President Lula da Silva has called a 50% tariff on Brazilian imports to the U.S. “political” and “illogical.” In a New York Times op-ed, Lula says his government is open to negotiation but insists Brazil's democracy and sovereignty are non-negotiable.

As the U.S. military continues anti-narcotics operations in the Caribbean, those who follow Venezuela's Tren de Aragua gang warn that non-criminals like migrants and sex-trafficking victims could get caught in the crossfire.

For decades across Latin America and the Caribbean, U.S. drug enforcement officials have tried to cut off narcotics trafficking by intercepting boats, trucks and even horses laden with drugs and arresting the smugglers. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said those efforts are not bold enough.

A historic conviction: Brazil's Supreme Court delivers a majority vote to convict former President Jair Bolsonaro over a plot to overthrow the government.

He investigated which city of Cuban immigrants might have created the celebrated sandwich, Tampa or Miami. His finding was not altogether surprising.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, have arrived in Puerto Rico as the U.S. steps up its military operations against drug cartels in the Caribbean.

COMMENTARY It's understandable to label violent drug cartels as terrorists — but that still doesn't make U.S. military attacks on them, like last week's in the Caribbean, justifiable under international law.

Rodriguez is slated to speak Wednesday at Nova Southeastern University’s campus in Davie to talk about growing up in Cuba and share his life story.

The effects of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown can be seen at deserted Mexican border shelters, in the plummeting numbers of illegal crossings and at workplaces raided by federal agents. But to get a glimpse of the alarm jolting Latin American immigrant communities in the United States, migrants, rights workers and experts say, follow the money.

A Federal Aviation Administration ban on U.S. commercial flights to Haiti’s capital has been extended to March 7, 2026. The ban had expired on Monday. The FAA notes that Haitian gangs now control 90% of Port-au-Prince as well as nearby strategic routes and border areas. The FAA said in a statement Friday that Haitian foreign terrorist organizations maintain access to small arms and unmanned aircraft systems capable of reaching low-altitude phases of flight. In May, the U.S. government designated a powerful gang coalition known as Viv Ansanm as a foreign terrorist organization.