US-backed coups reshape Latin America, toppling democracies and fuelling decades of dictatorship, secrecy, and revolt.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Donald Trump has set his sights on several targets in the Western Hemisphere beyond Venezuela — from Mexico with its ...

He squirreled away hundreds of thousands of dollars embezzled from international aid and Haitian government coffers. • Finding him in South Florida: 6881 N. Saint Andrews Dr., Miami Lakes, most ...

For the United States to have any hope of restoring itself as a global beacon of democracy, the Biden administration must take a firm and consistent stand when dealing with dictators. If other nations ...

A former farmer and unionist, Morales became the first indigenous person to become Bolivia's president in 2006. Beyond his native Caribbean island, Fidel Castros revolutionary fire set alight much of ...

When the United States launched a "large scale strike" by military forces in Venezuela on Saturday, capturing Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, it followed a long history of U.S.

From virtually the moment he and his band of bearded rebels rode into Havana in 1959 until his death from natural causes in 2016, the most iconic leader in Latin America was Fidel Castro. With his ...

One of his lawyers, Luis Rosales, told reporters that Rios Montt "died in his home, with the love of his family and a clear conscience." Rios Montt, who had been in very poor health for years, was ...