A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes Panama, shaking buildings as far as the capital and prompting evacuations. The U.S. Geological Survey reports the quake hit Friday morning near Pitaloza Arriba, at a depth of 10 kilometers.

A new U.S. indictment charges former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro with torture and other crimes.

A new report is offering fresh insight into how gangs in Haiti backed by political and economic actors operate in a country preparing for its first general elections in more than 10 years.

Interpol has announced a major crackdown on environmental crime in Latin America and the Caribbean, leading to 233 arrests. The operation uncovered links between Amazon deforestation and companies across several continents. Over two months, authorities targeted illegal logging, gold mining, and wildlife trafficking in nine countries. They identified 60,000 hectares of illegally cleared forest.

COMMENTARY The upcoming Día de la Raza observance begs the question: do Latinos aspire to be part of the vital diversity that defines America, or of the vulgar exclusivity that's undermining it?

U.S. authorities announced Wednesday they had intercepted more than 600,000 gallons of biodiesel fuel headed for a state importer in Cuba in violation of a de facto Trump administration blockade on the island.

Colombian president Abelardo de la Espriella has offered legal assistance to a group of Colombian military veterans who were arrested over the 2021 killing of Haitian president Jovenel Moïse. The 17 Colombians were recently extradited to Florida, after being held for five years without being sentenced in Haiti.

Argentina is preparing an emotional goodbye to Lionel Messi. The soccer great is set to play his final game for the national team on Tuesday. His departure has unleashed gratitude and grief in a country that once questioned his commitment but now celebrates him as a national hero. Messi will keep playing for MLS team Inter Miami.

A Nicaraguan exile who was imprisoned and tortured after protesting against that country's government was deported by the U.S. back to his country, where he was immediately imprisoned once again by authorities.

Brazil has a nationally standardized system that uses the same machines, the same procedures and the same counting process across the whole country. It also does not offer voting by mail.