Gun sales have exploded  in the United States during the Covid-19 pandemic.

There were millions of first-time gun buyers and record-setting number of gun sales in 2020. And it keeps climbing.  

Americas Now's John Zarrella visited some of the States where gun sales had skyrocketed.

Sellers, bu...

Costa Rica’s Nicoya Peninsula is home to the largest concentration of people over 100 years old in the Americas. For years, scientists have been studying longevity among these centenarians. Now, a team of psychologists, nurses, nutritionists, and social workers are being vigilant to protect them ...

Foreign student enrollment in the United States is down because of COVID-19. Hundreds of campuses shut down when the pandemic began. The government warned that international students should either leave the country or transfer to schools with in-person classes. Otherwise they could face immigrat...

COVID-19 is a menace to most people but drug lords in Mexico see it as an opportunity. While police and authorities are focused on battling the pandemic, the narco business is booming. Toby Muse brings us the story from one of most dangerous cities in the country.

The government of El Salvador has a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to street gangs like MS-13. And as the crime numbers have gone down, the population of inmates in jails has gone up. But during the COVID-19 pandemic, health conditions for the imprisoned gang members are far from ideal.

The Southern Poverty Law Center has tracked more than 900 hate groups across the United States. Since 2017 the organization also has witnessed a 55 percent spike in the number of hate groups.
Attacks by white supremacists have claimed dozens of lives within the last 2 years. Racial tension, viole...

Humberto de la Calle is a Colombian lawyer, politician and diplomat, who will be most-remembered for his role as a peace negotiator.
In 2016, Colombia signed a peace agreement with Latin America’s oldest and largest rebel group, the FARC. De la Calle was at the head of the government negotiation...

The city of New Orleans became one of the earliest hot zones for COVID-19.  

Consider this sobering statistic. More people have now died from the Coronavirus than were killed by Hurricane Katrina 15 years ago.  

While the crisis is abating, doctors and nurses are worried about a second wave, on...

A year ago, Mexican president Manuel Lopez Obrador promised that military forces, then highly criticized by Human Rights advocates, would leave the streets.  

The newly-created National Guard, a sort of alternative to the police and the military, were tasked with the protection of the Mexican pe...

Having the world’s largest economy as your next-door neighbor can be a challenge. Mexico has managed to have a good partnership with the United States. But in recent years the rules for trade have changed.

Polo is called the “sport of kings” and Argentina's players are considered royalty ranking among the world´s best.  The same goes for their horses with a new strategy.  Argentine cloned horses are designed to win. 

Joel Richards has the story on how science changed the nature of the sport forever.

In 2016, Colombia ended a 5-decade armed conflict with the FARC. Many of the rebels tried to re-enter civilian life. But dozens of them were shot and killed under mysterious circumstances.  

Correspondent Michelle Begue reports on these former combatants who met a violent end after the country e...

Ecuador’s largest city, Guayaquil, was hit hard by COVID-19. In fact, it’s faced one of the region’s worst outbreaks. As their healthcare system began to collapse, tons of help flowed into the city in the form of donations.

The death of George Floyd while in custody of Minneapolis Police triggered a wave of activism around the world. Correspondent Mike Kirsch went to the state of Minnesota to report first-hand about inequality, police brutality and a community demanding change.

The fight against COVID-19 in the most overwhelmed areas of the United States, put a huge strain on the resources of hospitals in the country’s poorest areas.  

Roseland Community Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, was already tending to a community plagued with a myriad of poverty-related diseases,...

In Guatemala, one in every 6 cases of coronavirus has come from abroad. But those infected aren’t tourists, expats or visitors. They are deportees sent back from the United States. Some have become the target of bullying and rejection for allegedly spreading the disease to their hometowns.

Scientists around the world are working against the clock to develop a vaccine for COVID-19. But hundreds of thousands of people in the US oppose it. They believe immunization is not always a good thing. So where do they stand “now” and why?

According to U.S. law, someone eligible for asylum may be permitted to remain in the country for the duration of the process. But that can take years and most asylum seekers are not allowed to obtain a work permit.

Lake Chapala, in Mexico's Jalisco state, used to be a place to go for a quick, seasonal trip in Mexico for thousands of Canadian and European tourists. But many of them fell in love with the beauty and tranquility of the place and decided to stay forever and call it home.   

With COVID-19 ending...

As the Coronavirus pandemic continues to spread around the world, indigenous groups are especially worried.  

They tend to be more susceptible than the general public to viral infections.   

And often they have little or no access to modern healthcare.  

They fear COVID-19 could decimate their...

The Coronavirus pandemic has brought huge economic uncertainty to countries across the globe. And for many Venezuelan migrants it has presented them with a tough decision: To leave the place where they have re-located or return home to a country that is broken.

Venezuelans migrated to neighborin...

‘The wall’ between the United States and Mexico has become as divisive politically and socially as it is literally. A key platform during Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, ‘the wall’ has continued to make global news. But as construction continues to reinforce sections of the barrier, the num...

It all began at a nursing home in Washington state. Or at least that is what it was known at the time. When the first deaths from the coronavirus took place researchers began testing and scientists sounded the alarm. But the invisible enemy was already spreading throughout the community.

MS-13 is one of the most dangerous gangs in Central America.

In El Salvador, almost one out of every 10 people is involved in gangs and criminal activity. The gangs are well-armed but where are they getting their weapons?

Correspondent Mike Kirsch went to San Salvador looking for answers.