the Americas

COMMENTARY Trump's lying and/or ignorant quest to kill birthright citizenship trashes not only the New World ideal — but also his movement's supposed exaltation of the little guy standing up to elites.

COMMENTARY It's Pan American Week — but there's not a whole lot to celebrate in the Americas these days. Maybe the Americas Act can rekindle some hemispheric purpose.

Dozens of obscure brokers are at the center of a new crackdown in Venezuela on corruption in the state-run oil industry that has government insiders scurrying for cover.

The government of Trinidad and Tobago has won a multimillion-dollar verdict in a sprawling corruption lawsuit that began nearly 20 years ago and involves former high-ranking officials.

An airport shootout in Chile's capital killed a security officer and an alleged robber. The cash, aboard a plane from Miami, was being transferred to an armored truck.

Before the pandemic halted travel, some 1.2 million American citizens visited Mexico for health care. The number is rising quickly again, with border restrictions eased.

The State Department said the victims, who were found alive after days in captivity, are back on U.S. soil. Officials said they are in the process of returning the remains of two others to the U.S.

COMMENTARY If Trump and Bolsonaro ring in 2023 in Palm Beach together, they probably won't discuss why the hemisphere repudiated their madness in 2022.

COMMENTARY: The police abuse Americans are suddenly confronting is vastly worse in Latin America and the Caribbean – and certainly affects the U.S.

A tribute to a civil rights leader in South Florida, the future of our cities and an international letter exchange for poetry month.

COMMENTARYOn Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro – the leaders of the two largest countries in the Americas –…

COMMENTARYWhen I read this week that President Trump and House Democrats had agreed on a new and improved North American Free Trade Agreement – now called…