This gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published in the past week by The Associated Press from ...

Devotees wade through Arpoador Beach carrying a boat filled with offerings during an annual celebration honoring Yemanja, the ...

More than 500 political, social and economic leaders from 37 countries will meet next week in Rio for the World Economic Forum on Latin America ... and the Rio de Janeiro State Government.

China has begun to challenge U.S. hegemony in Latin America. Now China has been handed another opportunity by the Trump ...

RIO DE JANEIRO/NEW YORK – November’s United ... Improving access to renewable energy is particularly urgent in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), where 60 million people live without ...

showcasing the cultural richness of one of the best cities in Latin America. Rio de Janeiro, with its vibrant Copacabana beach, is another unmatched destination for this season. Thousands of ...

Rescue teams in Brazil have retrieved the bodies of seven people from coastal rocks and the forest at the foot of Rio de Janeiro's Sugar Loaf mountain. Police believe the bodies are of criminals ...

Climate variability and extreme weather events stalk at least 20 Latin American countries and increase the risk of hunger and ...

Rio de Janeiro: Observatorio de Favelas. Hilgers, Tina, and Laura Macdonald. 2017. “How Violence Varies: Subnational Place, Identity, and Embeddedness” in Tina Hilgers and Laura Macdonald (eds) ...

WHY IT'S IMPORTANT The economies of Latin America and the Caribbean are heavily dependent on farming, ranching, forestry and fishing, agricultural sectors directly linked to food security that are ...