The latest total blackouts on the island deepen Cubans’ despair and challenge the regime to carry out reforms once and for all
The South American country is moving from a left-wing government to a right-wing one, as has happened across much of the Americas. The new president, with no background in government work, is facing a cocktail of challenges that would be demanding for any experienced leader
Afterwards, the parties said they would remain in continuous working sessions until August 12, when they will decide whether to continue the talks. Opposition leader María Corina Machado has been left out of the process
Off-market transactions privately executed outside of traditional channels gain in popularity, powered by the elite’s desire for privacy
The famed waterway’s flow has hit historic lows, even halting vessel crossings
Gustavo Petro is spending his last day as president after a term filled with promises, noise and controversy
An investor plans to build on a site that holds the vestiges of the New Reich Chancellery, next to the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
The US has raised rewards for the cartel’s leading members to over $100 million and seeks to cut their income sources with the aim of destroying the criminal organization
EL PAÍS gains access to WhatsApp groups coordinating sweeps against foreigners in the Spanish exclave
With its back against the wall, Havana is beginning to send a clear message: the country’s doors are open, even to the US president
The case of Cristina Margarita Ramos exposes the chaos in the management of the deceased after the disaster
The island, already used to an unstable grid, suffered its seventh total supply collapse this year
The former agency counterterrorism chief of operations and Cuban exile is convinced Washington is preparing a decisive blow against the island’s regime
Hundreds of people are crowded in a small cove in the city, waiting for asylum that never comes
Guatemala declares an orange alert over the eruption of the most active volcano in Central America; hundreds of families from nearby communities were evacuated in the early hours of Tuesday because of intense activity that includes ash, gas, and lava fragments
On WhatsApp and Facebook, advice, taunts and requests circulate among Moroccan youngsters over a possible new assault on the Spanish border
Relatives of missing people have deployed search brigades in the Nextlalpan canal to locate Mariana Valentina Domínguez Valdez. So far they have found the bodies of a woman and a man, as well as that of the elderly Arturo Tovar, who disappeared in Teotihuacán
There has been some controversy in the Spanish coastal city for the way the discovery of an ancient sculpture inside a ditch was handled
Iran has stepped up attacks against the Arab country, which hosts 4,000 U.S. military personnel, prompting a rare critique of its security alliance with Washington
The revelation that Prime Minister Ajanuch allegedly took a private trip to Mallorca in the middle of the migration crisis has sparked outrage in Moroccan media
People are seeking spiritual explanations for the tragedy through Christian, Catholic and pagan beliefs
In the poorest of the world’s five ‘blue zones,’ genetics combine with a low-stress way of life. This is home to José Flores, aged 119 and a candidate for a world record
The success or failure of the dialogue between the chavista government and the democratic opposition will depend on the concrete changes that give Venezuelans control over their own destiny
Years of underinvestment and inadequate maintenance of key infrastructure have been compounded by a drought that threatens to trigger partial rationing
Many young arrivals are being driven out of neighborhoods by residents and soldiers, and hiding in an area of water reservoirs and woodland
Peru is the latest country to turn to the Army for public-order duties, an exceptional practice that carries risks for civil rights and that has become normalized in the region’s fight against drug trafficking