South America

The U.S. child welfare system is strained to its limits. Family separation could push it over the edge.

Guyana just discovered it owns enough oil to solve all its problems — and cause even bigger ones.

Some Colombians fear that their country could go the way of Venezuela.

The country's institutions are not a counterweight to Hezbollah, but its enablers.

Only nationalists in the military can restore a legitimate constitutional democracy.

The Western Hemisphere needs a more ambitious agenda.

South American conservatives have an unlikely new role model.

As an era of peace approaches, both countries should take practical steps to strengthen the relationship.

The United States should help its Latin American ally become a member of the OECD.

Contrary to conventional wisdom, the neighbors are finding ways to make it work.

Putting pressure on Caracas means holding Havana accountable.

The secretary of state kicks off his multicountry tour trying to get the region to rally behind Trump.

U.S. policy toward Venezuela is changing — and so are political dynamics in Latin America.

Despite a large international search effort, time is running out for the crew.

Eradication and interdiction are not foreign impositions, but essential pillars of any counternarcotics strategy, augmenting and working in concert with prevention and treatment-oriented policies.  

Venezuela vote for a Constituent Assembly sparks unrest, draws criticism

The self-described “normal kid” secured a coveted spot on the Syrian national Math Olympiad team.

An annual meeting of the Organization of American States came and went without any action on crisis-torn Venezuela.

China covets the canal, but the move is more about squeezing Taiwan.

With the country’s politics plagued by scandal and corruption, Brazil’s gangs are fighting a deadly and brazen turf war — inside and out of the broken prison system.