Illegal gold mining along the banks of northwestern Colombia’s Atrato river is causing severe contamination and deforestation for the small, impoverished riverbank communities made up of predominantly Afro-Colombian and Indigenous peoples

Over the last few years, various terms have emerged to describe those in the U.S. with roots in Latin America and Spain

Pope Francis is still widely popular in several Latin American countries

Pope Francis has taken the unusual decision to expel 10 people from a troubled Catholic movement in Peru after a Vatican investigation uncovered “sadistic” abuses of power, authority and spirituality

The U.S. State Department and other global leaders have denounced the slaying of another environmental leader in rural Honduras