Chile has sworn in its most right-wing president in decades — and his rise, and ideology, are rooted in a small town beneath the Andes.

Ecuador's interior minister says the country is preparing a major crackdown on criminal groups set to begin this weekend with logistical support from the United States.

The annual Miami Film Festival has become a prestigious platform for international, American, and Ibero-American filmmakers, welcoming luminaries such as Nicolas Cage, Sophia Loren, Antonio Banderas, Anne Hathaway, Spike Lee, Pedro Almodóvar, Penélope Cruz, Rita Moreno, Alfonso Cuarón, and Ethan Hawke, among many others.

Human Rights Watch says drones operated by Haitian security forces and private contractors have killed at least 1,243 people and injured 738 others. The rights group said Tuesday that of those killed, 17 were children and 43 were adults not believed to be members of any criminal group.

Jury selection is scheduled to begin in the trial of four men charged in the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse. They are charged with conspiring in South Florida to kidnap or kill Haiti's former leader, plus related charges.

Venezuela’s Orinoco River Basin is a wild land of lush forests, grasslands and a vast delta of jungle wetlands teeming with wildlife. During the rainy season, the Orinoco is the world’s third-largest river by discharge. But this region – which Venezuelans rely on for water and hydropower – is facing a growing environmental disaster.

Cuba says a fifth detainee has died after a shootout with people on a Florida-flagged speedboat off its north coast. Cuban authorities say people on the speedboat opened fire on soldiers as it approached the island on Feb. 26.

The guest list for President Trump's Shield of the Americas summit at his resort hotel in Doral includes exclusively leaders aligned with his western hemisphere policies, such as declaring drug cartels "narco-terrorists."

Venezuelan fans are turning the World Baseball Classic in Miami into a celebration. Venezuela played the Netherlands, and Venezuelan fans packed the lower deck near their country's dugout.

The State Department says the United States and Venezuela have agreed to reestablish diplomatic relations in a major shift in a historically adversarial relationship.

Dusty Baker is going to be honored as a member of the Cactus League Hall of Fame on March 14, and he's appreciative of the recognition. He's just hoping that he doesn't have to attend. The 76-year-old Baker is managing Nicaragua in the World Baseball Classic, and his team has four guaranteed games on the schedule in Miami.

“We cut off all oil, all money, or we cut off everything coming in from Venezuela, which was the sole source. And they want to make a deal,” Trump told POLITICO.