A new generation is demanding change, casting off the entrenched notion that women somehow provoke attacks against them.

Though the Mexican authorities have been criticized for releasing one of El Chapo’s sons back to gunmen, residents of Culiacán say the decision saved lives.

A decade-long struggle by 11 women who were sexually attacked and tortured by officers in San Salvador Atenco has cast a shadow over Mexico’s president.

Years of neglect have hobbled many Mexican hospitals. Now, as the pandemic strikes, some patients are dying from neglect or from mistakes that are easily prevented, doctors and nurses say.

Experts worry that limited mental health resources and insurance access will keep such care out of reach for much of the town.

Bands of active-duty and retired police, once accepted as semi-official adjuncts to law enforcement, threaten the nation’s democracy.

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador campaigned on the slogan “First, the poor.” Critics say he’s prioritizing his supporters over the hardest hit.

Some women who joined a secret sorority within the group, called Nxivm, were branded with a symbol that incorporated the initials of the group’s leader.

Some Mexican men, concerned that their macho views have harmed their relationships with women, are trying group therapy. Will that change the culture?

The news shocked even a country grown used to graft: The man who for years led Mexico’s war against drug traffickers was accused of taking millions in bribes from the Sinaloa Cartel.

A video captured by a home security camera shows officers scuffling with Kizzee before opening fire.

The Brazilian president, running for reelection, has cut taxes and increased spending for the poor. Polls show it might be too little, too late.

The parties are smaller. Vaccines required or encouraged. And the dresses sometimes face shipping delays. But a hallmark celebration for Latina teens put on pause last year due to the pandemic has...

If Luis Inácio Lula da Silva keeps his campaign promises to safeguard the Amazon rainforest, Brazil could have a major impact on the global fight against climate change.

Several recent scandals have tainted the legacy of President Enrique Peña Nieto and further eroded the public’s faith in the country’s governing institutions.

The case of Daniel García, charged with murder, exemplifies many flaws of Mexico’s old justice system. An overhaul of the system has helped others — but not him.

A record number are running to represent majority-Indigenous regions in Congress and state legislatures.

Severed from home and family in Nicaragua, former political prisoners struggle to build new lives in the U.S. as they watch their country unravel from afar.

Though much attention has been paid to the swell of Haitians who arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border in September, another, less visible spike in migration has been taking place by sea as the nation’s...

With killings in Mexico at record levels, the rebels have decided to abandon their armed struggle and to work instead within the political system against which they once revolted.

Miami welcomed the “Michael Jordan of police chiefs” six months ago. Now he’s fighting to keep his job.

López Obrador toma las riendas de un país que enfrenta enormes desafíos como el auge de la violencia, la corrupción enraizada en la vida pública, y una reciente crisis migratoria.