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Play Bones! Miami Marlins Players Celebrate Heritage Month with a Game of Domino

Domino is more than a pastime for many Latino players in the Big Leagues

Record-Breaking Surge: Migrants Crossing Darien Gap Exceed 400,000 Mark

An increasing number of countries like Panama and Costa Rica are urgently seeking international assistance in managing the influx of migrants.

Cuba Warns Citizens Of Significant Rise In Blackouts Due To Lack Of Fuel

Cuban citizens are expected to deal with blackouts of up to eight to 10 hours on daily basis, outside the capital city of Havana.

Meet the Latino contestants on Season 32 of 'Dancing with the Stars'

Dancing with the Stars has returned for its 32nd season, with all new stars but a whole lot of Latino representation.

Manhunt Launched For Venezuela's Notorious Gang Leader Who Controlled Luxury Jail

Under the control of Héctor Guerrero Flores, the prison resembled a luxury resort, complete with a small zoo, a nightclub and a swimming pool.

Maduro Says Ready To Meet With Guyana Leader On Border Dispute

The two countries have been locked in a diplomatic duel since Guyana began auctioning off oil blocks in the Essequibo region, which Caracas claims as part of its territory.

Migrants processed at the US-Mexico border

Mexico Signs Agreement With US To Deport Migrants From Border Cities

According to the agreement, Mexico and the United States will implement several measures to stop migrants from using the railway system to reach the U.S.-Mexico border.

'Endless': One Venezuelan's Arduous Odyssey To The US

Venezuelan Victor Manuel Atencio began his journey on July 30, along with 31 countrymen from western Venezuela. Like him, they had become fed up with the government of Nicolas Maduro, whose rule has been marked by political turmoil and economic collapse.

'Are We Safe?' Mixed Emotions For Venezuelan Migrants Reaching The US

After weeks of travel on dangerous roads and rugged trails, hundreds of Venezuelan migrants experienced a bittersweet moment Saturday when they reached Eagle Pass, Texas, on the US border with Mexico, only to encounter a thicket of barbed wire and armed soldiers.

Gang Bosses Fled Venezuela Prison Before Troops Moved In: NGO

Gang leaders who ruled a prison in Venezuela that was stormed by more than 11,000 soldiers and police had fled the country a week before the operation, a prisoners' rights group said Friday.

Venezuelans, the Fastest Growing Hispanic Population in the U.S.

U.S. Census Bureau revealed Venezuelans as the fastest-growing Hispanic population and Colombian and Honduran populations, respectively surpassing 1 million

Bitcoin Machines, Rocket-Launchers Seized In a Raid of Gang-Controlled Venezuelan Prison

The Tocoron prison had long served as the headquarters of the Tren de Aragua gang that operates in Venezuela and other Latin American countries.

US Grants Legal Work Status To Almost Half A Million Venezuelan Migrants

Around 472,000 Venezuelans who arrived in the country before July 31, 2023, will be granted Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to legally work in the U.S.

Venezuela Civic Space Crackdown 'Intensifying': UN Probe

Venezuela's government has been intensifying efforts to reduce civic and democratic space, UN experts said Wednesday, voicing alarm at the situation in the run-up to elections next year.

Venezuela Seizes Control Of Gang-run Prison With Pool, Disco

Venezuela said Wednesday it had seized control of a prison from the hands of a powerful gang with international reach, in a major operation involving 11,000 members of its security forces.

Gold And Mercury, Not Books, For Venezuela's Child Miners

At 10 years old, Martin cannot read, but he is an old hand at detecting traces of the gold he and his young cousins dig for at an open-pit mine in southeastern Venezuela.

13 Latin American Countries Remain in US List of Major Drug Transit or Production Nations

Mexico repeats on this list, issued on the same day this country extradited a son of major drug lord Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán to the US

Brazil To Set Up International Security Hub To Combat Crimes In Amazon Rainforest: Report

This initiative is a joint effort by the Amazon nations to combat criminal activity in the world's largest rainforest.

Colombia Sets New Cocaine Production Record: UN Report

The new numbers came out a day after Colombia's first-ever leftist president Gustavo Petro and his Mexican counterpart Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador criticized the "failed" US-led so-called "war on drugs."

Troops Dislodge 11,500 Illegal Miners From Venezuelan Reserve

The miners were removed from the 320,000-hectare (790,737-acre) Yapacana park in Venezuela's south.

50 Years Later, Wounds Of Pinochet Regime Remain Fresh as Then

Two commissions created to study the dictatorship concluded that at least 38,254 people were tortured under the Pinochet regime, which lasted until 1990.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro will visit China

Venezuelan President Maduro To Visit China From Friday

Beijing has close relations with the internationally isolated oil-rich nation and is one of Caracas's main creditors. China has backed Venezuela's warnings against what it calls foreign interference in the country, whose economy has been wracked for years by crisis.