Colombia's Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo, 69, died in the hospital after he tested positive for COVID-19. President Ivan Duque had a televised address on Tuesday announcing the death of the defense minister.
The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected people of color, particularly Hispanics and Latinos. But despite this, some factors still add to their vaccine hesitancy.
Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, considered one of the world's richest men, has tested positive for COVID-19 and is suffering mild symptoms. This was confirmed by the 80-year-old Mexican billionaire's family and his spokesperson on Monday.
Thousands of people in Brazil took to the streets Sunday to call for the impeachment of President Jair Bolsonaro over his administration's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Brazil is currently overwhelmed by the COVID-19 pandemic, but the situation gets worse in the Amazon region's Manaus where an oxygen shortage overwhelms the medical system.
Just days after security forces in Guatemala stopped a large caravan of Honduran migrants, a second of the group is moving forward with their journey toward the U.S. border, reports said.
CIC Media is reportedly partnering with the Frida Kahlo Corporation and Venezuelan composer and singer Carlos Baute to create a new drama series showing the iconic Mexican artist's life.
Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) plans to launch a new state-owned social media site to guarantee freedom of speech in the country.
About 100 hippos of the descendants of drug kingpin Pablo Escobar's former pets are now invading Colombia's waterways and poisoning wildlife with their toxic urine and feces, scientists said.
Valentine's Day is fast approaching and as early as now, many people are thinking about gifts they plan to give and perfect dating places. Learn how people in Latin America celebrate this day.
Brazil's health regulator, Brazilian National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa), has declined to approve the Russia-developed Sputnik V for emergency use because of some missing data.
Three samples of ice cream from a Chinese company were contaminated and tested positive for COVID-19 while thousands of boxes of the dessert have been confiscated.
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, also known as AMLO, accused the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on Friday of fabricating drug charges against his country's former defense secretary Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos.
