While we were not paying attention
Thanks to policy on nuclear weapons and energy independence, the illusion that the US does not need the rest of the world may look more real than ever to lawmakers
Peruvian police capture convict who left twin in his place inside prison cell
Alexander Delgado eluded authorities for a year after drugging brother, walking out of a maximum security penitentiary
Mexico’s women prisoners: doubly punished for not living up to female roles
Often poor and uneducated, they end up with harsher sentences after being led into crimes by male relatives
A tight spot for the 34 million Mexicans living in micro-apartments
Mexico’s persistent housing crisis has pushed millions to find refuge in tiny shanty homes
Former Spanish PM sides with Venezuela’s Maduro over elections
International mediator José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero urges opposition to accept government conditions
After imposing heavy tariffs, US sends “men in black” to check Spain’s olive trade
Spanish producers fear that they may have to exit the American market, after Trump administration slaps 17% tariff on produce
The Mexican towns where even the police fear to tread
With officers gunned down, abducted or run out of town, Chihuahua precincts are close to defeat
Spain expels Venezuelan ambassador as crisis with Maduro deepens
The Cabinet decision comes in the wake of Caracas declaring Spain’s chief diplomat in the country persona non grata
Maduro’s attacks
Spain must take the lead in efforts to bring democracy back to Venezuela
Lula da Silva: “It is not I, but the Brazilian people who have been convicted”
Former president says he will still be standing for the presidency despite losing his appeal over corruption charges
“I never felt as though I was on Trump’s deportation list”
Although deportations from the United States have dropped, there has been a spike in arrests of migrants with no criminal records
“If a political conviction stopped Lula from running, that would be fraud”
A Brazilian court will soon decide if it confirms or overrules Lula’s nine-year prison sentence
“It’s not about ripping up the FARC accords, but about making significant changes”
Nominee for the Colombia Democratic Center discusses the need to end “impunity” and to foster reform
Ecuador seeks mediation over “unsustainable” Julian Assange situation
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Wikileaks founder has been in London embassy of South American nation for nearly six years
Ecuador president: “Julian Assange has no right to intervene in the politics of our sister countries”
Lenín Moreno spoke with EL PAÍS about his project for Ecuador and about the Catalan crisis
The €10 million luxury spending spree of former Hugo Chávez ministers
Andorra accounts of powerful Venezuelans suspected of corruption reveal lavish outlays
Alan Solomont: “It is scandalous for Trump to be defending Putin”
Former US ambassador to Spain warns of Russian interference in western democracies
The pitch perfect musical siblings discovered on Brazil’s Hope Street
Alex, 18, Laís, 16, and Pedro, 12 all possess a remarkable skill just one in 10,000 people is blessed with
America’s Second Civil War
Some novels make us feel that situations that today appear to be implausible might not be so far-fetched after all
Dying white Americans
A new study documents why mortality is higher among poorly educated whites
What can Trump learn from Al Capone and Richard Nixon?
What typically brings down people in power is the cover up, not the crime
Is Trump Really Crazy?
The president exhibits the classic symptoms of narcissistic personality disorder
Trump worshipers in the American heartland
A year after his electoral victory, the Republican president’s base remains loyal despite the scandals
The pro-independence activists of academia
A group of Catalan professors in the United States has spent years vigorously defending the idea of an independent Catalonia
“It was tough giving the order to execute Che”
Fifty years after revolutionary’s death, ex-CIA agent recalls informing Guevara he was to be shot
Will Toronto name sports stadium after drug-taking former mayor?
Rob Ford was infamous for video of him smoking crack as well as homophobic jokes and racist comments
Lima’s alarming 1.2-meter wide building
Located in quake-prone Ring of Fire, authorities have asked for seven-story anomaly to be demolished