Americas

The United States might start launching strikes against drug cartels in Colombia.

Trump and his administration have ramped up pressure on communist-led Havana in recent months.

The measure allows the president to take measures by decree that would normally require approval from Congress.

Colombia is now the 19th nation to join President Donald Trump’s Shield of the Americas initiative.

Hegseth speaks at the A3C conference on August 12 in Panama.

Teams continued to pick through the rubble overnight in the hardest-hit cities of Cali, Pereira, Manizales, and Quibdo, as time ticked away for victims to be found–and rescued–alive.

The Justice Department has charged four members of Mexico’s Jalisco Cartel for narcoterrorism, drug trafficking, and firearm trafficking offenses.

After he was deported in 2024, authorities said Samuel Rodrigo Melo Santos re-entered through Arizona to buy weapons and ammunition.

The 7.4-magnitude quake, the most devastating to strike Colombia this century, tore through its coffee-growing heartland early on Monday, leaving apartment blocks, homes, schools and health centers cracked, leaning or flattened.

The three women had traveled to Brazil together for the first time and were on a trip meant to celebrate the 15th birthday of a younger relative.

More than 180,000 households have been affected by a water rationing program, which began Friday as the island deals with an extreme drought, record heat and ongoing issues with its aging water infrastructure.

Street scenes after a major earthquake struck the western portion of Colombia according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), with local officials reporting damage and injuries.

A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday, killing at least 111 people, damaging hundreds of buildings and leaving many trapped under debris while their loved ones and rescue workers searched through rubble.

Colombia's new president Abelardo de la Espriella was inaugurated in Cali on Aug. 7, replacing his left-leaning predecessor Gustavo Petro.

The U.S. government will partially restart activities in Mexico's top avocado-producing state of Michoacan, the U.S. embassy said on Friday, easing a suspension that had disrupted export inspections after security concerns in the violence-plagued region.

The State Department announced a new round of sanctions on Cuba.

Brazil’s two main presidential candidates kicked off their campaigns on Sunday, ahead of what is expected to be a tight October election.

Colombia's President Abelardo de la Espriella has asked U.S. President Donald Trump to suspend tariffs to help the South American nation recover from a powerful earthquake that killed at least 289 people.

The U.S. government said on Thursday it would fully resume activities throughout Mexico's western state of Michoacan, after earlier security concerns disrupted U.S. inspections needed to export the region's prized avocados.

Search and rescue teams on Friday found a man alive stuck under the rubble of a collapsed building in the city of Pereira, almost 100 hours after the earthquake.

The United States might start launching strikes against drug cartels in Colombia.

Trump and his administration have ramped up pressure on communist-led Havana in recent months.

The measure allows the president to take measures by decree that would normally require approval from Congress.

Colombia is now the 19th nation to join President Donald Trump’s Shield of the Americas initiative.

Hegseth speaks at the A3C conference on August 12 in Panama.

Teams continued to pick through the rubble overnight in the hardest-hit cities of Cali, Pereira, Manizales, and Quibdo, as time ticked away for victims to be found–and rescued–alive.

The Justice Department has charged four members of Mexico’s Jalisco Cartel for narcoterrorism, drug trafficking, and firearm trafficking offenses.

After he was deported in 2024, authorities said Samuel Rodrigo Melo Santos re-entered through Arizona to buy weapons and ammunition.

The 7.4-magnitude quake, the most devastating to strike Colombia this century, tore through its coffee-growing heartland early on Monday, leaving apartment blocks, homes, schools and health centers cracked, leaning or flattened.

The three women had traveled to Brazil together for the first time and were on a trip meant to celebrate the 15th birthday of a younger relative.

More than 180,000 households have been affected by a water rationing program, which began Friday as the island deals with an extreme drought, record heat and ongoing issues with its aging water infrastructure.

Street scenes after a major earthquake struck the western portion of Colombia according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), with local officials reporting damage and injuries.

A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday, killing at least 111 people, damaging hundreds of buildings and leaving many trapped under debris while their loved ones and rescue workers searched through rubble.

Colombia's new president Abelardo de la Espriella was inaugurated in Cali on Aug. 7, replacing his left-leaning predecessor Gustavo Petro.

The U.S. government will partially restart activities in Mexico's top avocado-producing state of Michoacan, the U.S. embassy said on Friday, easing a suspension that had disrupted export inspections after security concerns in the violence-plagued region.

The State Department announced a new round of sanctions on Cuba.