Latin America

Funds will go toward boosting local police, fortifying the border with the Dominican Republic and helping social programs.

The prolific author and essayist was known for celebrated novels such as “The Time of the Hero” (“La Ciudad y los Perros”) and “Feast of the Goat.”

No nation in the world is equipped to conduct hundreds of autopsies in one day, Public Health Minister Victor Atallah said; the death toll as of Friday was 225 people.

The Trump administration conceded that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who officials allege is a member of the MS-13 gang, was wrongly deported to El Salvador.

So far, authorities have identified 146 people who died and rescued 189 survivors from the rubble after disaster struck the Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo.

Celebrities, officials and Dominicans from the U.S. were among the hundreds who went to see a renowned merengue star perform — then a roof collapse killed 221 people.

The tussle over two ports on the Panama Canal shows Beijing’s willingness to assert its power as the U.S. attempts to roll back Chinese presence in the Western Hemisphere.

Andry Hernandez Romero was deported to El Salvador based on the government's contention that his tattoos linked him to a Venezuelan gang. Friends and family say the tattoos are merely a symbol of his love for his hometown's Three Kings Day festival.

The demonstration on Thursday was the biggest protest held since the council was installed a year ago.

The 54 officials “played key roles in arbitrary detentions, torture, extrajudicial executions" and persecution of civil society and the media, a United Nations report found.

Prohibitions barring U.S. flights to the capital of Haiti were set to expire Wednesday.