Donald Trump has promised to pursue the largest deportation operation in American history as soon as he takes office. But the Mexican government and other regional allies have been unable to meet with the incoming Trump administration, according to officials in Latin America, leaving them in the dark about the president-elect’s plans to deport millions […]

There is arguably no statesman who cuts such a striking political resemblance to Donald J. Trump than Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s former president. The two men built their brash political brands on insulting rivals, attacking the press, doubting science and vowing to unroot political elites. When they were each running for re-election, they both warned that […]

Jair Bolsonaro has had a rough couple of years: election losses, criminal cases, questionable embassy sleepovers. So when he finally received a piece of good news last week — an invitation to President-elect Donald J. Trump’s inauguration — it lifted his spirits. “I’m feeling like a kid again with Trump’s invite. I’m fired up. I’m […]

As Panama’s president laid a wreath to honor those who died protesting the American occupation 60 years ago, the ceremony attendees were resolute. The commemoration this month came just days after President-elect Donald J. Trump falsely claimed China was controlling the Panama Canal and suggested he could use military force to retake the waterway. The […]

President Biden will remove Cuba from a list of state sponsors of terrorism, U.S. officials announced on Tuesday, as a part of a deal that is expected to free protesters jailed during a sweeping 2021 crackdown on dissent by the Communist government. Removing Cuba from the list would typically raise expectations of improved relations between […]

The Americans were not happy. The migrant situation at the border was out of control, they said, and Mexico was not doing enough to stop it, according to officials from both countries. In fact, the crisis was worse than Mexican officials had been led to believe by their own immigration chief, Francisco Garduño Yáñez. The […]

Yeah, usually I go out in the mornings, take a ride up and down the streets, make sure everybody’s OK, make sure everybody’s got water. I grew up out here since I was a tiny kid, born and raised, and I don’t even recognize these streets. Everybody needs to evacuate. But I was still here. […]

A culture flourished along the central Peruvian coast from about A.D. 900 to 1500. Called the Chancay, they left behind a wealth of cultural remains, including intricate tattoos that are preserved to this day on the skin of mummified individuals. New details of these tattoos that were previously hidden to the naked eye, including finely […]

The wildfires that began in and around Los Angeles last week spread with terrifying speed, forcing many people to flee the flames with little warning. As firefighters work to contain the blazes, the disaster serves as a reminder of the dangers of climate change, which has been found to increase both the severity and frequency […]

Taiza Carine da Costa got her first taste of gambling when she was just 9. Growing up in the rundown fringes of Rio de Janeiro, Ms. Costa’s godparents would send her down the block, a few coins in hand, to bet on a popular lottery that, though illegal, has been a staple of life in […]