Latin America

Residents of Havana are dealing with a growing garbage crisis. Piles of waste have been accumulating on nearly every street corner, worsened by a U.S. energy blockade that caused power outages and a fuel crisis.

The U.S. government has granted a visa to Woodensky Pierre, the only member of Haiti’s national soccer team living in the Caribbean country.

For the first time since he was an infant, Kyle Adler boarded a plane in February to meet his birth mother.

President Trump and America's top diplomat on Thursday again raised the specter of U.S. military intervention in Cuba, a day after the administration announced criminal charges against the island's former leader, Raúl Castro.

Bolivia's President Rodrigo Paz faces a deepening crisis as widespread protests and blockades leave the political capital under siege less than six months after he took office.

Authorities confirmed on Sunday the official results of the first round of the presidential elections in early April, with Keiko Fujimori and Roberto Sánchez advancing to the runoff on June 7.

CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with Cuban officials including Raúl Castro's grandson during a high-level visit to the island Thursday, Cuban and U.S. officials said.

Cuba’s national energy grid has suffered a major failure, cutting power to the island’s eastern provinces. The outage Thursday comes amid a prolonged economic crisis, worsened by a U.S. energy blockade.

Residents of Port-au-Prince’s Cite Soleil district have staged a protest to seek the protection of local authorities after gang violence forced hundreds of people to flee their homes over the weekend.

Federal prosecutors are seeking to revoke the U.S. citizenship of Manuel Rocha, a former diplomat who served as a secret agent for Cuba. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Miami filed a civil denaturalization complaint Thursday.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva plans to discuss organized crime and tariffs with U.S. President Donald Trump, according to Brazil’s finance minister.

The U.S. military says it’s launched another strike on a boat accused of ferrying drugs in the Caribbean Sea. The attack on Monday killed two people.