For many years, Ecuador had one of the lowest homicide rates in Latin America – an indicator of low gang activity. As a result, it hadn’t developed a robust police and military response to gangs.

In recent years, Chinese President Xi Jinping has charted a new blueprint for building a China-Latin America and the ...

His visit comes as U.S. President Donald Trump has vowed that the United States will “take back” the Panama Canal, one of the world’s most important trading routes.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is on his first foreign trip in office, arriving in Central America on Saturday to press President Donald Trump's top priority — curbing illegal immigration — and to ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has embarked on a visit to several Central American countries. The purpose of the trip is ...

Michael Shifter, senior fellow at the Inter-American Dialogue, discussed Secretary of State Marco Rubio's trip to Central America and the future of U.S.-Latin American policy under the Trump ...

More than 30 countries grant unrestricted birthright citizenship based on the ‘jus soli’ principle – and nearly all of them ...

Google Maps will change the name of Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America when the US government officially makes the change ...

Researchers have identified priority areas for conserving the black-tailed prairie dog in the United States. Protecting these regions will also benefit North America's Central Grasslands and the many ...

After unearthing a rare collection of highly prized Silk Road artefacts, a family in the Himalayas has opened a museum ...

NPR speaks with Maria Fernanda Bozmoski of the Atlantic Council's Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center about the current state of relations between the U.S. and its Latin American neighbors.

Planning to take a beautiful beach vacation and learn how to surf at the same time? Here are the five best spots in Central ...