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Evan Vucci/APIn less than two months, President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth say the U.S. military has killed at least 37 people in strikes against drug-smuggling vessels off the coast of South America. -
Michael Conroy/APCritics of President Donald Trump have zeroed in on a hefty financial aid package for Argentina that comes as Argentinian soybean farmers have taken market share from U.S. producers.
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Melissa to crawl over the Caribbean. Heavy rains and dangerous flooding in Jamaica, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic. -
A new book by Historian Julia Gaffield analyzes the mixed legacy of Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Haiti's first head of state post-independence. -
Colombia's leftist President Gustavo Petro is decidedly unpopular in the country and its South Florida diaspora — but President Trump also risks backlash there and here if he carries out his aid and tariff threats. -
President Donald Trump says the United States could purchase Argentinian beef in an attempt to bring down prices for American consumers.Trump promised earlier this week to address the issue as part of his efforts to keep inflation in check. U.S. beef prices have been stubbornly high for a variety of reasons, including drought and reduced imports from Mexico due to a flesh-eating pest in cattle herds there. -
The U.S. will slash assistance to Colombia and enact tariffs on its exports because the country's leader, Gustavo Petro, "does nothing to stop" drug production, President Donald Trump said Sunday. -
Two U.S. officials have confirmed to The Associated Press that the U.S. military has carried out a sixth deadly strike on a suspected drug-smuggling vessel in the Caribbean. -
For the first time, one of the 27 people killed in U.S. airstrikes on suspected drug vessels has been publicly identified. -
The military commander overseeing the Pentagon’s escalating attacks against boats in the Caribbean Sea that the Trump administration says are smuggling drugs is stepping down, three U.S. officials said Thursday. -
Costa Rica’s President Rodrigo Chaves has further restricted access to abortion, limiting it to situations when the mother’s life is in danger. The country’s previous regulations also allowed abortions if a pregnancy posed a threat to the mother’s health. -
Uruguay’s senate has passed a law decriminalizing euthanasia, putting the South American nation among a handful of other countries where seriously ill patients can legally obtain help to end their lives.
