Senate Democrats have filed legislation that would prevent the U.S. from attacking Cuba without congressional approval. It's a move that comes in response to President Donald Trump’s stated goal of a “takeover” of the Caribbean country.

Cuba is grappling with a fast-growing wave of synthetic drug use that is hitting young people hard. The Associated Press visited Havana's psychiatric hospital and saw men struggling to stay clean, vowing for the sake of their loved ones to rid their bodies of toxins in the next 24 hours.

COMMENTARY President Trump's Shield of the Americas agenda to militarize hemispheric crime-fighting risks diminishing crucial efforts to build better police in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Chile has sworn in its most right-wing president in decades — and his rise, and ideology, are rooted in a small town beneath the Andes.

Ecuador's interior minister says the country is preparing a major crackdown on criminal groups set to begin this weekend with logistical support from the United States.

The annual Miami Film Festival has become a prestigious platform for international, American, and Ibero-American filmmakers, welcoming luminaries such as Nicolas Cage, Sophia Loren, Antonio Banderas, Anne Hathaway, Spike Lee, Pedro Almodóvar, Penélope Cruz, Rita Moreno, Alfonso Cuarón, and Ethan Hawke, among many others.

Human Rights Watch says drones operated by Haitian security forces and private contractors have killed at least 1,243 people and injured 738 others. The rights group said Tuesday that of those killed, 17 were children and 43 were adults not believed to be members of any criminal group.

Jury selection is scheduled to begin in the trial of four men charged in the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse. They are charged with conspiring in South Florida to kidnap or kill Haiti's former leader, plus related charges.

Venezuela’s Orinoco River Basin is a wild land of lush forests, grasslands and a vast delta of jungle wetlands teeming with wildlife. During the rainy season, the Orinoco is the world’s third-largest river by discharge. But this region – which Venezuelans rely on for water and hydropower – is facing a growing environmental disaster.

Cuba says a fifth detainee has died after a shootout with people on a Florida-flagged speedboat off its north coast. Cuban authorities say people on the speedboat opened fire on soldiers as it approached the island on Feb. 26.