Elyssa Pachico

Mexico's security situation is looking increasingly like that of Colombia several years ago -- indicating tha…

Uruguay authorities are investigating police accused of trafficking some 300 weapons to Brazil, an indication…

From abolishing a law that allows suspects to be held for 80 days without formal charges to improving medical…

The leader of the brutal Mexican drug trafficking organization the Zetas, Alejandro "Omar" Treviño Morales, a…

Colombia's Attorney General's Office announced the results of an investigation involving an illegal network t…

Gang violence has uprooted many communities in El Salvador, which gained headlines during last summer's uptic…

With nearly 25,000 violent deaths estimated for 2014 and 90 violent deaths reported in Caracas in the first w…

A Dutch bio-engineer says his lab-produced fungus could someday be used to save the lives of hungry people in…

In the past month, the normally peaceful state of Baja California Sur, Mexico has seen a rash of murders, whi…

So much trouble over a bunch of nickel-sized antennas.

Flor Maria Cuesta got her first job as a maid at age 15, and she says she is used to hearing excuses. Sometim…

The phone call came just as I was finishing eating breakfast. "We've got a cat here on the third floor," the …

They lined up with empty Coca Cola bottles, water jugs, mop buckets, ice chests, and plastic cups. It was a h…

For tourists who are visiting Ecuador and can't afford a trip to the Galapagos, the giant tortoise shell in R…

Soledad Rios, who's lived in Medellin's most violent neighborhood, Comuna 13, for 30 years, sells blood sausa…

A new report by the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) examines migration and security trends in the e…

In a particularly tense election year for Venezuela, there are new fears that the militant collectives in Car…

A new Colombian series about the life of Pablo Escobar has reportedly broken audience viewing records and gen…

In a speech commemorating the 1992 signing of the El Salvador peace accords, President Mauricio Funes voiced …

Along the muddy road connecting Anori with the rest of the world, it is hard to see evidence of the millions …