By bnl editorial staff Progress in human development across Latin America and the Caribbean has plateaued and faces potential ...

Part 1: General features of Latin America social structure. Classification of Latin American countries -- Political effects of independence -- The Latifundio: the large estate in Latin America -- ...

"America, América" goes beyond the interventions and coups to highlight how social democratic ideals endure in the region.

As the international body hits a milestone, what are hemispheric heads of state saying about shifting global dynamics?

Over two decades and with support from the World Bank, many countries in Latin America and the Caribbean region pioneered and continuously refined flagship cash transfer programs, mainly conditional ...

In Latin America and the Caribbean, extreme weather events have doubled in the last 30 years. In addition to being more frequent, they are also increasingly intense. Nine countries in the region are ...

A new study published in the journal Nature Communications has found that the cumulative weight of social adversities ...

SÃO PAULO – An open letter to the bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Latin America (known by the Spanish acronym CELAM) released in June by Father Clodovis Boff spurred controversy among clergy ...

Among the flurry of executive orders that Donald Trump issued on the first day of his return to office was a peculiar one: to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. Claiming to ...

Latin America offers a wealth of contradictions: One of the regions least prone to all-out war of the type currently playing out in the Middle East and Europe, yet plagued by wobbly infrastructure, ...