The broad trend in Latin America is clear: inequality rose through the 1990s, peaked in about 2002 and then began to fall. Around 2014 the decline began to slow, and recently it has flatlined (see ...

Although Chile boasts one of Latin America’s most stable economies, the economic inequality amidst Chile’s growing affluence has been a significant challenge for the well-reputed Andean nation.

Latin America is facing an escalating education crisis as school dropout rates continue to climb, affecting not only the region's poorest countries but also those with historically strong public ...

On June 12th the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) recognized ten public institutions from Chile, Peru, Colombia, Guatemala, Bosnia, Herzegovina and Mongolia at the UNDP Gender Equality Seal ...

And he goes deep on the ways that the Monroe Doctrine shaped U.S.–Latin America relations over two centuries. When President James Monroe declared in 1823 that the Western Hemisphere was off-limits to ...

Latin America and the Caribbean rank among the regions with the highest rates of criminal activity worldwide, marked by a ...

Mexico receives the most remittances in the region, while Nicaragua has the highest value of these as a percentage of its GDP ...

A panel of Latin America's boldest and brightest stars, from Juanes to Mon Laferte, weigh in on a rapidly globalizing genre ...

The region is in a good position to attract key digital infrastructure investments. But it needs to balance tech giants’ ...

This special Pride Month episode brings together the voices of six LGBTIQ+ activists from across Latin America—Mexico, ...

Spanish telecom giant Telefonica has accelerated plans to reduce its exposure in Spanish-speaking Latin America, where ...

A new NPR limited podcast series "Embedded: The Network" tells the story of how a community of women and activists worked to make abortion access easier and safer in Latin America.