle in Venezuela, children feel sharp pinchAmid deepening economic crisis, Venezuelans are digging through trash, rioting, and looting in search of their next meal. More than 600 political and food-related protests took place nationwide in May.
Olympics and corruption problems dimming star of Rio Mayor PaesThe once wildly popular Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes has been blamed for mounting problems and associated with a probe into corruption at the state oil company Petrobras.
Cuba, here they come: US approves six air carriersThe six companies will be allowed up to 10 daily round-trip flights to cities other than Havana, the US Transportation Department announced Friday.
FocusWhen families are divided by the US-Mexico border, deportationAs undocumented immigrant parents of US-born children await a Supreme Court decision that could shape their future, some deportees are trying to offer emotional support and legal advice to already affected families.
In last-minute twist, Peru taps a leader without ties to country's dark pastPresident-elect Pedro Pablo Kuczynski won a razor-thin victory by capitalizing on concerns about his competitor's family links to rights abuses under former president Alberto Fujimori.
In Mexico, voter frustration gives rise to the 'alternative' candidateThirteen states and Mexico City hold elections Sunday. Political parties are eyeing the independent candidates warily - and trying to pinpoint how to defeat them now and in 2018.
Postpone Rio Olympics? WHO to hold emergency meeting about ZikaThe World Health Organization's Emergency Committee on Zika will meet to evaluate the risks tied to going on with the Olympic Games in Brazil this summer.
Venezuela police repel protest near presidential palaceThe county has seen near-daily spontaneous protests in recent weeks over food shortages, rolling power blackouts, and poor access to running water.
In Mexico, a justice system where 'citizens are heard' starts to take rootJudicial reforms aimed at greater transparency and more timely trials are set to be implemented federally and across all 31 states and Mexico City by June 18.
