Latin America

University of British Columbia Professors Sue School Over Political Correctness

University of British Columbia Professors Sue School Ov...

NYT > Americas, Feb 19, 2026 - 15:56

A group of academics at the University of British Columbia say the school’s D.E....

In Guadeloupe, the Caribbean’s Best-Kept Secret, Every Beach Is Better Than the Last

In Guadeloupe, the Caribbean’s Best-Kept Secret, Every ...

NYT > Americas, Feb 19, 2026 - 15:56

In Guadeloupe, a land of volcanoes, rainforests and hot springs, you may find yo...

Alysa Liu Is Skating Again, Her Way This Time

Alysa Liu Is Skating Again, Her Way This Time

NYT > Americas, Feb 19, 2026 - 15:56

At 16, out of love with the sport, Liu stepped away. Controlling her career, aft...

A Rio Carnival Party That Goes On and On

A Rio Carnival Party That Goes On and On

NYT > Americas, Feb 17, 2026 - 15:56

The Boi Tolo, one of the city’s most iconic street parties, has come to represen...

Prices Jump as Venezuelans Abroad Consider Buying Property Back Home

Prices Jump as Venezuelans Abroad Consider Buying Prope...

NYT > Americas, Feb 16, 2026 - 15:26

Nicolás Maduro’s capture and talk of oil investment have pushed prices higher, e...

Canada School Shooter’s Online Life Showed Interest in Violent Extremism

Canada School Shooter’s Online Life Showed Interest in ...

NYT > Americas, Feb 16, 2026 - 15:26

The suspect in the British Columbia shooting had long been posting about mental ...

Brazil, the World’s Largest Catholic Nation, Embraces Polyamory

Brazil, the World’s Largest Catholic Nation, Embraces P...

NYT > Americas, Feb 14, 2026 - 13:53

More people in a still largely conservative and religious nation are rejecting m...

Venezuelan Politician Living in Exile in the US is Detained by ICE

Venezuelan Politician Living in Exile in the US is Deta...

NYT > Americas, Feb 13, 2026 - 15:54

Carlos Roberto García, an ex-mayor opposed to the Maduro regime, fled Venezuela ...

Ontario Lifts Tuition Freeze at Public Universities

Ontario Lifts Tuition Freeze at Public Universities

NYT > Americas, Feb 12, 2026 - 16:54

The move will allow the schools to raise tuition for the first time since 2019 a...

Satellite Pictures Show Snow And Ice Across North America

Satellite Pictures Show Snow And Ice Across North America

NYT > Americas, Feb 12, 2026 - 15:57

For much of North America, the last month has been an icy, frozen trudge. But fr...

Tumbler Ridge Shooting: What We Know About the Deadly Mass Shooting in Canada

Tumbler Ridge Shooting: What We Know About the Deadly M...

NYT > Americas, Feb 12, 2026 - 15:57

The police identified an 18-year-old as the suspect believed to have fatally sho...

What We Know About the Victims of the Tumbler Ridge Mass Shooting in Canada

What We Know About the Victims of the Tumbler Ridge Mas...

NYT > Americas, Feb 12, 2026 - 15:57

The attack at a secondary school and a private residence in the small, remote co...

In Tumbler Ridge, a community in stunned agony.

In Tumbler Ridge, a community in stunned agony.

NYT > Americas, Feb 11, 2026 - 18:53

Residents embraced and wiped away tears a day after one of the worst mass shooti...

How Hate Groups Are Using Online Games to Recruit Kids

How Hate Groups Are Using Online Games to Recruit Kids

NYT > Americas, Feb 11, 2026 - 17:52

Fringe movements are using games and other online platforms to draw growing numb...

A Peaceful Mountain Town in Western Canada Is Shaken by Deadly Shooting

A Peaceful Mountain Town in Western Canada Is Shaken by...

NYT > Americas, Feb 11, 2026 - 17:52

Tumbler Ridge sits at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in northeastern Briti...

Visiting Riviera Nayarit in Mexico

Visiting Riviera Nayarit in Mexico

NYT > Americas, Feb 10, 2026 - 17:24

A budget-friendly stretch of coastal towns in Mexico offers a relaxing antidote ...

Trump’s Threats to Cuba’s Oil Suppliers Put Mexico in a Bind

Trump’s Threats to Cuba’s Oil Suppliers Put Mexico in a...

NYT > Americas, Feb 10, 2026 - 17:24

The longstanding alliance between Cuba and Mexico is under mounting pressure fro...

Air Canada and WestJet Cancel Flights to Cuba Over Jet Fuel Shortage

Air Canada and WestJet Cancel Flights to Cuba Over Jet ...

NYT > Americas, Feb 10, 2026 - 17:24

The Trump administration’s crackdown on oil shipments to Cuba is beginning to wr...

Venezuela Frees Key Opposition Figures, Then Rearrests One

Venezuela Frees Key Opposition Figures, Then Rearrests One

NYT > Americas, Feb 9, 2026 - 16:27

Hours after at least 35 political prisoners were released, one of the most promi...

Venezuela Frees Key Opposition Figures as Government Courts U.S. Support

Venezuela Frees Key Opposition Figures as Government Co...

NYT > Americas, Feb 8, 2026 - 19:53

The release of around 35 political prisoners comes amid closer cooperation betwe...

Haiti Reaches ‘Full Crisis’ as Transition Government Expires

Haiti Reaches ‘Full Crisis’ as Transition Government Ex...

NYT > Americas, Feb 8, 2026 - 17:23

The tenure of a presidential council that has been running Haiti expires on Satu...

At the Olympics, the Canada-U.S. Hockey Rivalry Heats Up

At the Olympics, the Canada-U.S. Hockey Rivalry Heats Up

NYT > Americas, Feb 8, 2026 - 17:23

Beating America has always felt good, especially on the ice. Since President Tru...

6 Fishermen Reel In a 244-Pound Atlantic Halibut, Setting a Local Record

6 Fishermen Reel In a 244-Pound Atlantic Halibut, Setti...

NYT > Americas, Feb 8, 2026 - 17:23

The fish, hooked as part of a study on the halibut population around the Ha! Ha!...

Trump’s Oil Grab in Venezuela Shatters an American Taboo

Trump’s Oil Grab in Venezuela Shatters an American Taboo

NYT > Americas, Feb 8, 2026 - 17:23

U.S. presidents have long been accused of plotting to control foreign oil. But P...

Cuba’s Communist Government Has Lasted 67 Years. Will It Fall Under Trump?

Cuba’s Communist Government Has Lasted 67 Years. Will I...

NYT > Americas, Feb 8, 2026 - 17:23

The Trump administration, which has tightened the U.S. chokehold on Cuba by cutt...

How a Village in Italy Became a Slice of Caracas

How a Village in Italy Became a Slice of Caracas

NYT > Americas, Feb 2, 2026 - 15:54

Generations of migrants from a village on the coast of southern Italy found a be...

Laura Fernández Wins Costa Rican Presidency

Laura Fernández Wins Costa Rican Presidency

NYT > Americas, Feb 2, 2026 - 15:54

Laura Fernández’s victory was driven by a crisis in which Costa Rica’s reputatio...

Psychosis Diagnoses Have Risen Among Young Canadians, Data Shows

Psychosis Diagnoses Have Risen Among Young Canadians, D...

NYT > Americas, Feb 2, 2026 - 15:54

Researchers believe increasing use of cannabis may be contributing to a rise in ...

Colombia’s President, an Outspoken Trump Critic, Heads to the White House

Colombia’s President, an Outspoken Trump Critic, Heads ...

NYT > Americas, Feb 2, 2026 - 15:54

President Gustavo Petro of Colombia and President Trump have had a tense relatio...

Right-Wing Populist Holds Commanding Lead Ahead of Costa Rica’s Election

Right-Wing Populist Holds Commanding Lead Ahead of Cost...

NYT > Americas, Feb 1, 2026 - 09:54

President Rodrigo Chaves’s handpicked successor has vowed to extend his agenda, ...

Macaulay Culkin And Others Pay Tribute to Catherine O’Hara After Her Death

Macaulay Culkin And Others Pay Tribute to Catherine O’H...

NYT > Americas, Jan 31, 2026 - 13:55

Videos and photos filled social media as fans shared their favorite scenes from ...

How Did This Beloved Rock From Canada End Up in California?

How Did This Beloved Rock From Canada End Up in Califor...

NYT > Americas, Jan 30, 2026 - 15:55

Climbers have used the 70-pound rock, which they call Portable, to practice bala...

The Secret Sauce in ‘Heated Rivalry’? Canada.

The Secret Sauce in ‘Heated Rivalry’? Canada.

NYT > Americas, Jan 30, 2026 - 15:25

The global television phenomenon is full of Canadian iconography and subsidized ...

International Companies Doing Business With ICE Are Taking Heat

International Companies Doing Business With ICE Are Tak...

NYT > Americas, Jan 30, 2026 - 15:25

A number of companies have found themselves facing questions about their work wi...

Argentina in Advanced Talks to Become Destination for U.S. Deportations

Argentina in Advanced Talks to Become Destination for U...

NYT > Americas, Jan 30, 2026 - 15:25

Washington and Buenos Aires are working on an agreement to allow the U.S. to dep...

Dutch Court Orders Netherlands to Protect Bonaire From Climate Change

Dutch Court Orders Netherlands to Protect Bonaire From ...

NYT > Americas, Jan 28, 2026 - 15:54

Bonaire, a Dutch overseas territory, deserves the same protections as Europe, th...

How Computer Warfare Is Becoming Part of the Pentagon’s Arsenal

How Computer Warfare Is Becoming Part of the Pentagon’s...

NYT > Americas, Jan 27, 2026 - 18:55

The military tested a new approach in Venezuela and during strikes on Iranian nu...

Trinidadian Families File Wrongful Death Lawsuit Over Boat Strike by U.S. Military

Trinidadian Families File Wrongful Death Lawsuit Over B...

NYT > Americas, Jan 27, 2026 - 18:55

The case tests the Trump administration’s argument that its extrajudicial killin...

In Venezuela, Freeing the Economy, but Nothing Else

In Venezuela, Freeing the Economy, but Nothing Else

NYT > Americas, Jan 26, 2026 - 14:55

Interim leader Delcy Rodríguez is liberalizing the economy without dismantling h...

Beatriz González, Who Chronicled Colombia’s Turmoil in Paint, Dies at 93

Beatriz González, Who Chronicled Colombia’s Turmoil in ...

NYT > Americas, Jan 24, 2026 - 23:54

Often drawing from reproduced images or newspaper photos, she made work that qui...

How Two Hardy North Dakotans Were Almost Thwarted by an Ice Storm

How Two Hardy North Dakotans Were Almost Thwarted by an...

NYT > Americas, Jan 24, 2026 - 21:22

Jackie Gaddie and Craig Pietruszewski had been anticipating the trip of a lifeti...

How a Water Balloon Fight in Venezuela Ended in Charges of Treason

How a Water Balloon Fight in Venezuela Ended in Charges...

NYT > Americas, Jan 24, 2026 - 12:54

Venezuela’s interim government has been praised by President Trump. It has also ...

Mark Carney Takes On Donald Trump and Emerges as a Global Political Star

Mark Carney Takes On Donald Trump and Emerges as a Glob...

NYT > Americas, Jan 24, 2026 - 12:54

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the prime minister was praise...

Extreme Cold Sweeps Canada, With Manitoba and Saskatchewan Among the Worst Hit

Extreme Cold Sweeps Canada, With Manitoba and Saskatche...

NYT > Americas, Jan 23, 2026 - 17:54

The lowest temperatures are expected in southern Saskatchewan and southern Manit...

Trump Withdraws Carney’s Invitation for Canada to Join His ‘Board of Peace’

Trump Withdraws Carney’s Invitation for Canada to Join ...

NYT > Americas, Jan 23, 2026 - 15:25

The president appeared to be lashing out in response to stark, high-profile rema...

Tânia Maria Is Brazil’s Newest Film Icon

Tânia Maria Is Brazil’s Newest Film Icon

NYT > Americas, Jan 22, 2026 - 15:55

Clad in florals and puffing on a cigarette, Tânia Maria has captivated audiences...

Venezuela’s Edmundo González Said His Son-in-Law Was Freed From Detention

Venezuela’s Edmundo González Said His Son-in-Law Was Fr...

NYT > Americas, Jan 22, 2026 - 15:55

Edmundo González, seen by many as the real winner of Venezuela’s 2024 election, ...

After Maduro’s Last Dance, a New Rhythm Goes Viral in Venezuela

After Maduro’s Last Dance, a New Rhythm Goes Viral in V...

NYT > Americas, Jan 21, 2026 - 15:54

For years, Nicolás Maduro and his movement used song and dance to rally support....

Majority of Latin Americans Endorsed Trump’s Intervention In Venezuela, Polls Show

Majority of Latin Americans Endorsed Trump’s Interventi...

NYT > Americas, Jan 21, 2026 - 15:54

A majority of those surveyed said they support the intervention, suggesting a sh...

The Northern Lights Have Inspired Humans for Thousands of Years

The Northern Lights Have Inspired Humans for Thousands ...

NYT > Americas, Jan 20, 2026 - 16:57

The aurora borealis has animated myths, art, poetry and music for thousands of y...