The Zika outbreak continues to cause concern around the globe, as an expert decried the lack of information on the virus available in Venezuela. Meanwhile, a Danish hospital confirmed that a tourist had been infected with the disease after visiting southern and central America.
Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders is heading into the crucial Feb. 1 Iowa caucuses with surprising strength, drawing big crowds at campaign events and leading national front-runner Hillary Clinton in the latest poll to come out of the Hawkeye State.
Voters in the crucial early primary state of New Hampshire list immigration as one of their top concerns, and Republican presidential hopefuls have been busy addressing the issue at campaign rallies across the Granite State.
MSNBC host Chris Matthews on Jan. 26 used Donald Trump's decision to boycott the final GOP presidential debate before the Iowa caucuses to rip the event's sponsor, MSNBC rival Fox News, and two of Trump's main challengers, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz.
Amid growing concerns about the mosquito-borne Zika virus and associated birth defects, the government of El Salvador is asking its citizens to avoid pregnancies for the next two years.
The Season 4 premiere of Netflix's hit series "House of Cards" is only a little more than a month away, and (fictional) President Frank Underwood is using every minute to "campaign" ahead of the show's much-expected return.
In the wake of Donald Trump's rise to political prominence, Republicans may have abandoned their intention to try to attract more Latino voters, even though they make up the fastest-growing slice of the U.S. electorate.
Venezuela's economic situation is so dire that experts are fearing the South American country might eventually default on its $120 billion foreign debt, even though President Nicolás Maduro insisted this week that his government would honor all its financial obligations.
Caracas, Venezuela's capital, has reclaimed the dubious honor of being the world's most dangerous city, according to a new report released by a Mexico-based non-governmental organization.
If the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) manage to finalize a peace deal, the disarmament of the leftist rebels will likely be overseen by a special United Nations mission.
The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) announced on Jan. 24 that it has reached a temporary deal with some of its creditors that will protect the agency from litigation through Feb. 12 and thus secure time needed to continue restructuring talks with bondholders.
GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump is making a last-minute push to try to triumph in the key early-caucus state of Iowa, a race which his rival Ted Cruz has long been favored to win.
President Barack Obama is having a hard time not taking sides as Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders battle for the Democrats' White House nomination and, potentially, a chance to succeed Obama in the Oval Office.
The human rights group Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) on Jan. 18 slammed the Cuban government for what it described as an "unprecedented crackdown on churches across the denominational spectrum."
In the wake of critical campaign ads by his rivals Jeb Bush and Ted Cruz, GOP White House hopeful Marco Rubio is taking a tougher stance on immigration, in an apparent attempt to bolster his conservative credentials.
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Lima, Peru's capital and largest city, today has a population of almost 9 million people. But to supply this sprawling metropolis with water, Peruvians still rely on canals that were built before the first Europeans ever set foot on the American continent.
Britain's House of Commons on Jan. 18 considered declaring Donald Trump a persona non grata because of his recent comments about Islam in a debate that was the result of an online petition that sought to qualify the GOP front-runner's remarks as "hate speech."
Regularly scheduled flights between the United States and Cuba may now only be a few months away, the vice president of regulatory affairs for the world's largest airline predicted this week.
The recent uptick in the federal government's immigration enforcement measures have many families of undocumented immigrants worried, even though the number of deportations carried out by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) so far is only in the low triple digits.
At 5 feet, 135 pounds, Maria Teresa Osorio De Serna probably does not seem like a particularly threatening person. But the DEA recommends that people "do not attempt to apprehend" Osorio de Serna.
Three Columbia University students participating in a volunteer mission in Honduras were killed on Jan. 14 when a bus on which they were traveling veered off a road and fell at least 260 feet into a ravine east of the Tegucigalpa, the country's capital.
U.S. and Mexican authorities have kicked off discussions to plan the extradition of drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán Loera to the United States, a spokesman for the U.S. Department of Justice announced on Jan. 14.
