Workers handled beef in Avellaneda in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. People cooled off in Arpoador beach in Rio de Janeiro. A migrant cried in the border city of Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, as her CBP

At least 80 people are dead and more than 18,000 have been forced to flee their homes in Colombia, officials say, amid fierce clashes between two rival armed groups on the border with Venezuela.

A fresh outbreak of guerrilla violence amid a faltering peace process in Colombia has left more than 80 people dead, including civilians, and displaced around 11,000 in just four days, officials reported on Sunday.

The US-based Rockefeller Foundation has announced Lyana Latorre as its new vice president and head of Latin America and the Caribbean.   Latore will help establish a new team and oversee the foundation’s new regional

The Andean nation must bring in cargoes with a bigger carbon footprint as its own reserves dwindle and its president refuses to allow new drilling contracts.

With Donald Trump’s return to the U.S. presidency on January 20, Latin America faces a transformative and turbulent period in its relations with its neighbor to the north. Trump’s first term was defined by transactional dealings,

Netflix’s ‘100 Years of Solitude’ injected more than $52 million into the Colombian economy, playing off Colombian incentives, talent, storytelling and locations.

This article is adapted from AQ’s special report on trends to watch in Latin America in 2025.

Google the most violent region of the world and Latin America will come up. Violence in the region takes many forms and starts young. Data from UNICEF shows nearly two in three children aged 1–14 years in Latin America and the Caribbean face violent discipline at home.

Qatar Airways becomes the second Middle Eastern carrier to serve Colombia, following Emirates’ one-stop daily service to Bogotá via Miami, launched in June 2024. The airline will also be the first from the Middle East to serve Venezuela.

The phenomenon is expected to last until April, with more humidity in Central America and northern South America, and more droughts in the center and south of the region