Apr 11 El Salvador set to become deadliest peacetime country in the world By Tracy Wholf March of this year was the most deadly month on record in El Salvador in more than a decade. Continue reading
Dec 07 U.S. transfers six detainees from Guantánamo Bay to Uruguay By Andrew Mach Six detainees from Guantánamo Bay prison in Cuba have been transferred to live freely in Uruguay, the Pentagon announced Sunday. Continue reading
Nov 25 Watch New leadership in Medellin, Colombia, transforms former 'world murder capital' By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 30 Watch Gangs 'Do Whatever They Want' in Honduras City Known as Most Dangerous Place Drug gangs rule the streets in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, where more than 20 people are murdered each week. Located at the crossroads of drug shipments from South America to the U.S., that city is now called the most dangerous… Continue watching
Mar 05 Hugo Chavez: Political Highlights By Online DA We take a look back at the political career of Hugo Chavez, president of Venezuela since 1999 until his death in 2013. Continue reading
Feb 01 Bolivia's Morales Caught Between Indigenous Roots, Economic Demands By Larisa Epatko One of South America's most controversial leaders finds himself -- yet again -- squeezed between two competing demands and constituencies. Continue reading
Nov 04 Watch Ahead of Nicaraguan Election, Ortega's Leadership Back in Spotlight Nicaragua Vote Puts Daniel Ortega's Leadership Back in Spotlight… Continue watching
Aug 30 Watch In Brazil, Women's Changing Roles, Attitudes Leading to Smaller Families Despite having the most Catholics in the world, 80 percent of Brazilian women of childbearing age are using some form of artificial contraception. In partnership with National Geographic Magazine, special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro examines the declining fertility rate,… Continue watching
Jul 05 Watch Chavez's Health Fuels Political Power Struggle in Venezuela Celebrations erupted Monday in Caracas as news spread that President Hugo Chavez had returned to Venezuela after receiving cancer treatment in Cuba. Ray Suarez discusses the nation's recent political struggles with Moises Naim of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace… Continue watching
Jul 01 Honduras' Political Standing Still on the Mend By News Desk The military-backed ouster of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya in June 2009 created a political rift in the hemisphere, which still hasn't resolved itself a year later. Continue reading