Decades of nationalization, socialism, crony hiring and money printing turned Venezuela’s oil sector into a hollow shell, shrinking output, crushing incomes and forcing a historic exodus.

Trying to figure out whether South America is safe often feels like asking whether Europe or Asia is safe. It's one massive continent with wildly different countries, and lumping them together doesn't do justice to the reality on the ground.

The warnings come a month after a JetBlue passenger jet almost collided with a US Air Force tanker plane near Venezuela ‌.

We’re not going to allow the Western Hemisphere to be a base of operation for adversaries, competitors and rivals of the United States,” Marco Rubio told NBC News this week.

Two violent massacres just this month demonstrate the growing risks of illegal mining in Latin America. The region’s criminal groups have increasingly turned to illicit gold as a source of revenue over the past decade. Now, as they fight over an ...

A new study has quantified, for the first time, how much heat stress beef cattle actually experience across South America—as cumulative time spent in heat-related discomfort.

A landmark EU–South America free trade agreement may be the real trigger behind President Donald Trump’s decision to slap tariffs on NATO allies. While Greenland has dominated headlines, analysts point to the newly signed EU–MERCOSUR pact as a deeper threat to U.

Looking to escape the bitter North American winter? Look no further than these South American destinations, which are as sunny as they are underrated.