On Feb. 15, 1898, the U.S. battleship Maine exploded in Havana harbor, killing 260 crewmen and leading to a U.S. declaration ...

Latin America has emerged as a key battleground in US President Donald Trump's confrontation with China, and the region is ...

Boundaries and Borderlands” lecture Feb. 5, marking the third installment this year in the department’s public lecture series ...

The story of Argentina, from before the Europeans arrived to the modern-day, also tells us the story of South America at the ...

Manuela Sáenz, an activist for Latin American independence in the 19th century, challenged ideas about what women could do in ...

Jorell Meléndez-Badillo worked with trap superstar Bad Bunny on his new album to inform fans about Puerto Rico’s history of ...

China has begun to challenge U.S. hegemony in Latin America. The chaos of the Trump presidency may present it a new ...

The unprecedented pause and potential elimination of many U.S. foreign assistance programs, announced in President Trump’s ...

China's influence in Latin America has increased in recent years, and US President Donald Trump has spoken about "taking back" the Panama Canal, angering Panamanians. Marco Rubio's visit to Panama ...

(AP Photo/Marco Ugarte) Soldiers march with torches to mark the 172nd anniversary of the birth of national independence hero Jose Marti ... after scoring his side’s opening goal during a South ...

Ellie Cook is a Newsweek security and defense reporter based in London, U.K. Her work focuses largely on the Russia-Ukraine war, the U.S ... quickly homed in on Latin America.

The principle would be debated for decades until it was finally made law in 1868 after the Civil War ... In Latin America, many newly formed countries that had gained independence in the 19th ...