Armed forces are once again throwing their weight around following numerous street protests and demonstrations demanding actions against rising crime and corruption from their respective governments.
Women are protesting across Latin America in a call to force gender politics into the arena following increasing cases of femicide and highly restrictive abortion laws.
Rio de Janeiro's parade grounds became a platform for advocacy when the Grande Rio Samba school unfurled a massive fan-shaped banner reading "RESPECT MY AXÉ" to the roaring crowd.
A protest over pay turned bloody as off-duty Haitian police officers opened fire with soldiers of the newly reconstituted army during a nearly two-hour running gun battle in Port-Au-Prince Sunday.
The US law enforcement agency has characterized the former second-in-command of the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel, Rubén Oseguera-González, AKA El Menchito.
A study reports one out of three Venezuelan is struggling to put enough food on the table, barely meeting the minimum nutrition requirements as the nation's severe economic contraction and political upheaval persist.
