Tests found that the waters in Rio will present a serious health risk for its athletes. Athletes who will be participating in the 2016 Rio Olympic Summer Games may have to deal with contaminated waters.
The U.S. territory is entering its ninth year of recession. Puerto Rico's tourism industry has fallen victim to its failing economy, which has been hit the hardest by hotel and casino closings over the past five years.
Faced with economic uncertainty in Europe, a new study released by the International organization for Migration, finds that a great number of Europeans are resettling to Latin America and the Caribbean.
Cecil the Lion in Zimbabwe's National Park was lured out of the park and shot by Minnesota dentist Walter James Palmer. Palmer paid $55,000 to do this.
Martin O'Malley will be the first presidential candidate, regardless of political party affiliation, to visit the commonwealth of Puerto Rico on Aug. 1. Former Maryland Gov. O'Malley's visit to Puerto Rico comes as the island faces health care and an economic crisis with $70 billion debt.
Mini-Silicon Valleys are sprouting in Latin America, especially in Chile and Colombia, where a combination of government initiatives, investment, and homegrown entrepreneurs are beginning to foment an economic transformation. Here's why Chile and Colombia are beginning to stand out in Latin American tech entrepreneurship.
Days after Cuba celebrated the 62nd anniversary of Fidel Castro's first offensive in the communist rebellion, the United States has removed the island nation from its list of countries that have failed to combat human trafficking.
Over a 1,000 tech experts, scientists and researchers have written a letter warning about the dangers of “autonomous weapons,” described as being capable of selecting and engaging targets without human intervention.
On Monday Colombian authorities began excavation work at a landfill on the outskirts of the city of Medellin, in the hopes of uncovering the corpses of civilians that disappeared during Colombia's recent civil war.
Brazilian banks are currently forecasting another economic contraction for the South American country in 2016. When this takes place, it will mark the first time that Brazil’s economy shrank in two consecutive years since since the Great Depression.
On Sunday the communist island country of Cuba marked the 62nd anniversary of Fidel Castro's first armed move against former dictator Fulgencio Batista.
The "Stronger" rapper gets angry over a dead microphone Kanye West performed at the closing ceremony of the Pan Am Games. It didn't go so well in the very end.
Nine arrested as police shut down factory. Beijing police shut down a massive iPhone counterfeiting operation where nine people were arrested. The Guardian reports Beijing officials raided a factory that produced over 41,000 fake iPhones worth $19 million.
