South America

In Santiago, demonstrations over economic inequality are expected to continue after President Sebastián Piñera promised reforms.

Costa Rica has announced its candidacy to stop Nicolás Maduro’s tyrannical government from winning a coveted seat at the U.N.

Do the Amazon fires point the way for future international efforts to combat climate change?

Even if President Juan Orlando Hernández were to leave office, the country’s problems would persist.

And now Bolsonaro’s iron-fisted approach risks worsening the problem.

A few years after Bogotá struck a deal with the FARC, challenges to the agreement risk undermining it.

Even with the eyes of the world elsewhere, here’s how Trump can keep up pressure on Maduro.

Five years in, the mammoth corruption probe, beset by scandal, shows no signs of slowing down.

The country has assembled one of the largest stockpiles of weapons in the Western Hemisphere. Here’s how to prevent it from falling into the wrong hands.

Calling for the final phase of the revolution was the Venezuelan opposition leader’s boldest move yet, and the outcome will show whether his protest still has legs.

A transcript of the opposition leader’s remarks from La Carlota Air Base.

Left-wing protesters occupy the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington while the Secret Service looks on.

Bolsonaro will claim credit for the good news, but his policies may erase the country’s hard-won gains.

Both sides should heed the lessons of negotiated transitions in Chile and South Africa to forge a peaceful path to democracy.

Thoughtful U.S. policies could help restore Venezuela’s democracy.

The South American country needs to do a better job patrolling its financial system—or face the consequences.

Regime change in Caracas won’t change the country’s problematic relationship with the terrorist group.

Inside the U.S. decision to get behind Congo’s election and how the United States failed Afghan women.

By failing to prioritize the security of U.S. officials in Venezuela, the White House bungled what could have been a rare foreign-policy success.