America

For the past four years, Carmen Carcelén has been working tirelessly to offer free food and shelter in her home in El Juncal, Ecuador to citizens fleeing the neighboring country

New research concludes the microscopic beings on a spacecraft that went down in 2019 did not survive the impact, but the findings help shed light on the origins of life in the universe

Crowned ‘the new Tom Cruise’ in the early 2000s after a run of hit films, he chose to leave fame behind. Now Guy Ritchie is bringing him back into the spotlight for his first mainstream feature in 14 years

The east coast of the country is bracing for the arrival of the insects, whose mating call can reach 90 decibels

The vice-president’s trip will be marked by a growing list of grievances regarding sovereignty, trade disputes, drug trafficking, migration and energy policy

More than half of rape victims in the country were under the age of 13, according to the Brazilian Forum for Public Safety, with four such assaults taking place every hour

A photograph of an indigenous girl suffering from malaria, pneumonia and malnutrition was authorized for publication by community leaders to draw attention to the plight of the country’s ethnic groups

Investigators are digging at the home of the 72-year-old suspect from Atizapán de Zaragoza after he confessed to having murdered around 30 women

Nicolás Maduro and opposition leaders have opened up to the idea of negotiation to seek a path out of the country’s precarious situation with help from the international community

Archeologists have pieced together part of the history of finds made around the walls of a town that was a frontier fortress during the medieval wars between Muslims and Christians

Conservatives are criticizing Covid-linked state aid while progressives insist salaries must rise to stimulate a return to work

A recently released biopic explores how the leading lady of jazz lost her legal battle over drug possession, and how she was targeted for repeatedly performing a protest song

The confrontation between armed civilians and indigenous groups in Cali has highlighted unaddressed forms of violence that the state has yet to acknowledge

The death of Bo, the Obamas’ Portuguese Water Dog, unleashed sorrow and tributes from across the United States, but the Bidens will continue the long tradition of presidential pets

Spanish scientist Óscar Fernández Capetillo discovered a mechanism underlying amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) following a casual talk with a US Nobel prize winner

The eldest son of the Sinaloa cartel chief has been freed from a US prison for cooperating with the authorities, but he remains the heir apparent to one of the world’s most powerful criminal groups

During the Dirty War, the Mexican police and army executed farmers, teachers, activists and students, and dropped their bodies out of planes. Half a century on, these crimes continue to go unpunished

Spanish research has provided insight into the Navier-Stokes equations governing the behavior of fluids

The future US president and Gunilla von Post had a brief romance in 1953 when he was engaged to Jacqueline Bouvier. Now, letters exchanged between the two are for sale at auction

Bruno Barros and Yan Barros were caught stealing last month in the city of Salvador. But rather than call the police, supermarket management and security guards handed them over to a gang who tortured them to death

The Mexican president has named the intellectuals who support him, as opposed to those who have been allegedly “co-opted” by corruption. EL PAÍS spoke to some to see how they feel about being identified as friends of the government

Nightlife venues in the Mexican capital are rebelling against Covid-19 restrictions and opening their doors to hundreds of customers seeking a hedonistic escape after over a year of pandemic life

Héctor Luis “El Güero” Palma Salazar, a longtime associate of infamous crime boss El Chapo, may soon walk free. He has several unsettled scores that are already troubling the authorities

Analysts consulted by EL PAÍS believe the country is at a critical moment in history and a policy of rapprochement with Washington will facilitate much-needed reform